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Matches

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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
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Ashes  to ashes,  some  dust on the dash
I  got  my cigarettes
 But  I can't  find the  fire,  it's calming me down
I  was just  out on a  night  with my friends
You  are  still out  on a night  with your friends
 And you don't seem  to tire  when I'm not  around
I'm  under the tunnel, I'm holding my breath
I  searched every pocket that hung  in the closet
 Until I found  some matches in a brown  leather jacket
 One I swore  I'd never  worn, but  it once kept you  warm
Do  you remember we made  love on the floor?
 And you still haven't  called
 So I wait  until they're closing the  bars
 
I  made a wish but  the match never lit
 (That's the end of "Matches", then starts "I'm Actual")
 Can we take  the next hour
 and  talk about me
 Talk  about me, and we'll  talk about me
Talk  about me, and we'll only  talk  about me
 Can we please  take this hour
 and  talk about me
 and  my hatred for corporate  magazines
you  know they don't  speak to me
 The  irony  is  they  won't  speak with me
(I'm  Actual, I'm Actual...)
I  placed  you on a windowsill
Cut  notches  up and down  the door
My  surprise,  I woke up one  morn
In  our bed, In your place lay a note;  It read:
 (The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)
----A----Ab/A---G-----FG-------{eot}
D|--7------6-----5------4----------------------------|
A|--7------7-----5------5----------------------------|
E|--5------4-----3------2----------------------------|
Baby  your love  it  just ain't good  enough
 I found sunlight six  hours away
You  watered me down 'til  I drifted  abound
Somewhere  far from your  shade
Now  I shadow my former  self
Once  holy, now  lonely; a chest  full of
holes;  Red wax, it paints  me unclear
 when the big hand strikes  twelve
 I disappear
 and the angels are fake  and they'll  lie to your face
 Anything to  keep you away
 You watered me  down 'til I  drifted  abound
 It's time  I accept the fact
 That you on your back has buried the past
 Can we take the next  hour
 and talk  about me
 Talk  about me, and we'll talk about me
Talk  about me, and we'll only talk about me
 Can we please take  this hour
 and talk about  me
 and my hatred  for corporate magazines
you  know they don't speak to me
 The irony  is they  won't speak with  me
 That's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!

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Readable chord sheet for Matches by Format

[C]   [C/B]   [Am]   [Fmaj7]   [D7]

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[C]   [C/B]   [Am]   [C/B]

[C]Ashes[C/B] to ashes,[Am] som[C/B]e dust on the dash

[C]I got[C/B] my ci[Am]gare[C/B]ttes

Bu[Fmaj7]t I can't[Am] find [D7]the fi[Am]re, it's calming me down

[C]  [C/B]  [Am] [C/B]

[C]I was ju[C/B]st out on [Am]a night[C/B] with my friends

[C]You are[C/B] still ou[Am]t on a n[C/B]ight with your friends

And you don't s[Fmaj7]eem to tir[Am]e when I'm [D7]not around    [Am]                 [C]                          [C/B]                                 [Am]                                      [C/B]

[G]I'm under the tunnel, I'm holding my [F]breath                       [C]                                [C/B]                                       [Am]                                            [C/B]

[C]        [C/B]    [Am]   [C/B]

[C]I searched every pocket that h[C/B]ung in the closet [Am]                  [C/B]

Until I f[C]ound some matches in a br[C/B]own leather jacket     [Am]                          [C/B]

One I swor[Fmaj7]e I'd n[Am]ever worn, bu[D7]t it once kept yo[Am]u warm                   [C]                       [C/B]                              [Am]                                   [C/B]

[G]Do you remember we [F]made love on the floor?                           [C]                                    [C/B]                                           [Am]                                                [C/B]

And you still [Fmaj7]haven't[Am] called [D7]          [Am]

So I wait[Fmaj7] until they're closing the[Am] bars           [D7]                    [Am]

 [C]        [C/B]    [Am]   [C/B]

[G]I made a wish bu[F]t the match never lit                        [C]

(That's the end of "Matches", then starts "I'm Actual")

Can we tak[C]e the next hour

and[C/B] talk about me

T[C/B]alk about me, and we[Am]'ll talk about me

[Am]Talk about me, and we'll [G]only talk[C] about me

Can we ple[C]ase take this hour

an[C/B]d talk about me

a[C/B]nd my hatred for c[Am]orporate magazines

[Am]you know they don'[G]t speak to me

The[F] i[G]rony[G] is[Am] the[C/B]y wo[C]n't speak with me

[C](I'm Actual, I'm Actual...)

[F]I plac[G]ed you on a windowsill  [Am]                  [G]

[F]Cut no[G]tches up and d[Am]own the door                [G]

[F]My sur[G]prise, I woke up o[Am]ne morn           [G]

[F]In our bed, In your place lay a no[G]te; It read:         [C]

(The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)

----A----Ab/A---G-----F

D|--7------6-----5------4----------------------------|
A|--7------7-----5------5----------------------------|
E|--5------4-----3------2----------------------------|

[Am]Baby your love[Ab] it[A] just ain't go[G]od eno[F#]ugh[G]

I found sunlight s[F]ix hours away      [G]                [C]

[Am]You watered me down 'til[Ab] I [A]drifted abound[G]          [F#]             [G]

[F]Somewhere far from you[G]r shade                  [C]

[F]Now I shadow my f[G]ormer self     [Am]              [G]

[F]Once holy, n[G]ow lonely; a ches[Am]t full of    [G]

[F]holes; Red wax, it p[G]aints me un[Am]clear              [G]

when the big hand str[F]ikes twelve                  [G]

I disappe[C]ar

and the angels are [Am]fake and t[Ab]hey[A]'ll lie to your face [G]            [F#]               [G]

Anything [F]to keep you aw[G]ay             [C]

You watered me[Am] down 'til I[Ab] dr[A]ifted abound  [G]           [F#]              [G]

[G]      [G]        [G]        [G]

[Am]      [Ab] [A]      [G]      [F#] [G]

[F]   [G]   [C]

[Am]      [Ab] [A]      [G]      [F#] [G]

It's tim[G]e I accept the fact

That you on your back has buried the past

Can we take the [C]next hour

and tal[C/B]k about me

T[C/B]alk about me, and we'll talk about me  [Am]

[Am]Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me[G]                         [C]

Can we please take[C] this hour

and talk [C/B]about me

and my hatre[C/B]d for corporate magazines            [Am]

[Am]you know they don't speak to me     [G]

The irony[F] is [G]they won't speak [G]with me [Am]       [C/B]             [C]

That's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!

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