Matchbox Twenty – Bent (Guitar)
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First of all, thank you for taking a look at my tab of Bent by Matchbox Twenty and I hope
you enjoy playing along with it. It is based off of Rob Thomas' acoustic performance at
Red Rocks during his solo tour, hence the intro and bridge sound much different to the actual
CD version!
I've recently made a few changes, making some of the chords more precise to how I play it.
gth971x is correct, the G D/F# Em(7) progression goes G F# E down the low E-string (in
addition, I like to play the top E- and B-string 03 33 03 or 03 33 30 during that progression,
so that one string remains unchanged while the other changes). Also, I prefer to play the Cs
during the chorus as Cmaj7 (x32000).
One final point: if you want to play it like Rob Thomas on an acoustic, listen to the Red
Rocks performance to get a handle on strumming and rhythm, especially for the 'Em's in the
verses, as half of the time it includes pauses and hammer-ons.
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(Em) Am Am7 If I fall along the way D Em Then pick me up and dust me off Am Am7 And if I get too tired to make it D Em Then be my breath so I can walk Am Am7 And if I need some other love then D Em You give me more than I can stand Am Am7 And when my smile gets old and faded D G Then wait around I'll smile again (G) D/F# Em It shouldn't be so complicated Am Just hold me and then D G Well just hold me again (G) D/F# Em Can you help me, I'm bent? Cmaj7 I'm so scared that I'll never D Get put back together Cmaj7 G Keep breaking me in (G) D/F# Em And this is how we will end Cmaj7 With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
(Em) Am Am7 If I couldn't sleep could you sleep? D Em Could you paint me better off? Am Am7 Could you sympathize with my needs? D G I know you think I need a lot (G) D/F# Em I started out clean but I'm jaded Am Just phoning it in D G Just breaking the skin (G) D/F# Em Can you help me, I'm bent? Cmaj7 I'm so scared that I'll never D Get put back together Cmaj7 G Keep breaking me in (G) D/F# Em And this is how we will end Cmaj7 With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
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Start bending me
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It's never enough
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'Til I feel all your pieces
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Start bending me
Keep bending me
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Until I'm completely broken in
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(G) D/F# Em It shouldn't be so complicated Am Just touch me and then D G Well, just touch me again (G) D/F# Em Can you help me, I'm bent? Cmaj7 I'm so scared that I'll never D Get put back together Cmaj7 G Keep breaking me in (G) D/F# Em And this is how we will end Cmaj7 With you and me landing D Without understanding Cmaj7 G Hell, I'd go there again (G) D/F# Em Can you help me, I'm bent? Cmaj7 I'm so scared that I'll never D Get put back together Cmaj7 G Keep breaking me in (G) D/F# Em And this is how we will end Cmaj7 With you and me (Cmaj7) Bent
G D Em