Artist: Jason Mraz
Song: A Beautiful Mess
Tuning: Standard

Tabbed based on Live at Mix 106.5 - 040408
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plus minute changes myself. I prefer to keep the 1st 2 strings (e & F) open for chords G & F. (:

Chords:
G 022100
C#m7 4x4400
B#m7 2x2200
G 577600
F 799800
Bm7 242322

Intro
e---12-------12----12119----4-----4---4/5/7-------|
B------12-------12---------------0-----0-------------|
G---------13-------13119--------4-----------------|
D------------------------------------------7/9-------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E-0--------------------------4-----------4-----------|

e---2-----2-----2-----2-----5-----5/7--7-------------|
B-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------|
G-------2-----------2-----------6------8-------------|
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A-------------------------0--------------------------|
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B------12-------12---------------0-----0-----0-----0-|
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B-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------|
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A-0--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------7-------------------------|

Verse 1
You've got the Gbest of both worlds
cis7 B#m7
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man
And Glift him back uFp again
You are Gstrong, but you're needy, cis7humble but you're greedy
B#m7 G F
And based on your body language and shouted cursive I've been reading
Your Gstyle is quite selective, but your cis7mind is rather reckless
B#m7 G F
Well, I guess it just suggests that this is just what happiness is.

Pre-Chorus
G  Hey, what a beautiful messF this is.
G  It's like picking up trash in dFresses

Chorus
Well it Gkind of hurts when the cis7kind of words you write
B#m7 G F
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don'tG mind my nerve you cancis7 call it fiction
B#m7 G F b7
Cause I like being submerged in your contradictions dear
Cause hGere we ab7re, hGere we are

Interlude
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G---------13-------13119--------4-----------------|
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E-2-----------2------------------------7-------------|

Verse 2
AlthGough you were biased I lcis7ove your advice
B#m7 G F
Your comebacks they're quick and probably have to Do with your insecurities
There's no sGhame in being crazy, cis7depending on how you take these
B#m7 G F
Words that paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

Pre-Chorus
G  And it's a beautiful messF, yes it is
G  It's like, we are picking up trash in Fdresses

Chorus
Well it Gkind of hurts when the cis7kind of words you say
B#m7 G F
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And the Gkind and courteous is a cis7life I've heard
B#m7 G F
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt
Causeb7 here, Ghere we b7are, Here we aGre

Bridge
G cis7 B#m7 G F
Here we are, here we are, here we are, here we are
G cis7 B#m7 G F
Here we are, here we are, here we are, we're still here

Pre-Chorus
G  And what a beautiful mess Fthis is
G  It's like taking a guess when the Fonly answer is yes

Chorus
And through Gtimeless words in cis7priceless pictures
B#m7 G F
We'll fly like birds not of this earth
And Gtides they turn and cis7hearts disfigure
B#m7 G F
But that's no concern when we're wounded together
And we Gtore our dresses and cis7stained our shirts
B#m7 G F
But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it

Outro
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