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A Thousand Matches

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Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Capo 4
(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]
CLying on the mattress 'cos my Fmaj7friend's crazy Gsister took my Cbed awayFmaj7  G  
Sleeping Cshe looked like an actress, in Fmaj7theory and in Gpractice, I said
"There's Cgot to be a better way"Fmaj7  G  
She said "You lCight a thousand matches, when you Fmaj7finally set Gfire,
well you Crun away"Fmaj7  G  
So Amwhy'd you go and Emdo it when you knFmaj7ew that you would go and GI would stayC  
[Interlude]
C- C- C- C  
[Verse 2]
I hit the Cwall in frustration, the converFmaj7sation had been Gcircling for dayCsFmaj7  G  
She said "Don't Ctake it out on him, for the Fmaj7wall has always Gbeen
suppCortive in the best of ways"Fmaj7  G  
We're lCaughing and crying like Fmaj7mad men dyGing in the snCowFmaj7  G  
For just one Amsecond it was Emfunny that Fmaj7she would have to stay Gand I would go.C  
[Chorus]
I said "Fmaj7Love, you know CI Glove you so; Cwhen you Fmaj7love someone Cwell you've Ggot to let them know."C  
And she said Fmaj7"Nothing's Cchanged I Glove you the sameC, but when you Fmaj7love someone Csometimes you Ggotta let 'em goC"
[Interlude]
C- Fmaj7- G  
C- C- Fmaj7- G  
Am- Em- Fmaj7- G  
C- C- C- C  
[Verse 3]
CShe handed me a stone in the pFmaj7erfect shape Gadd11of a heartC  Fmaj7  Gadd11  
She said "I'm Cgonna take this home for I Fmaj7know you'll only Gadd11lose it somewhere afCter darkFmaj7  Gadd11  
In some Cfaceless hotel room you Fmaj7seem to lose Gadd11everything you own"C  Fmaj7  Gadd11  
She didn't meAman it how it sEmounded, what she Fmaj7meant was she would Gstay and I would goC  
[Chorus]
I said "Fmaj7Love, you know CI Glove you so; Cwhen you Fmaj7love someone Cwell you've Ggot to let them know."C  
And she said Fmaj7"Nothing's Cchanged I Glove you the sameC, but when you Fmaj7love someone Csometimes you Ggotta let 'em goC"
C- C- C- C  
[Bridge]
Fmaj7Sometimes you Gtear it all apCart
Fmaj7to see the wGood from the Ctrees.
Fmaj7   G   C   G   Am(quick walk down from Cto Am)
Sometimes you break your own heart
Fmaj7to Gset yoursCelf free
[Interlude]
C- Fmaj7- G  
C- C- Fmaj7- G  
Am- Em- Fmaj7- G  
C- C- C- C  
[Verse 4]
CI walked her to the station, hesiFmaj7tation in our Gadd11movements and our CtoneFmaj7  Gadd11  
CWords finally left after they Fmaj7realized how unGadd11comfortable they'd grownC  Fmaj7  Gadd11  
See, what you Cwant and what you need, well they Fmaj7seldomly sucGadd11ceed to growC  Fmaj7  Gadd11  
We reAmluctantly agreedEm, that when you Fmaj7love someone, you've Ggot to let them go
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