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
