| G | F#m | Em | D | |
| You know that b | ad l | uck will e | at you u | p |
| G | A | |
| Whe | n's it gonna end? |
| G | F#m | Em | |
| I twisted everyt | hing I could |
| D | |
| Out of words |
| G | A | G | A | |
| In real life my c | olo | urs never blend |
| D | G | A | |
| When I was a | boy I s | aid to mys | elf |
| D | G | F#m | |
| That I'd never | lean on a | nyone e | lse |
| 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 p | rayed |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| That the | good Lord would | come and t | ake me aw | ay |
| D | G | A | |
| From this | mess of a | life that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| And I fell to my | knees | oh and I c | ried |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| As the | lightning rose u | p from the e | arth to the s | ky |
| D | G | A | |
| In this | wreck of a l | ife that I'm | in |
| D | G | A | |
| In this | mess of a li | fe that I'm i | n |
| G | F#m | |
| Come on you got a l | ot to give |
| Em | |
| A | lot to live for |
| D | G | A | |
| And | hope it all gets | bet | ter |
| G | F#m | Em | |
| You | twisted everything you | can out of | anything |
| D | G | A | G | A | |
| I | know it's gonna get | bet | ter |
| D | G | A | |
| And I'm so sick and | tired of l | ying ar | ound |
| D | G | F#m | |
| We're all waiting for s | omeone to l | ight up this t | own |
| 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 p | rayed |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| That the g | ood Lord would | come and t | ake me aw | ay |
| D | G | A | |
| From this | mess of a | life that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| And I fell to my | knees o | h and I | cried |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| As the | lightning rose u | p from the e | arth to the s | ky |
| D | G | A | |
| In this | wreck of a | life that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| In this | mess of a l | ife that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| Oh and it feels like I'm writing a bo | ok and I can't get ins | pired |
| D | |
| Some | times |
| G | A | |
| It seems that I'm breathing in sm | oke and my lungs are so t | ired |
| 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 t | ake me a | way |
| D | G | A | |
| From this | mess of a | life that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| And I fell to my | knees o | h and I | cried |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| As the | lightning rose u | p from the | earth to the | sky |
| D | G | A | |
| In this | wreck of a | life that I'm i | n |
| D | G | A | |
| And | oh, | oh how I | prayed |
| D | G | F#m | A | |
| That the | good Lord would | come and | take me aw | ay |
| D | G | A | |
| From this | mess of a | life that I'm | in |
| D | G | A | |
| And I fell to my k | nees o | h 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 |