Passenger – A Thousand Matches (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
(Picking pattern throughout the entire song. Every first C has a hammer on the D string like below) e|-------------------| e|---------------------| B|-----x---------x---| B|-----1-----------1---| G|-----------x-------| G|------------0--------| D|-----x-------x-----| D|-----0h2-------2-----| A|-x-------x---------| A|-3--------3----------| E|-------------------| E|---------------------|
[Intro]
C - C - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - Fmaj7 - G
Am - Em - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - C - C
[Verse 1]
C Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 G Lying on the mattress 'cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away C Fmaj7 G Sleeping she looked like an actress, in theory and in practice, I said C Fmaj7 G "There's got to be a better way" C Fmaj7 G She said "You light a thousand matches, when you finally set fire, C Fmaj7 G well you run away" Am Em Fmaj7 G C So why'd you go and do it when you knew that you would go and I would stay
[Interlude]
C - C - C - C
[Verse 2]
C Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 G I hit the wall in frustration, the conversation had been circling for days C Fmaj7 G She said "Don't take it out on him, for the wall has always been C Fmaj7 G supportive in the best of ways" C Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 G We're laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow Am Em Fmaj7 G C For just one second it was funny that she would have to stay and I would go.
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C I said "Love, you know I love you so; when you love someone well you've got to let them know." Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C And she said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
[Interlude]
C - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - Fmaj7 - G
Am - Em - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - C - C
[Verse 3]
C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 She said "I'm gonna take this home for I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 In some faceless hotel room you seem to lose everything you own" Am Em Fmaj7 G C She didn't mean it how it sounded, what she meant was she would stay and I would go
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C I said "Love, you know I love you so; when you love someone well you've got to let them know." Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C And she said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
C - C - C - C
[Bridge]
Fmaj7 G C Sometimes you tear it all apart Fmaj7 G C to see the wood from the trees. Fmaj7 G C G Am (quick walk down from C to Am) Sometimes you break your own heart Fmaj7 G C to set yourself free
[Interlude]
C - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - Fmaj7 - G
Am - Em - Fmaj7 - G
C - C - C - C
[Verse 4]
C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 I walked her to the station, hesitation in our movements and our tone C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 Words finally left after they realized how uncomfortable they'd grown C Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Gadd11 See, what you want and what you need, well they seldomly succeed to grow Am Em Fmaj7 G We reluctantly agreed, that when you love someone, you've got to let them go