A Thousand Matches Passenger
[Verse 1]
[C]Lying on the mattress 'cos my [Fmaj7]friend's crazy [G]sister took my [C]bed away[Fmaj7] [G]
Sleeping [C]she looked like an actress, in [Fmaj7]theory and in [G]practice, I said
"There's [C]got to be a better way"[Fmaj7] [G]
She said "You l[C]ight a thousand matches, when you [Fmaj7]finally set [G]fire,
well you [C]run away"[Fmaj7] [G]
So [Am]why'd you go and [Em]do it when you kn[Fmaj7]ew that you would go and [G]I would stay[C]
[Interlude]
[C] [-] [C] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[Verse 2]
I hit the [C]wall in frustration, the conver[Fmaj7]sation had been [G]circling for day[C]s[Fmaj7] [G]
She said "Don't [C]take it out on him, for the [Fmaj7]wall has always [G]been
supp[C]ortive in the best of ways"[Fmaj7] [G]
We're l[C]aughing and crying like [Fmaj7]mad men dy[G]ing in the sn[C]ow[Fmaj7] [G]
For just one [Am]second it was [Em]funny that [Fmaj7]she would have to stay [G]and I would go.[C]
[Cborus]
I said "[Fmaj7]Love, you know[C] I [G]love you so;[C] when you [Fmaj7]love someone[C] well you've [G]got to let them know."[C]
And she said[Fmaj7] "Nothing's [C]changed I [G]love you the same[C], but when you [Fmaj7]love someone [C]sometimes you [G]gotta let 'em go[C]"
[Interlude]
[C] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[C] [-] [C] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[Am] [-] [Em] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[C] [-] [C] [-] [C] [-] [C]
[Verse 3]
[C] She handed me a stone in the p[Fmaj7]erfect shape [Gadd11]of a heart[C] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
She said "I'm [C]gonna take this home for I [Fmaj7]know you'll only [Gadd11]lose it somewhere af[C]ter dark[Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
In some [C]faceless hotel room you[Fmaj7] seem to lose [Gadd11]everything you own"[C] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
She didn't me[Am]an it how it s[Em]ounded, what she [Fmaj7]meant was she would [G]stay and I would go[C]
[Cborus]
I said "[Fmaj7]Love, you know[C] I [G]love you so;[C] when you [Fmaj7]love someone[C] well you've [G]got to let them know."[C]
And she said[Fmaj7] "Nothing's [C]changed I [G]love you the same[C], but when you [Fmaj7]love someone [C]sometimes you [G]gotta let 'em go[C]"
[C] [-] [C] [-] [C] [-] [C]
[Bridge]
[Fmaj7] Sometimes you [G]tear it all ap[C]art
[Fmaj7] to see the w[G]ood from the [C]trees.
Fmaj7 G C Em Am (quick walk down from C to Am)
Sometimes you break your own heart
[Fmaj7] to [G]set yours[C]elf free
[Interlude]
[C] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[C] [-] [C] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[Am] [-] [Em] [-] [Fmaj7] [-] [G]
[C] [-] [C] [-] [C] [-] [C]
[Verse 4]
[C] I walked her to the station, hesi[Fmaj7]tation in our [Gadd11]movements and our [C]tone[Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
[C]Words finally left after they [Fmaj7]realized how un[Gadd11]comfortable they'd grown[C] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
See, what you [C]want and what you need, well they [Fmaj7]seldomly suc[Gadd11]ceed to grow[C] [Fmaj7] [Gadd11]
We re[Am]luctantly agreed[Em], that when you [Fmaj7]love someone, you've [G]got to let them go
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