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Matchbox 20- Time after time

Intro:

Em

Fmaj9

(repeat)

Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Ly
- ing in bed I hear the clock tick and think of you.
Caught up in cir - cles confu - sion is nothing new.
F
G
Flashbacks,
F
G
Suitcase of

Em
F
G
Em
warm nights. Almost left behind
Em F
F
Fmaj9
memories, time after

Dm
C
Dm
C
Some - times you picture me, I'm
You're calling
to
me I

Dm
C
Dm
C
walk ing too
far
ahead.
can't hear what you've said.

F
G
Em F
G
Em
F
G
Em
F
Then you say go slow, I fall behind. The second hand undwinds.
G
If you're lost you can look
time.
If you
fall I will catch
time.
If you're lost you can look
time.
If you
fall I will catch
time.

and you

Am7
will find me.

F
Fmaj9 C
Time after

you I'll be waiting.

Time after

and you

Time after

will find me.

you I'll be waiting.

Time after

Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Af - ter my
picture fades and
dark-ness has turned to
grey.
Watching through win - dows, you're wondering if I'm o - k.
F G
Em F
G
Em
Secrets stolen from deep inside.

F
G
Em
F
The drum beats out of time.

(chorus)
You said go slow, I fall behind.
(chorus)
F
Fmaj9 C
Time after time.
Time after time.

The second hand unwinds.

Time after time


Breathless
I suppose you could transpose all of the chords down a step and
play it
with a capo on 2. This would be better for beginers.
Chords Used:
B
x24442
F#
244322
C#m
x46654
G#m
466444
E
022100
A
x02220
Intro:
No Chord.
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
B
(Come on)
B F# C#m G#m F#
(yeah)
Verse:
B
F#
The daylight's fading slowly
C#m
G#m
F#
B
But time with you is standing still
F#
I'm waiting for you only
C#m
G#m
F#
E
The slightest touch and I feel weak
Pre-Chorus:
F#
G#m
I cannot lie,
E
F#
B
From you I cannot hide
E
F#
G#m
And I'm losing the will to try
E
F#
Can't hide it, can't fight it

Chorus:
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
B
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny this
E
A
B
Loving feeling, make me long for your kiss
E
A
B
Go on, go on, yeah, Come On!
B F# C#m G#m F#
Verse 2:
B
F#
And if there's no tomorrow
C#m
G#m
F#
B
And all we have is here and now
F#
I'm happy just to have you now
C#m
G#m
F#
E
You're all the love I need somehow
Pre-Chorus:
F#
G#m
It's like a dream
E
F#
B
Although I'm not asleep
E
F#
G#m
And I never want to wake up
E
F#
Don't lose it, don't leave it
Chorus:
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
B
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny this
E
A
B
Loving feeling, make me long for your kiss
E
A
B
Go on, go on, yeah, Come On!
B
B F# C#m G#m F#

x2

Pre-Chorus:
F#
G#m
Im like a knife
E
F#
B
From you I cannot hide
E
F#
G#m
And I've lost my will to try
E
F#
Can't hide it, can't fight it
Chorus:
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
B
Tempt me, tease me, until I can't deny this
E
A
B
Loving feeling, make me long for your kiss
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
B
So go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless
E
A
So go on, go on.

so young-the corrs
intro: G-Cadd9-D-D 2x..
G
We are taking it easy
Cadd9

Bright and breezy, yeah


G
We are living it up
Cadd9
D
Just fine and dandy, yeah
Am
C
D
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat
Am
C
D
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep
Am
C
Dsus4 D
Dsus2 D
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all
Chorus:
G
C
D
Cos we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
G
C
D
And when tomorrow comes, we can do it all again
[Verse 2]

Am
C
G
D
All again, all again, hee ya
Am
C
D
All again, all again

Iris
Intro: (The "d" means down stroke, the "u" mean up stroke.)
d|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
b|3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
g|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0| 2x
d|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 -5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-4-0|
a|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|

d d u d u d d u d

d d u d u d d u d u d

These are the chords for the verse... and the chord names are in
relation to the open D tuning.
(Pick the bass notes of each chord on the chorus)
The strum pattern for the verse and the chorus is just d d u d u.
D5
D
G5
Bm7
Asus4
d|0 d|0 d|0 d|0
d|0
b|3 b|3 b|3 b|3
b|3
g|2 g|2 g|0 g|2
g|2
d|0 d|0 d|0 d|0
d|2
a|0 a|0 a|5 a|2
a|0
D|0 D|2 D|5 D|0
D|0
T
Verse 1:
D
D5
G5
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Bm7
Asus4
G5
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
D
D5
G5
Your the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Bm7
Asus4
G5
And I don't wanna go home right now
D
D5
G5
And all I can taste is this moment
Bm7
Asus4
G
And all I can breathe is your life
D
D5
G
'Cause sooner or later its over
Bm7
Asus4
G
And I don't want to miss you tonight
Chorus:
Bm7
Asus4
G5
And I don't want the world to see me
Bm7
Asus4
G5
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Bm7
Asus4
G5
When everything's made to be broken
Bm7
Asus4
G5
I just want you to know who I am
Verse 2:
D
D5
G5
And you can't fight the tears that ain't comin'
Bm7
Asus4
G

