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A Thousand Matches easy guitar chords by
Passenger
Passenger

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Intro 1
D
G
Asus4
D
G
Asus4

Bm
F#m
G
Asus4
D
G
D
Asus4

D
Lying on a mattress cause
Verse 1
G

A
D
G

my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
Asus4
D

Sleeping she looked like an actress
G
Asus4

in theory and in practice
A
D

I said there's got to
G

be a better way
Asus4
A
D

She said you light

a thousand matches
G
A

When you finally set fire
D
G

will you run away?
Asus4
Bm
F#m

So why'd you go and do it
G

When you knew that you would go and
A
D
Gsus2
D

I would stay?
Verse 2
A
D

I hit the wall in frustration,
G
Asus4
A
D
G

the conversation had been circling for days
Asus4
A
D

She said don't take it out on him,
G
A

for the wall has always been
Asus4
D

Sup portive in the best
G
Asus4

of ways
A
D

We're laughing and crying like
G
A
D
G

madmen dying in the snow
Asus4
Bm
F#m
G

For just one second it was funny that she would
A
D
Gsus2
D

have to stay and I would go
Verse 3
G
D
A

And I said love, you know, I love you so
D
G
D

When you love someone well
A

you've gotta let 'em know
D
G
D

She said, "Nothing's changed,
A

I love you the same
D
G

When you love someone,
D
A

sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Interlude 1
D
G
A
D
G
A

Bm
F#m
G
Asus4
D
G
D
A

D
She handed me a stone in the
Verse 4
G

perfect
A
Asus4
A
D
G
Gsus2

shape of a heart
A
D

She said I'm gonna take

this home
G

For I know you'll only lose it
A
D
G

somewhere after dark
Asus4
D

In some faceless hotel room
G
A

You seem to lose everything
D
G
Asus4

you know
A
Bm
F#m

She didn't mean it how it sounded
G

What she meant was she would
Asus4
A
D
G
D

stay and I would go
G
D
A

And I said love, you know, I love you so
D
G
D

When you love someone well
A

you've gotta let 'em know
D
G
D

She said, "Nothing's changed
A

I love you the same
D
G

When you love someone
D
A

Sometimes you gotta let

'em go"
D
Verse 5

G
A
D

Sometimes you tear it all apart
G
A
D

To see the wood from the trees
G
A
D
Bm

Sometimes you break your own heart
G
A
D
G

To set yourself free
Interlude 2
A
D
G
A

Bm
F#m
G
A
D
G
D

A

D
G
I walked her to the station Hesitation
Verse 6

A

in our movements
D
G
A

and our tone
D

Words finally left after real
G

izing
A
D
G

How uncomfortable they'd grown
A
D

See, what you want and what you need,

well
G
A

They seldomly succeed to grow
D
D
G
A


We reluctantly agreed

that when you love someone

You gotta let them go

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Chords
  • D

  • G

  • Asus4

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • A

  • Gsus2

Capo: 2

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