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

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

[Instrumental]
C  Gm  Cm  D  Bb Gm  Cm  D

[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

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