A Thousand Matches Passenger
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A Thousand Matches - Passenger (Mike Rosenburg)
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Tabbed by Tom Nichols October 2013
Email: tom@tomnichols.com
Based on his recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RncRYO9dbSQ
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 4
Notes:
Tab designed to allow fingerpicking (original) or strumming (simpler)
The Fmaj7 is easiest to play if your thumb holds down the bottom E string
For the Gadd11:
Fingerpicking - notes in brackets are not plucked so you need not hold the strings
Strumming - it will sound more natural to hold the full chord
Chords: (shapes relative to capo)
[C]0 [Fmaj7] 0 [Gadd11](3) [Am]0 [Em]0 [G]3
1 1 1 1 0 3
0 0 0 2 0 0
2 3 0 2 2 0
3 3 (2) 0 2 2
3 1 3 0 0 3
For fingerpicking, where I have added notes in brackets, they are optional and can
be taken out for variation.
Riff#1
In this riff, only the bottom E of the Em is plucked / strummed
[C] [Em] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
e|---------------------------------|------------------------------------| B|-----1--------(1)----1-----------|-------1---------------1----------1-| G|-----------0------------0--------|-------------0----------------0-----| D|-----0h2-----2-------2-----------|-------2-------2-------0--------0---| A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------0---|---1-------1-------3-------3--------|
Riff #2
[Am] [Em] [Fmaj7] [G]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1--------(1)----0---------0-----1---------1-----3--------(3)-| G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0----| A|-0-------0--------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------0-------0--------1------1-------3-------3--------|
Intro
Riff#1 is played three times, Riff#2 once before returning to 2 bars of C
Verse 1
[C]Lying on the mattress 'cos my[Em] fr[Fmaj7]iend's crazy si[Gadd11]ster took my be[C]d away
[Em] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
Sleeping[C] she looked like an actress, i[Em]n t[Fmaj7]heory and in [Gadd11]practice, I said
"There's [C]got to be a better way"[Em] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
She said "You l[C]ight a thousand matches when y[Em]ou f[Fmaj7]inally set f[Gadd11]ire while you
[C]run away[Em] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
So [Am]why'd you go and [Em]do it[Fmaj7] when you knew that [G]you would go and I would stay[C]
I hit the wall in frustration - the conversation had been circling for days
She said "Don't take it out on him, for the wall has always been supportive in the best of ways"
We're laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow
For just one second it was funny that she would have to stay and I would go.
Chorus
[Fmaj7] [C] [G] [C]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----3---------3-------1---------1-| G|-----------0---------------0---------------0-----------------0-----| D|-----3-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------2-------2---| A|-----------------3-------3-------------------------3-------3-------| E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------------------------|
She said "Love, you know I love you so; when you love someone well you've got to let them know."
And I said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone
sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Bridge
Riff #1*3, Riff #2, 2 bars of C
Verse 2
She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart
She said "I'm gonna take this home for I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark
In some faceless hotel room where you seem to lose everything you own"
She didn't mean it how it sounded, what she meant was she would stay and I would go
I said "Love, you know I love you so. When you love someone well you've got to let them know
She said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone
sometimes you gotta let them go"
Refrain
Riff#1 *3
Sometimes you tear it all apart, to see the wood from the trees.
Sometimes you break your own
[C] [Gadd11] [Am]
e|----------------------------------------------| B|----1-------1------1--------(1)-----1---------| G|-------------------------0----------------0---| D|----2-------0------2-------2--------2---------| A|3-------2------0-------0--------0-------0-----| E|--------------------------------------------0-|
heart
[Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
e|----------------------------------| B|-----1---------1------1---------1-| G|-----------0----------------0-----| return to Riff #1 D|-----3-------3--------0-------0---| A|----------------------------------| E|-1-------1--------3-------3-------|
to set yourself free
Verse 3 (quietly - single plucking / strums)
I walked her to the station, hesitation in our movements and our tone
Words finally left after they realized how uncomfortable they'd become
See, what you want and what you need, well they seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone, you've got to let them go
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