G   F#m       Em      D
You know that bad luck will eat you up 
G  A
When’s it gonna end? 
G                 F#m            Em  
  I twisted everything I could 
              D
Out of words 
                 G  A                G  A
In real life my colours never blend 
             D      G         A
When I was a boy I said to myself 
               D        G      F#m
That I’d never lean on anyone else 
        D
Oh, but I was wrong 
     G
Yeah I was wrong 
       A
And my mother took me by the hands and then 


D   G         A
Oh, oh how I prayed 
         D               G         F#m      A
That the good Lord would come and take me away 
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in 
                 D     G         A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried 
       D               G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky 
        D           G            A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
        D           G            A
In this mess of a life that I’m in 


G                  F#m
Come on you got a lot to give 
  Em
A lot to live for 
    D                G  A
And hope it all gets better 
    G                      F#m        Em              
You twisted everything you can out of anything 
  D                   G  A       G  A
I know it’s gonna get better 
                    D         G      A
And I’m so sick and tired of lying around 
                       D          G             F#m
We’re all waiting for someone to light up this town 
       D
Oh, it won’t be long 
   G
It won’t be long 
      A                                  D
And I know I should have left town but I stayed 
G         A
Oh how I prayed 
          D              G         F#m      A
That the good Lord would come and take me away 
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in 
                 D      G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried 
       D               G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky 
        D          G              A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
        D          G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in 


D                                    G                     A
Oh and it feels like I’m writing a book and I can’t get inspired 
    D
Sometimes 
                                 G                        A
It seems that I’m breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired 
   D
Oh well 
                                    G
I’ll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don’t get me 
A
fired 
                   D
And I’m asking you please 
   G        A
Oh oh how I prayed 
         D               G         F#m     A
That the good Lord would come and take me away 
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in 
                 D      G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried 
       D               G          F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky 
        D          G              A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
    D   G        A
And oh, oh how I prayed 
         D               G        F#m       A
That the good Lord would come and take me away 
          D         G             A
From this mess of a life that I’m in 
                  D     G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried 
       D              G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky 
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in 
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in 
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in 
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in  (and I fell to my knees)
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A       D
In this wreck of a life that I’m in