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(chords used)
C/G 3355xx
D/A 5577xx
E9 x9899x
E5 022xxx
G5 355xxx
C5 x355xx
D5 x577xx
[Intro]
*bend up to this note, don't actually play it
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~-------4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~---------|
A|-------------------------2--0----------------------------2--0-------|
E|---------0--2-3--------------------------0--2-3---------------3--0--|
okay now, anywhere that i write out an Em part, this is what you play
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0------0------0---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0---------0-0----------0-0----------0-0------------|
[Verse 1]
Em
I forget when words were only words
Em
she knows the party makes me nervous
Em
in this stage we can't get hurt
Em
don't try to understand me
C/G D/A
we're too cool to be alone
E9 E9 E9 E9
but, not too crazy to get busted
Em
I found out one life just ain't enough
Em
I need another soul to feed on
Em
I'm the flame I can't get burnt
Em
I'm wholly understated
[Pre-chorus]
C/G D/A
I found silence in this space
E9 E9 E9 E9
an on and off again attraction
C/G D/A
I need such amazing grace
heaven sweep me away
[Chorus]
E5 G5
love don't change, don't come around here
D5 C5
don't wear my heart on your sleeve
E5
like a high school letter
G5
don't strain, cuz nothing ever comes from it
D5
and the people we've become, well
C5
they've never been the people who we are
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~-------4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~---------|
A|-------------------------2--0----------------------------2--0-------|
E|---------0--2-3--------------------------0--2-3---------------3--0--|
[Verse 2]
Em
I strap on one horse and prayed for luck
Em
I dug another hole to bleed
Em
I know exactly how this works
Em
I need a new feel dirty
[Pre-chorus]
C/G D/A
I don't need you crowding up my space
E9 E9 E9 E9
I just want to get inside you
C/G D/A
you can't believe the heart you save giving something away
[Chorus]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~-------4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~---------|
A|-------------------------2--0----------------------------2--0-------|
E|---------0--2-3--------------------------0--2-3---------------3--0--|
[Verse 3]
E5
I dreamed that the world was crumbling down
C5
we sat on my back porch and watched it
E5
I dreamed that the buildings all fell down
C5
we sat on my back porch and watched it
E5 G5
I dreamed that the world was crumblin down
C5
we sat on my back porch and watched it
D5
in my head I heard the sound
like between strangers dancing
E5
but oh how I want you to know me
G5
oh how I want you to know me
D5
oh how I wish I was somebody else, baby
C5 D5
oh how I wish you could own me
[Chorus]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~-------4(5)4--2~~~~~---4(5)4~~~~---------|
A|-------------------------2--0----------------------------2--0-------|
E|---------0--2-3--------------------------0--2-3---------------3--0--|
E5
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| (n) Ghost note
| ~ Vibrato
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|Busted chords and lyrics
Free chords for Busted by Matchbox Twenty. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
| (chords used) C/G 3355xx D/A 5577xx E9 x9899x E5 022xxx G5 355xxx C5 x355xx D5 x577xx okay now, anywhere that i write out an Em part, this is what you play [Verse 1] [Pre-chorus] heaven sweep me away [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Pre-chorus] [Verse 3] like between strangers dancing E5 ************************************ | (n) Ghost note | ~ Vibrato ************************************ |
Busted Chords by Matchbox Twenty
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