Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is a power pop musician from Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s.
As a young musician wanting to make a name for himself, Sweet set off to Athens, Georgia in the mid '80s, to attend college and join the vibrant Athens music scene, most famous as the home base for R.E.M. and The B-52's.
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F#mA In my mind I can't imagine F#mA How the world has come to me F#mA And in my heart I can't detach F#mA The feeling that it couldn't be
PRE-CHORUS 1
DEA And no, I don't want to kiss you EDEA/C#E Don't want to miss you if you go away DEA I'll fake it don't want to make it EDEA/C#F#m Don't want to feel another way
CHORUS
D Once you had a love and you let it go EF#m Now you know what matters D Once you had a dream that you realized EF#m But do you know what matters
VERSE 2
F#mA Cause you're alone in the sense that I am F#mA But you know we're not alone F#mA And we aren't perfect nothing is F#mA But try to understand
PRE-CHORUS 2
DEA The moment leaves you without a vision EDEA/C# Can't see decisions being made EDEA I can describe the picture I'm painting DEAEF#m It's not amazing when you know
CHORUS
D Once you had a love and you let it go EF#m Now you know what matters D Once you had a dream that you realized EF#m But do you know what matters
BRIDGE
DEA/C#E/G# To leave your feelings in the past DEA/C#F#mE/G#D Part of it is to know you can't go back for free
SOLO
D, D, A/C#, A/C# D, D, A/C#, A/C# E/G#, E
PRE-CHORUS 3
DEA And no, I don't want to kiss you EDEA/C#E Don't want to miss you if you go away DEA I'll fake it don't want to make it EDEA/C#F#m Don't want to feel another way
CHORUS
D Once you had a love and you let it go EF#m Now you know what matters D Once you had a dream that you realized EF#m But do you know what matters
BRIDGE
DEA/C#E To leave your feelings in the past DEA/C#F#mED Part of it is to know you can't go back for free