Chords for Chuck Cannon "Messes" 2015 DURANGO Songwriter's Expo/SB

_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
I've been cleaning up your messes. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] I've pulled you from the puddles of your tears.
_ [Gb] _
_ _ [B] I found you lying face down in your grave. _ _
_ I've been [Abm] cleaning [Ab] up your messes [B] down through [Abm] years. _
_ And I've been keeping all those [Ab] secrets that you tell.
[Ab] And _ [B] all the dreams that you threw down the wishing well.
_ [Gb] _
And [B] I helped you hold on to that soul you tried to sell. _ _
_ _ [Abm] I've been keeping [Bb] all the secrets you don't tell. _
_ I'm your [Gb] _ _
best friend.
I tie up the [Abm] _
loose ends.
You [B] leave dangling in the womb [Gb] like so much smoke.
_ From your _ _ cigarette, you still ain't [Abm] quitting. _
_ _ _ [B] That's just one more promise [Gb] that you broke. _
_ _ I've [Abm] been praying for [Ab] your heart to come [Abm] around.
[Ab] _ _ [B] And find all that love [Gb] just waiting to [B] be found.
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ Maybe someday you won't let me down.
_ _ I [Abm] keep praying for your heart. _ _
_ _ [B] And I haunt you from the mirror.
And [Abm] you're only [Ab] a reflection [B] of the man
we know that you were born to be.
_ _ [Ebm] And it's my [B] cross to bear you over [Abm] the curse
that you live under.
And I [B] wonder sometimes do you ever
[Gb] _
see when you look at [Abm] me. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
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_ And I've [Abm] been picking up the pieces of your life. _
_ [B] Yeah, that's my blood there on the dull edge of your knife. _
_ _ [Gb] [B] And I even caught you sleeping with my wife.
_ _ I've been picking up the pieces of [Abm] your life.
_ _ [B] Because I believe someday you're going to do me proud.
_ _ [Gb] It's written on your soul to rise above the crowd.
[Bbm] _ _ And hear [Abm] the angels [B] sing your praises right out loud.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [Abm] believe someday you're going to do me proud.
_ _ [Ab] I'm [B] your [Gb] _
best friend.
I tie [Abm] up the _ losing.
[Eb] You [B] leave dangling in the wind [Gb] like so much rope.
I'm your own worst _ enemy.
Oh, you better [Abm] watch _ out for me.
_ [B] _
Twisting in the [B] wind. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've [Abm] been cleaning up your [Ab] messes now [Abm] for years.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ [Gb] Pulled you from the [Gb]
puddles of your _ tears. _
Where [B] I found you lying [Gb] face down.
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [B] I've [Abm] been cleaning up [Ab] your messes [B] now for years.
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