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Message In A Bottle Chords by John Mayer

Message In A Bottle chords by John Mayer

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C#m

🎸 Verse 1:
E13    Asus2  Bsus2  F#m9
       Just a cast-a-way, an
E13    Asus2   Bsus2 F#m9
island lost at sea
oh



E13    Asus2 Bsus2  F#m9
     Another lonely day, and
E13    Asus2    Bsus2 F#m9
no one here but me
oh
E13    Asus2 Bsus2 F#m9
       More  loneliness than
E13 Asus2     Bsus2 F#m9
any man could bear
E13    Asus2  Bsus2 F#m9
       Rescue me be-fore I
E13    Asus2 Bsus2 F#m9
fall into despair, oh

🎸 Bridge:
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my

🎸 Chorus:
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
-            -      -
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
F#11
yeah

🎸 Verse 2:
E13  Asus2 Bsus2    F#m9
         A year has passed since I
E13      Asus2    Bsus2    F#m9
wrote my note
E13 Asus2         Bsus2      F#m9
    I should have known this right from the
E13  Asus2 Bsus2  F#m9
start
E13  Asus2 Bsus2    F#m9
     Only  hope can keep me to-
E13  Asus2 Bsus2  F#m9
ge - ther
E13 Asus2    Bsus2     F#m9
    Love can mend your life, or
E13      Asus2      Bsus2  F#m9
love can break your heart

🎸 Bridge:
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my

🎸 Chorus:
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
-            -      -
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
F#11
yeah

🎸 Verse 3:
E13 Asus2           Bsus2 F#m9
    Walked out this mor - ning
I
E13     Asus2        Bsus2 F#m9
don't believe what I saw
E13  Asus2   Bsus2   F#m9
     Hundred billion bottles
E13       Asus2  Bsus2 F#m9
washed up on the shore
E13 Asus2     Bsus2 F#m9
    Seems I'm not a-lone at being
E13    Asus2 Bsus2 F#m9
alone
E13     Asus2   Bsus2  F#m9
Hundred billion cast-a-ways
E13     Asus2 Bsus2 F#m9
looking for a home


🎸 Bridge:
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A              Dmaj7   E9
  I'll send an S  O  S to the world
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my
A/F#          Dmaj7
  I hope that someone gets my

🎸 Chorus:
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
-            -      -
C#m7         Asus2  Asus2/G#
Message in a bott - le
F#11
yeah

🎸 Outro:
E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
Sending out an S  O  S
E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
Sending out an S  O  S
E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
Sending out an S  O  S
      E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
(I'm) sending out an S  O  S
      E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
(I'm) sending out an S  O  S
      E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
(I'm) sending out an S  O  S
      E13     Asus2  Bsus2   F#m9
(I'm) sending out an S  O  S

Published: December 18, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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