Biography:
Matchbox Twenty, originally Matchbox 20 and typeset as matchbox twenty on most official merchandise, is a rock band formed in Orlando, Florida, who have sold in excess of 39 million albums worldwide. The band have been well received in many countries.
The current members of the band are Rob Thomas (vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (drums, now guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, vocals) and Brian Yale (bass). Adam Gaynor (rhythm guitar), who has left the band, performed on their first three albums, as well.
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Other songs:
- How Far We’ve Come
- She’s So Mean
- Unwell
- 3Am
- All I Need
- All Your Reasons
- Angry
- Back 2 Good
- Bed Of Lies
- Bent
- Black And White People
- Bright Lights
- Burn
- Busted
- Cold
- Could I Be You
- Crutch
- Damn
- Disease
- Dizzy
- Downfall
- English Town
- Girl Like That
- Hand Me Down
- Hang
- Help Me Through This
- How Far Weve Come
- How Long
- I Believe In Everything
- I Can't Let You Go
- I Will
- I'll Believe You When
- If Youre Gone
- Kody
- Leave
- Like Sugar
- Long Day
- Mad Season
- Our Song
- Overjoyed
- Parade
- Push
- Put Your Hands Up
- Radio
- Real World
- Rest Stop
- Shame
- Shes So Mean
- Sleeping At The Wheel
- So Sad So Lonely
- Soul
- Straight For This Life
- The Difference
- The Way
- These Hard Times
- Time After Time
- You And I And I
- You Won't Be Mine
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First of all, thank you for taking a look at my tab of Bent by Matchbox Twenty and I hope
you enjoy playing along with it. It is based off of Rob Thomas' acoustic performance at
Red Rocks during his solo tour, hence the intro and bridge sound much different to the actual
CD version!
I've recently made a few changes, making some of the chords more precise to how I play it.
gth971x is correct, the G D/F# Em(7) progression goes G F# E down the low E-string (in
addition, I like to play the top E- and B-string 03 33 03 or 03 33 30 during that progression,
so that one string remains unchanged while the other changes). Also, I prefer to play the Cs
during the chorus as Cmaj7 (x32000).
One final point: if you want to play it like Rob Thomas on an acoustic, listen to the Red
Rocks performance to get a handle on strumming and rhythm, especially for the 'Em's in the
verses, as half of the time it includes pauses and hammer-ons.
Enjoy!
Capo 2nd fret
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
(Em) Am Am7
If I fall along the way
D Em
Then pick me up and dust me off
Am Am7
And if I get too tired to make it
D Em
Then be my breath so I can walk
Am Am7
And if I need some other love then
D Em
Just give me more than I can stand
Am Am7
And when my smile gets old and faded
D G
Then wait around I'll smile again
(G) D/F# Em
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just hold me and then
D G
Well just hold me again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
(Em) Am Am7
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep?
D Em
Could you paint me better off?
Am Am7
Could you sympathize with my needs?
D G
I know you think I need a lot
(G) D/F# Em
I started out clean but I'm jaded
Am
Just phoning it in
D G
Just breaking the skin
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 x32000
Start bending me
022000
It's never enough
x32000
'Til I feel all your pieces
022000 x32000
Start bending me
Keep bending me
x42000 x32000 022000
Until I'm completely broken in
(022000) X42000 X32000 022000
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
(G) D/F# Em
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just touch me and then
D G
Well, just touch me again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me lending
D
Without understanding,
Cmaj7 G
hell, I'll go there again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me
(Cmaj7)
Bent
G D Em
you enjoy playing along with it. It is based off of Rob Thomas' acoustic performance at
Red Rocks during his solo tour, hence the intro and bridge sound much different to the actual
CD version!
I've recently made a few changes, making some of the chords more precise to how I play it.
gth971x is correct, the G D/F# Em(7) progression goes G F# E down the low E-string (in
addition, I like to play the top E- and B-string 03 33 03 or 03 33 30 during that progression,
so that one string remains unchanged while the other changes). Also, I prefer to play the Cs
during the chorus as Cmaj7 (x32000).
One final point: if you want to play it like Rob Thomas on an acoustic, listen to the Red
Rocks performance to get a handle on strumming and rhythm, especially for the 'Em's in the
verses, as half of the time it includes pauses and hammer-ons.
Enjoy!
Capo 2nd fret
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
(Em) Am Am7
If I fall along the way
D Em
Then pick me up and dust me off
Am Am7
And if I get too tired to make it
D Em
Then be my breath so I can walk
Am Am7
And if I need some other love then
D Em
Just give me more than I can stand
Am Am7
And when my smile gets old and faded
D G
Then wait around I'll smile again
(G) D/F# Em
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just hold me and then
D G
Well just hold me again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
(Em) Am Am7
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep?
D Em
Could you paint me better off?
Am Am7
Could you sympathize with my needs?
D G
I know you think I need a lot
(G) D/F# Em
I started out clean but I'm jaded
Am
Just phoning it in
D G
Just breaking the skin
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me bent
G D/F# Em
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 X32000
022000 x32000
Start bending me
022000
It's never enough
x32000
'Til I feel all your pieces
022000 x32000
Start bending me
Keep bending me
x42000 x32000 022000
Until I'm completely broken in
(022000) X42000 X32000 022000
022000 X42000 X32000 022000
(G) D/F# Em
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just touch me and then
D G
Well, just touch me again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me lending
D
Without understanding,
Cmaj7 G
hell, I'll go there again
(G) D/F# Em
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em
And this is how we will end
Cmaj7
With you and me
(Cmaj7)
Bent
G D Em
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