Intro 
C  Gm  Cm  D  Bb Gm  Cm  D 

verse 1 
G                     Gm          Cm 
Feel like messing up, cutting my teeth 
          D                            Gm 
 On stolen candy, chewing on something sweet 
        G               Gm           Cm 
I don't know what, what I came here for 
D 
Stumbling down these streets, trying to find your door 

Gm                                  Cm 
Take the long way 'round, long walk across this town 
      D 
If I was any good at painting, I'd paint it up and down 
Bb      Gm              Cm 
  But I'm not, I'm just trying not to make a sound 
D 
Whistling to myself the Fourth Street Mess Around 


[Refrão]
Bb Gm 
   Mess around, mess around, mess around… 
Cm 
Mess around, mess around, mess around… 
D         Bb 
Oh.......yeah 

Instrumental 
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verse 2 
                     G   Gm      Cm              C 
Wanna tell it like it is from heaven's point of view 
G      D                                                       Bb 
But I would not have lived in vain if I could utter one thing true 
       Gm                 D#        Cm 
Or not build this life so artificially 
D                                    F    Bb 
 Not go about it all so goddam superficially 

            Gm                  Cm 
Lay myself down, quit running so ragged 
D                  C       D           Bb 
  Blaze me a trail just a little less jagged 
Gm                     Cm                    G 
 But for now I'm just stuck here in this town 
D 
Singing to myself the Fourth Street Mess Around 
 

[Refrão]
Bb Gm 
   Mess around, mess around, mess around… 
Cm 
Mess around, mess around, mess around… 
D         Bb 
Oh.......yeah 

Outro 
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