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---|

Ooh I'm a ^C#mmess right now Inside ^Bout Searching for a ^Esweet surrender But ^Asusthis is not the ^Eend

I ca^F#mn't ^C#mwork it out Ho^Bw? Going through the ^Emotions ^AsusGoing through ^Bus

And ^Asusoh I've known it for the longest ^Etime And all of my ^Bhopes all my ^Asuswords Are all over written on the ^Esigns But you're on my ^Broad walking me ^Asushome

Home, home

^C#mSee the flames inside my eye^Bs It burns so ^Asusbright I wanna feel your ^Elove, ^F#mohoh ^C#mEasy baby maybe I'm a ^Bliar But for to^Asusnight I wanna fall in ^Elove And put your ^F#mfaith in my ^Astomach

I messed ^C#mup this time Late last ^Bnight Drinking to ^Esuppress devotion With ^Asusfingers inter^Etwined ^B

I ca^F#mn't ^C#mshake this feeling N^Bow We're going through the ^Emotions ^AsusHopin' you'd ^Bstop

And ^Asusoh I've only caused you pain I ^Eknow but all of my ^Bwords Will always be^Asuslow Although all the lie we ^Espoke When you're on my ^Broad walking me ^Asushome

Home, home, home

And ^C#mfor ^E2how ^Blong I lo^Asusve ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now, now ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now, now ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now, now

^C#mAnd I feel love,^E2 ^B I feel it^Asus all ^Eover, ^Bnow, ^C#mnow ^C#mAnd I feel love,^E2 ^B I feel it^Asus all ^Eover, ^Bnow, ^C#mnow ^C#mAnd I feel love,^E2 ^B I feel it^Asus all ^Eover, ^Bnow ^C#m ^C#mAnd I feel love,^E2 ^B I feel it^Asus all ^Eover, ^Bnow, ^C#mnow

^C#mAnd I feel love, ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now now ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now, now ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer, now, now ^C#mFor ^E2how ^Blong, long I lov^Asuse ^Emy ^Blov^C#mer

Ed Sheeran - Im a mess