The Classic Crime - Broken Mess Capo 1st Verse: CDm e|-------------------------1------1---1------1--| B|--1------1---1------1----3----3-----3----3----| G|--0----0-----0----0---------2----------2------| D|-----2----------2--------0----------0---------| A|--3----------3--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| He can't sleep, he can't eat He keeps ACCM9 e|-----------------------0------0-------------| B|--1------1--1------1---1----1-----1------1--| G|--2----2----2----2--------0-------0----0----| D|-----2---------2---------------------0------| A|--0---------0----------3----------2---------| E|--------------------------------------------| thinking about her behind the locked door F e|--------------------------------------------| B|-1------1---1------1---1------1---1------1--| G|-2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2----| D|----3----------3----------3----------3------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|-1----------1----------1----------1---------| of her bedroom As she ACCM9 e|-----------------------0------0-------------| B|--1------1--1------1---1----1-----1------1--| G|--2----2----2----2--------0-------0----0----| D|-----2---------2---------------------0------| A|--0---------0----------3----------2---------| E|--------------------------------------------| knowingly tortures the shell that is left of her F e|--------------------------------------------| B|-1------1---1------1---1------1---1------1--| G|-2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2----| D|----3----------3----------3----------3------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|-1----------1----------1----------1---------| bridegroom Repeat Intro Riff: C Dm And what did he do to deserve Am C CM9 F This whore of a wife who parades her disgrace to his face now Am C CM9 F When he loved her and gave up his life in more ways than she knows how G G And all I can say is that Chorus: C Am Dm Love is a terrible art, it?s a hook in the heart G That can drag you on broken glass C Am And as you protest the shards in your flesh Dm G ?Am The hook tears out your chest until you?re just a broken mess Verse: C Dm Where is God in this rot? Am C CM9 F Depraved she commits the most heinous of sins and breaks her vows Am C CM9 F But he loves her despite all the crimes she devises in his house C Dm Where is God? I?ve been taught Am C CM9 F That He?s close to the broken, it's true I have spoken with Him some Am C CM9 F When I look in my brother's eyes I can see where his love comes from G G And all he can say is that Chorus: C Am Dm Love is a terrible art, it?s a hook in the heart G That can drag you on broken glass C Am And as you protest the shards in your flesh Dm G The hook tears out your chest until you?re just a broken mess Bridge: F G C But she has mercy on her lover and does not bleed him dry F C G A credit to his self control if it were me that monster would probably die Chorus 2: C Am Dm Love is a beautiful thing, she can make your heart sing G When you?re walking on broken glass C Am She will open your eyes, make your heart feel alive Dm Point you toward the sunrise G Help you leave all this broken mess behind Outro: 4x F G Em Love is a beautiful thing Dm C G Will you leave this broken mess behind?