The Format - Matches
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Tuning: G C E A
SONG: "Matches"/"I'm Actual"
ARTIST: The Format
ALBUM: Dog Problems
TABBED BY: Brandon Karcic
Played in standard tuning, but tuning it down is possible. I like to play it a
full step down, to make the high notes in "I'm Actual" more singable.
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Chords
-C-|-C/B-|-Am-|-Fmaj7-|-D7-|
-0-|--0--|-0--|--0--|-0-|
-1-|--1--|-1--|--1--|-1-|
-0-|--0--|-2--|--2--|-2-|
-2-|--0--|-2--|--3--|-0-|
-3-|--2--|-0--|--0--|-0-|
-x-|--x--|-x--|--x--|-x-|
Intro:
C - C/B - Am - C/B
CAshesC/B to ashes,Am somC/Be dust on the dash
CI gotC/B my ciAmgareC/Bttes
BuFmaj7t I can'tAm find D7the fiAmre, it's calming me down
C C/B Am C/B
CI was juC/Bst out on Ama nightC/B with my friends
CYou areC/B still ouAmt on a nC/Bight with your friends
And you don't sFmaj7eem to tirAme when I'm D7not around Am C C/B Am C/B
GI'm under the tunnel, I'm holding my Fbreath C C/B Am C/B
C C/B Am C/B
CI searched every pocket that hC/Bung in the closet Am C/B
Until I fCound some matches in a brC/Bown leather jacket Am C/B
One I sworFmaj7e I'd nAmever worn, buD7t it once kept yoAmu warm C C/B Am C/B
GDo you remember we Fmade love on the floor? C C/B Am C/B
And you still Fmaj7haven'tAm called D7 Am
So I waitFmaj7 until they're closing theAm bars D7 Am
C C/B Am C/B
G F C (Let this one ring)
I made a wish but the match never lit
(That's the end of "Matches", then starts "I'm Actual")
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Can we takCe the next hour
andC/B talk about me
TC/Balk about me, and weAm'll talk about me
AmTalk about me, and we'll Gonly talkC about me
Can we pleCase take this hour
anC/Bd talk about me
aC/Bnd my hatred for cAmorporate magazines
Amyou know they don'Gt speak to me
TheF iGronyG isAm theC/By woCn't speak with me
C(I'm Actual, I'm Actual...)
VERSE 2
FI placGed you on a windowsill Am G
FCut noGtches up and dAmown the door G
FMy surGprise, I woke up oAmne morn G
F G C (hold)
In our bed, In your place lay a note; It read:
(The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)
----A----Ab/A---G-----F#G-------
D|--7------6-----5------4----------------------------|
A|--7------7-----5------5----------------------------|
E|--5------4-----3------2----------------------------|
AmBaby your loveAb/A it just ain't goGod enoF#/Gugh
I found sunlight sFix hours away G C
Am Ab/A G F#/G (let ring)
You watered me down 'til I drifted abound
FSomewhere far from youGr shade C
FNow I shadow my fGormer self Am G
FOnce holy, nGow lonely; a chesAmt full of G
Fholes; Red wax, it pGaints me unAmclear G
when the big hand strFikes twelve G
C (let ring)
I disappear
and the angels are Amfake and tAb/Ahey'll lie to your face G F#/G
Anything Fto keep you awGay C
You watered meAm down 'til IAb/A drifted abound G F#/G
G G G G
SOLO SECTION
Am Ab/A G F#/G
F G C
Am Ab/A G F#/G
It's timGe I accept the fact
That you on your back has buried the past
Can we take the Cnext hour
and talC/Bk about me
TC/Balk about me, and we'll talk about me Am
AmTalk about me, and we'll only talk about meG C
Can we please takeC this hour
and talk C/Babout me
and my hatreC/Bd for corporate magazines Am
Amyou know they don't speak to me G
F G G Am C/B C (let the last chord ring!)
The irony is they won't speak with me
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That's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!