The Difference

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Huge thanks to previous submitters who helped put me on the right track and an
even bigger thank you to Matt Steele and James Bartlett for their help on the
lead/harmony licks and theory lessons
volume swell:
e--3-----
b--3-----
g--0----- let ring
d--2-----
a--3-----
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Intro
G C G C G D G
G C G C G D G
lead lick played 2nd time round in intro
guitar 1
e---3-2-3------------------------------------------------------|
b---------3--------3-5-3------------3-5-3----------------------|
g-----------4----5--------(4)2-0--5--------(4)2-0--------------|
d-------------5-------------------------------------4-4--4--5--|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
G C G
Slow dancing on the boulevard
C G D G
In the quiet moments while the city’s still dark
G C G C G
Sleepwalking through the summer rain and the tired spaces
D G
You could hear her name when she was
C
Warm and tender and you
Em
Held her arms around you
D
There was nothing but her
Em
Love and affection she was
played with the Em to transition to C
e--7-3-5-2--|
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g--7-4-5-2--|
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a-----------|
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C
Crazy for you now she's
G Am
Part of something that you lost
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C G D G
And for all you know
C G D G
This could be
C G D G
The difference between what you need
Am
And what you wanna be
C
Yeah, what you wanna be
G C G C G D G
guitar 1
e---3-2-3------------------------------------------------------|
b---------3--------3-5-3------------3-5-3----------------------|
g-----------4----5--------(4)2-0--5--------(4)2-0--------------|
d-------------5-------------------------------------4-4--4--5--|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 2
e---7---7------------------------------------------------------|
b-----10--8--------7-8-8------------7-8-8------------7-7-7--8--|
g-----------7----9----------------9--------(7)5-4--------------|
d-------------9------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
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G C G
Night swimming in her diamond dress
C G D G
Making small circles move across the surface
G C G
Stand watching from the steady shore feeling
C G D G
wide open and waiting for something
C
Warm and tender now she's
Em
Moving further from you
D
There was nothing that could
Em
Make it easy on you
played with the Em to transition to C
e--7-3-5-2--|
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g--7-4-5-2--|
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a-----------|
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C
Every step you take
G Am
Reminds you that she's walking home
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C G D G
And for all you know
C G D G
This could be
C G D G
The difference between what you need
Am
And what you want..........
C G D
Every word you never said
C G D
Echoes down your empty
C G D
Hallway and everything that was your
Am
world.........
C
Just came down
G C G
Day breaking on the boulevard feel the
C G D G
sun warming up your second hand heart
G C G
Light swimming right across your face and you think
C G
maybe someday, yeah
D
Maybe someday
C G D G
For all you know
C G D G
Yeah this could be
C G D G
The difference between what you need
Am
And what you want..........
C G D G
Yeah for all you know
C G D G
For all you know-ooh-oh-woah
C G D G
Yeah for all that you know
Am
This is what you wanna be
C
Girl what you wanna be
Hold C and fade

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Huge thanks to previous submitters who helped put me on the right track and an 
even bigger thank you to Matt Steele and James Bartlett for their help on the 
lead/harmony licks and theory lessons
volume swell:
Intro
G  C  G  C  G  D  G 
G  C  G  C  G  D  G
lead lick played 2nd time round in intro
G  C  G  C  G  D  G 
Hold C and fade

The Difference Chords by Matchbox Twenty

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