IntroCGmCmDBbGmCmDVerse 1GGmCm
Feel like messing up, cutting my teeth
DGm
On stolen candy, chewing on something sweet
GGmCm
I don't know what, what I came here for
D
Stumbling down these streets, trying to find your door
GmCm
Take the long way 'round, long walk across this town
D
If I was any good at painting, I'd paint it up and down
BbGmCm
But I'm not, I'm just trying not to make a sound
D
Whistling to myself the Fourth Street Mess Around
ChorusBbGm
Mess around, mess around, mess around…
Cm
Mess around, mess around, mess around…
DBb
Oh.......yeah
InstrumentalCGmCmDBbGmCmDVerse 2GGmCmC
Wanna tell it like it is from heaven's point of view
GDBb
But I would not have lived in vain if I could utter one thing true
GmEbCm
Or not build this life so artificially
DFBb
Not go about it all so goddam superficially
GmCm
Lay myself down, quit running so ragged
DCDBb
Blaze me a trail just a little less jagged
GmCmG
But for now I'm just stuck here in this town
D
Singing to myself the Fourth Street Mess Around
ChorusBbGm
Mess around, mess around, mess around…
Cm
Mess around, mess around, mess around…
DBb
Oh.......yeah
OutroCGmCmDBbGmCmD
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