Back 2 Good chords by
Matchbox Twenty

1996•Rock•720 views•

Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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It's nothing, it's so normal

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You just stand there,

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I could say so much

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But I don't go there 'cause I don't want to

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I was thinking if you were lonely

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Maybe we could leave here

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and no one would know

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At least not to the point

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that we would think so

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Chorus 1

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And everyone here, knows everyone

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here is thinking about somebody else

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Well, it's best if we all keep this

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un der our heads

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And I couldn't tell,

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if anyone here was feeling the way I do

But I'm lonely now, and I don't know how

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To get it back

Interlude 1

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(to good)

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Verse 2

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This don't mean that

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you own me, well

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This ain't no good,

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in fact it's phony as hell

Yeah, but

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things worked out just like you wanted

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to

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If you see me out, you don't know me

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Try to turn your head,

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try to give me some room

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How to figure out just what I'm gonna do

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Chorus 2

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'Cause everyone here

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hates everyone here for doing

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Just like they do

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And it's best if we all keep

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this quiet in stead

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And I couldn't tell why everyone here

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was doing me like they do

But I'm sorry now and I don't know how

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To get it back

Interlude 2

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(to good)

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Bridge 1

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Well everyone here is wondering

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what it's like to be with somebody else

And everyone here's to blame,

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and everyone here

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Gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain

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Well, everyone here hides

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shades of shame

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Yeah, but looking inside we're the same

We're the same and we're all grown now

Yeah, but we don't know how

Interlude 3

To get it back

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(to good)

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Chorus 3

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And everyone here, knows everyone

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here is thinking about somebody else

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Well, it's best if we all keep this

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un der our heads,

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hell our heads, yeah

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See I couldn't tell,

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if anyone here was feeling the way I do

But it's over now, and I don't know how,

guess it's over now

Outro 1

There's no getting back

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(to good)

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Chords

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Em

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What is the original key of Back 2 Good?

The original key of Back 2 Good by Matchbox Twenty is C major.

What are the main chords for Back 2 Good?

The primary chords used in Back 2 Good are D, C, G, A, Bm, Em.

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