Ed Sheeran just posted the live version of I'm A Mess (link below) and here is how
he plays it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2CR9qZRj0
First off in this version the tuning is down a half step on all the strings apart from
the 3rd. Instead of tuning to E B G D A E you need to be tuned down a half step to
Eb Ab Db G Bb Eb.
(There are other versions of this song he does live and it's tuned down a whole step)
Then there's the chords. Because we're tuned half a step down the chords below are
the shapes of the chords, they're not the sounds. So the E is an E shape not an E
sound. When we're tuned down a half step and E shape will actually be an Eb.
Where the x is on the B and C#m Ed rests his middle finger on the bottom string to
mute it and on the Asus he wraps his thumb round the top to mute it.
E Asus B C#m F#m A E2
Eb|---0-----0------0------0------x-----x-----0---|
Bb|---0-----0------0------0------x-----x-----0---|
G |---0-----0------0------0------x-----x-----0---|
Db|---2-----2------4------6------4-----7-----9---|
Ab|---2-----0------2------4------4-----7-----7---|
Eb|---0-----x------x------x------2-----5-----x---|
[Verse]
C#m
Ooh I'm a mess right now
B
Inside out
E
Searching for a sweet surrender
Asus E
But this is not the end
F#m C#m
I can't work it out
B
How?
E
Going through the motions
Asus B
Going through us
Asus E
And oh I've known it for the longest time
B Asus
And all of my hopes all my words
E
Are all over written on the signs
B Asus
But you're on my road walking me home
Home, home
[Chorus]
C#m B
See the flames inside my eyes
Asus E F#m
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love, ohoh
C#m B
Easy baby maybe I'm a liar
Asus E
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
F#m A
And put your faith in my stomach
[Verse]
C#m
I messed up this time
B
Late last night
E
Drinking to suppress devotion
Asus E B
With fingers intertwined
F#m C#m
I can't shake this feeling
B
Now
E
We're going through the motions
Asus B
Hopin' you'd stop
Asus
And oh I've only caused you pain
E B
I know but all of my words
Asus
Will always below
E
Although all the lie we spoke
B Asus
When you're on my road walking me home
Home, home, home
[Chorus]
C#m B
See the flames inside my eyes
Asus E F#m
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love, ohoh
C#m B
Easy baby maybe I'm a liar
Asus E
But for tonight I wanna fall in love
F#m A
And put your faith in my stomach
[Bridge]
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And for how long I love my lover
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long I love my lover, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long, long I love my lover, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long, long I love my lover, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And I feel love, I feel it all over, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
And I feel love, how long, long I love my lover, now now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long, long I love my lover, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long, long I love my lover, now, now
C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m
For how long, long I love my lover
