G          D    G
I'm a mess

G                                                    C
I should be filling rooms with the sweet smell of success
      D                              C      G
I'm a mess, look at what I've been reduced to
G                                        C
I don't blame you for saying no when you should have answered yes
    D                                                G
But darling, darling, darling, look at me now, I'm a mess

      G           D/F#   G                       C
I'm a mess, I'm a wreck     I'm really on the deck
      D                     C  G
I'm a mess, look at how I'm living
G                            B                       C
Some of these days I'm gonna get back on my feet and quit this blue address
    D                                                G
But darling, darling, darling, in the meantime, I'm a mess

B                                                  C
    The smart set, I used to run around with are invisible now
G
They all cut me loose when one said that what I've got might just
                    C
rub off on them somehow
      G      D/F#   G                      C    E7    Am
I'm a mess, ah!        for want of your caress
D                                                 G
Darling, darling, darling, look at me now, I'm a mess