Or the moments of truth in your lies


D
D5
G5
When everything feels like the movies
Bm7
Asus4
G
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
Chorus: 2x
(The Bridge is the same as the intro chords the rhythm)
Chorus/Outro:
Bm7
Asus4
G5
And I don't want the world to see me
Bm7
Asus4
G5
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Bm7
Asus4
G5
When everything's made to be broken
Bm7
Asus4
G5
I just want you to know who I am
Bm7
Asus4
G5
I just want you to know who I am
Bm7
Asus4
G5
I just want you to know who I am
Bm7
Asus4
G5
I just want you to know who I am

Frozen
Capo 1
Em
C
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
D
Am
Not a footprint to be seen
Em
C
D
Am
A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like I'm the Queen
Em
C
D
Am
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Em
C
A

Couldn't keep it in; Heaven knows I've tried


D
C
Don't let them in, don't let them see
C
Be the good girl you always have to be
D
C
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
C
Well now they know
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go
Em7
C
Can't hold it back any more
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go
Em7
C
Turn away and slam the door
G
Dsus4
I don't care
Em7
C
What they're going to say
Bm
F
C
Let the storm rage on, the cold never bothered me anyway
G
Dsus4
Em7
D
Em
C
It's funny how some distance
D
Am
Makes everything seem small
Em
C
And the fears that once controlled me
A
Can't get to me at all
D
It's time to see what I can do

D
To test the limits and break through
C
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
C
I'm free
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go

Em7
I am one with the wind and sky
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go
Em7
C
You'll never see me cry
G
Dsus4
Here I stand
Em7
C
And here I stay
Bm
F
Let the storm rage on

(C power chord and fancy piano solo)


My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
D
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
Em
C
I'm never going back,
C
F
The past is in the past
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go
Em7
C
When I'll rise like the break of dawn
G
Dsus4
Let it go, let it go
Em7
C
That perfect girl is gone
G
Dsus4
Em7
Here I stand in the light of day
Bm
F
Let the storm rage on,
C
The cold never bothered me anyway

*
D/F#: 20023x
Dsus: x00233
Intro: Em, A, D, G, C, G, D
G
Right from the start
C
Em
You were a thief you stole my heart
C
G
And I your willing victim
G
C
Em
I let you see the parts of me that weren't all that pretty
C
G
And with every touch you fixed them
Em
A
D
G
Now you've been talking in your sleep oh oh
Em
A
D
G
Things you never say to me oh oh
Em
A
D
Tell me that you've had enough
G
C
G
Dsus D
Of our love, our love
Chorus
G
D/F#
Just give me a reason just a little bit's enough
Em
C
Just a second we're not broken just bent
D
And we can learn to love again
G
D/F#
Em
It's in the stars, It's been written in the scars on our hearts
C
We're not broken just bent
D
G
And we can learn to love again
Verse 2
G
C
Em
Im sorry I don't understand where all of this is coming from

C
G
I thought that we were fine
(Oh we had everything)
G
C
Em
Your head is running wild again, my dear we still have everything
C
G
And its all in your mind
(Yeah but this is happening)
Em
A
D
G
You've been having real bad dreams Oh oh
Em
A
D
G
You used to lie so close to me Oh oh
Em
A
D
There's nothing more than empty sheets
G
C
G
D/F#
C
G
D
Between out love, our love, oh our love, our love
Chorus
G
D/F#
Just give me a reason just a little bit's enough
Em
C
Just a second we're not broken just bent
D
And we can learn to love again
G
D/F#
Em
I never stopped, you're still written in the scars on my heart
C
You're not broken just bent
D
Em
And we can learn to love again
Em
D/F#
Oh tears ducts and rust
C
I'll fix it for us
D
We're collecting dust but our love's enough
Em
D/F#
You're holding it in, You're pouring a drink
C
D
Dsus
No nothing is as bad as it seems

We'll come clean


Chorus (no instrumental)
Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again...
G
D/F#
Just give me a reason just a little bit's enough
Em
C
Just a second we're not broken just bent
D
And we can learn to love again
G
D/F#
Em
It's in the stars, It's been written in the scars on our hearts
C
We're not broken just bent
D
G
And we can learn to love again
G D/F#
Em
ohhh we can learn to love again
C
D
G
ohhhhh we can learn to love again
D/F# Em
ohh
Em
C
D
That we're not broken just bent and we can learn to love again
Em, A, D, G, C, G, D, G

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