A Thousand Matches chords by
Passenger
Passenger

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Key: E major
Intro 1
E
E

A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

A
A

E
E

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

Lying on a mattress cause
Verse 1
A
A

B
B

E
E

A
A

my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

Sleeping she looked like an actress
A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

in theory and in practice
B
B

E
E

I said there's got to
A
A

be a better way
Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

E
E

She said you light
a thousand matches
A
A

B
B

When you finally set fire
E
E

A
A

will you run away?
Bsus4
Bsus4

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

So why'd you go and do it
A
A

When you knew that you would go and
B
B

E
E

Asus2
Asus2

E
E

I would stay?
Verse 2
B
B

E
E

I hit the wall in frustration,
A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

E
E

A
A

the conversation had been circling for days
Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

E
E

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

B
B

for the wall has always been
Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

Sup portive in the best
A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

of ways
B
B

E
E

We're laughing and crying like
A
A

B
B

E
E

A
A

madmen dying in the snow
Bsus4
Bsus4

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

A
A

For just one second it was funny that she would
B
B

E
E

Asus2
Asus2

E
E

have to stay and I would go
Verse 3
A
A

E
E

B
B

And I said love, you know, I love you so
E
E

A
A

E
E

When you love someone well
B
B

you've gotta let 'em know
E
E

A
A

E
E

She said, "Nothing's changed,
B
B

I love you the same
E
E

A
A

When you love someone,
E
E

B
B

sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Interlude 1
E
E

A
A

B
B

E
E

A
A

B
B

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

A
A

E
E

B
B

E
E

She handed me a stone in the
Verse 4
A
A

perfect
B
B

Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

E
E

A
A

Asus2
Asus2

shape of a heart
B
B

E
E

She said I'm gonna take
this home
A
A

For I know you'll only lose it
B
B

E
E

A
A

somewhere after dark
Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

In some faceless hotel room
A
A

B
B

You seem to lose everything
E
E

A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

you know
B
B

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

She didn't mean it how it sounded
A
A

What she meant was she would
Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

E
E

A
A

E
E

stay and I would go
A
A

E
E

B
B

And I said love, you know, I love you so
E
E

A
A

E
E

When you love someone well
B
B

you've gotta let 'em know
E
E

A
A

E
E

She said, "Nothing's changed
B
B

I love you the same
E
E

A
A

When you love someone
E
E

B
B

Sometimes you gotta let
'em go"
E
E

Verse 5
A
A

B
B

E
E

Sometimes you tear it all apart
A
A

B
B

E
E

To see the wood from the trees
A
A

B
B

E
E

C#m
C#m

Sometimes you break your own heart
A
A

B
B

E
E

A
A

To set yourself free
Interlude 2
B
B

E
E

A
A

B
B

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

A
A

B
B

E
E

A
A

E
E

B
B

E
E

A
A

I walked her to the station Hesitation
Verse 6
B
B

in our movements
E
E

A
A

B
B

and our tone
E
E

Words finally left after real
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A

izing
B
B

E
E

A
A

How uncomfortable they'd grown
B
B

E
E

See, what you want and what you need,
well
A
A

B
B

They seldomly succeed to grow
E
E

E
E

A
A

B
B

We reluctantly agreed
that when you love someone
You gotta let them go

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ChordsE A Bsus4 C#m G#m...

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