{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1047626,"song":"Matches","artist":"The Format","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1047626-matches-chords-by-the-format/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1047626?type=chord","rating":4.79468,"votes":10,"content":"SONG: \"Matches\"/\"I'm Actual\"\r\nARTIST: The Format\r\nALBUM: Dog Problems\r\nTABBED BY: Brandon Karcic\r\n\r\nPlayed in standard tuning, but tuning it down is possible. I like to play it a \r\nfull step down, to make the high notes in \"I'm Actual\" more singable.\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChords\r\n-[ch]C[/ch]-|-[ch]C/B[/ch]-|-[ch]Am[/ch]-|-[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]-|-[ch]D7[/ch]-|\r\n\r\n[tab]-0-|--0--|-0--|--0--|-0-|\r\n-1-|--1--|-1--|--1--|-1-|\r\n-0-|--0--|-2--|--2--|-2-|\r\n-2-|--0--|-2--|--3--|-0-|\r\n-3-|--2--|-0--|--0--|-0-|\r\n-x-|--x--|-x--|--x--|-x-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]C/B[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  \r\nAshes to ashes, some dust on the dash[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nI got my cigarettes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nBut I can't find the fire, it's calming me down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch] \r\nI was just out on a night with my friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch]  \r\nYou are still out on a night with your friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nAnd you don't seem to tire when I'm not around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nI'm under the tunnel, I'm holding my breath[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]C/B[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nI searched every pocket that hung in the closet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C/B[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nUntil I found some matches in a brown leather jacket[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nOne I swore I'd never worn, but it once kept you warm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nDo you remember we made love on the floor?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you still haven't called[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I wait until they're closing the bars[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n\r\nG               F                                            C (Let this one ring)\r\nI made a wish but the match never lit \r\n\r\n(That's the end of \"Matches\", then starts \"I'm Actual\")\r\n----------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan we take the next hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nand talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/B[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nTalk about me, and we'll talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTalk about me, and we'll only talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nCan we please take this hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nand talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/B[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nand my hatred for corporate magazines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou know they don't speak to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe irony is they won't speak with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n(I'm Actual, I'm Actual...)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI placed you on a windowsill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCut notches up and down the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy surprise, I woke up one morn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] (hold)\r\nIn our bed, In your place lay a note; It read:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)\r\n\r\n----A----Ab/A---G-----F#G-------\r\n\r\n[tab]D|--7------6-----5------4----------------------------|\r\nA|--7------7-----5------5----------------------------|\r\nE|--5------4-----3------2----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBaby your love it just ain't good enough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI found sunlight six hours away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch] (let ring)\r\nYou watered me down 'til I drifted abound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomewhere far from your shade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I shadow my former self[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce holy, now lonely; a chest full of[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nholes; Red wax, it paints me unclear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nwhen the big hand strikes twelve[/tab]\r\n\r\n         C (let ring)\r\nI disappear\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the angels are fake and they'll lie to your face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnything to keep you away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou watered me down 'til I drifted abound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nSOLO SECTION\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's time I accept the fact[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThat you on your back has buried the past\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan we take the next hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nand talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/B[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nTalk about me, and we'll talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTalk about me, and we'll only talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nCan we please take this hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nand talk about me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/B[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nand my hatred for corporate magazines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou know they don't speak to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] (let the last chord ring!)\r\nThe irony is they won't speak with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n----------------------------------\r\n\r\nThat's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!","plain_text":"SONG: \"Matches\"/\"I'm Actual\"\nARTIST: The Format\nALBUM: Dog Problems\nTABBED BY: Brandon Karcic\n\nPlayed in standard tuning, but tuning it down is possible. I like to play it a \nfull step down, to make the high notes in \"I'm Actual\" more singable.\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nChords\n-C-|-C/B-|-Am-|-Fmaj7-|-D7-|\n\n\n\n\nIntro:\nC - C/B - Am - C/B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  C/B  Am C/B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC        C/B    Am   C/B\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C        C/B    Am   C/B\n\nG               F                                            C (Let this one ring)\nI made a wish but the match never lit \n\n(That's the end of \"Matches\", then starts \"I'm Actual\")\n----------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)\n\n----A----Ab/A---G-----F#G-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         C (let ring)\nI disappear\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG      G        G        G\n\nSOLO SECTION\n\nAm      Ab/A      G      F#/G\n\nF   G   C\n\nAm      Ab/A      G      F#/G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat you on your back has buried the past\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n----------------------------------\n\nThat's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!","chords":["C","C/B","Am","Fmaj7","D7","G","F","A","Ab/A","F#","D","E","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}