A Thousand Matches(Chords)

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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                            Em Fmaj7          Gadd11         C 
Lying on the mattress 'cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away 

Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 
        C                             Em Fmaj7        Gadd11 
Sleeping she looked like an actress, in theory and in practice, I said 
         C                        Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 
'There's got to be a better way' 
               C                             Em  Fmaj7       Gadd11 
She said 'You light a thousand matches when you finally set fire while you 
C              Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 
run away 
   Am               Em   Fmaj7               G                            C 
So why'd you go and do it when you knew that you would go and I would stay 

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
A Thousand Matches(Chords)

Passenger

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