Chords for A Thousand Matches

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[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Lying on a mattress cause [A] my friend's [B] crazy sister took [E] my bed away
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] Sleeping [E] she looked like an actress
[F#] In theory and in [B] practice I said there's [E] got to be a better way
[A] _ _ [B] She [E] said you lied a thousand matches
[F#] When you finally [B] said farewell [E] you run away
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] So why'd you [G#m] go and do it
When [B] you knew that you were going I would [E] stay _
_ _ _ _ [B] I [E] hit the wall in frustration
The [A] conversation I'd been circling [E] for days
She [F#] _ _ [B] said [E] don't take it out on him
[F#] For the wall has [B] always been [E] supportive in the best of [A] ways
_ [B] _ [E] We're laughing and crying like [F#] _ [B] madmen dying in the [E] snow
For _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] just one second [G#m] it was funny that [A] she would have [B] to stay an hour [E] cold _
_ _ _ _ And [A] I said I love [E] you, no, [B] I love you [E] so
[A] When you love [E] someone, well, you've got to let them know
She [A] said [E] nothing's changed, [B] I love you [E] the same
When you love someone sometimes you've got to let them go _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She handed me a stone in the [A] perfect shape of a [E] heart _ _ _
[A] _ _ She said [E] I'm gonna take this home
[B] For I know you'll only lose it somewhere [E] after dark _ _
[A] _ _ [B] In [E] some faceless hotel [A] room we [B] seem to lose [E] everything you own
She _ _ [B] _ [C#m] didn't mean it [G#m] how it sounded
[A] What she meant was [B] she would stay an hour [E] cold _ _
_ _ _ And I said I love you, no, 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
When you love someone sometimes you've got to let them go _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] Sometimes you tear it all [E] apart
_ _ [A] To see the wood from [E] the trees
_ _ _ Sometimes [B] you break your own [C#m] heart
[A] To _ [E] set yourself free
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[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
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I walked to the station, [A] hesitation in [B] our movements and our tone
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[B] _ _ [E] Words finally left after [A] realizing how uncomfortable they'd grown _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ [E] See what you want and what you need, well, they seldomly [B] succeed to [E] grow
We _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#m] reluctantly [G#m] agreed [A] that when you love someone, _ you've [B] got to let them go _ _ _
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