Front Porch Step - A lovely mess
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Strumming
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
[All strings tuned a half-step down]
Chords used:
Cmaj7 - x32003
D6add4 - x54005
G - 320033
Em - 022000
D - xx0232
Dsus4 - xx0233
Walkdown [from G to Em, aka W.D.]:
Pluck 3xxxxx
Strum 320033 [D UDU]
Pluck 2xxxxx
Strum 200033 [D UDU]
[Continue in Em]
The guitarist also does a flair where he hammers the 2nd fret of the A string intermittently while playing G,
this is not necessary though.
Song:
D6add4 G
Cmaj7I'm not the maD6add4n that I once was G
Cmaj7But I'm changing every day becaD6add4use I want to find someone like you G
Cmaj7And you've got eyD6add4es that can tear me down G
But all they Emdo is build me upCmaj7
So hold my D6add4hand before my Gheart erupts
[Muted forceful strumming transitions to chorus]
[D D DU]
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
And darling I may not be everything you want
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
But I can give you all I have
GI'm not the perDfect Dsus4man
G W.D. Em C D [Strum once] Cmaj7 D6add4 G
But you are just so perfect and I want to be the one that holds your hand
Cmaj7I'm Sorry if I D6add4come off strong G
Cmaj7 D6add4 G W.D.
And it could be that you're all wrong for me
But EmI just had to seeCmaj7
D6add4 G W.D. Em
Because you are broken and I am such a wreck
Cmaj7 D6add4 [Strum once]
I think that we'd make a lovely mess
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
And darling I may not be everything you want
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
But I can give you all I have
GI'm not the perDfect Dsus4man
G W.D. Em [Strum once] C D [Strum once] Cmaj7 Cmaj7
But you are just so perfect and I want to be the one that holds your hand
EmSome day we could wake up in a Dbed we call our Dsus4own D
I could Cbuy you lots of flowers
And someGday I'd build your Dhome
EmI would sing you Frank Sinatra while we Dsway along and Dsus4dance D
EmThis life of course could be all yours if you would Djust give me a Dsus4chanceD
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
And darling I may not be everything you want
C D Dsus4 G W.D. Em
But I can give you all I have
[Strumming once each]
GI'm not the perDfect Dsus4man
[Normal strumming]
G W.D. Em C D [Strum once] Cmaj7 D6add4 G
But you are just so perfect and I want to be the one that holds your hand
Cmaj7I'm not those meD6add4n that made you crGy
Cmaj7 D6add4 G C [Strum once] G
And I promise that I will spend my life just trying to make you feel alive
D6add4 G W.D. Em [Strum once]
Because you are broken and I am such a wreck
Cmaj7 [Strum once] D6add4 [Strum once]
I swear I will love you- -till I'm dead
[Strum once]
Cmaj7 G