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Blake Rose – Hearts A Mess Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE C#m A

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[Intro]
E

[Verse]
E
..Knock the wind right out my chest
                 C#m
While you lay before me
                       A
I know your heart's a mess
E
..Watch you crumble in this nest
                       C#m
The one you built here for me
                    A
Now everything's a wreck

[Chorus]
      E
Well you said to me that
            C#m
If we never last I hope
              A
we live and laugh
                      E
You're all I've ever had
                     C#m  A
You're all I've ever had....

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[Interlude]
E   C#m   A

[Verse]
E
..Knock the wind right out my chest
                C#m
While you lay before me
                      A
I know you're on the edge
E
..Push my face against the glass
                    C#m
I wish you'd never known me
                      A
That I could take it back

[Chorus]
      E
Well you said to me that
            C#m
If we never last I hope
              A
we live and laugh
                       E
You're all I've ever wanted
                           C#m
At least I got to tell you that
                       A
Cause now I'm looking back
                      E
you're all I've ever had
                    C#m    A
You're all I've ever had.....

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[Outro]
E    C#m    A
                       E
You're all I've ever had
                                C#m
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
             A
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
                      E    C#m   A
You're all I've ever had
                      E    C#m   A
You're all I've ever had
                      E    C#m   A
You're all I've ever had
                      E    C#m   A
You're all I've ever had

How to play Hearts A Mess: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Hearts A Mess by Blake Rose on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Hearts A Mess by Blake Rose is built around E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), with 3 chords in all: E, C#m and A.

Listen for E – C#m – A – E (I – vi – IV – I in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, C#m needs a barre or movable shape. Take the change into it slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.