Bent

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Band : Matchbox 20
Song : Bent
Chords:
Em7
: X22033
A7
: 042000 (I'm calling this A7 for simplicity, though it's not actually)
Cmaj7
: 03200X
Am
: X03320
D
: X00232
D/F#
: 200033
Capo on Second Fret
Intro:
Em7A7Cmaj7Em7
x2
Verse:
Am
If I fall along the way
D Em7
pick me up and dust me off
Em7 Am
And if I get too tired to make it
D Em7
be my breath so I can walk
Am
If I need some other love
D Em7
give me more than I can stand
Em7 Am
And when my smile gets old and faded
D G
wait around I'll smile again
G D/F# Em7
()
Shouldn't be so complicated
Em7 Am
()
Just hold me and then
D G
just hold me again
Chorus:
G D/F# Em7
()
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
get put back together
Cmaj7 G
You're breaking me in
G D/F# Em7
()
and this is how we will end
Cmaj7
with you and me bent
Verse:
Am
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep?
D Em7
could you paint me better off?
Em7 Am
Could you sympathize with my needs?
D G
I know you think I need a lot
G D/F# Em7
()
I started out clean but I'm jaded
Em7 Am
()
just phoning it in
D G
just breaking the skin
Repeat Chorus
Em7 A7
Em7 A7
Em7 Cmaj7
Start bending me
Em7
It's never enough
Cmaj7
'Til I feel all your pieces
Em7 Cmaj7
Start bending me
A7
Keep bending me unitl
Cmaj7 Em7
Until I'm completely broken in
Em7A7Cmaj7Em7
()
Em7A7Cmaj7Em7
()
G D/F# Em7
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just touch me and then
D G
Well, just touch me again
G D/F# Em7
()
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# Em7
()
And this is how we will end
Em7 Cmaj7
()
With you and me lending
D
Without understanding,
C G
hell, I'll go there again
G D Em7
()
Can you help me I'm bent?
Em7 C
()
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
G D/F# Em7
()
And this is how we will end
C
With you and me bent.

Bent chords and lyrics

Free chords for Bent by Matchbox Twenty. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Band : Matchbox 20
Song : Bent
Chords:
Em7:    X22033
A7:     042000 (I'm calling this A7 for simplicity, though it's not actually)
Cmaj7:  03200X
Am:     X03320
D:      X00232
D/F#:   200033
Capo on Second Fret
Intro:
Em7 A7 Cmaj7 Em7 x2
Verse:
Chorus:
Verse:
Repeat Chorus
Em7 A7
Em7 A7
(Em7)  A7  Cmaj7  Em7
(Em7)  A7  Cmaj7  Em7

Bent Chords by Matchbox Twenty

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