Biography:
Matchbook Romance is an post-hardcore band from Poughkeepsie, New York and were originally known as The Getaway.
The band formed in 1997, constisting of Andrew Jordan (vocals & guitar), Ryan "Judas" DePaolo (backing vocals & guitar), Ryan Kienle (bass) and Aaron Stern (drums).
They have released two albums: Stories and Alibis (2003) and Voices (2006), one EP named West for Wishing (2003) and one split EP with Motion City Soundtrack .
Matchbook Romance headlined the Epitaph Tour in early 2005
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Other songs:
- In Transit For You
- Monsters
- 14 Balloons
- Cream Soda
- Ex Marks The Spot
- Farewell To Friends
- Fiction
- Goody Like Two Shoes
- Hidden Track
- Hollywood And Vine
- I Wish You Were Here
- If All Else Fails
- Lovers And Liars
- My Eyes Burn
- My Mannequin Can Dance
- Portrait
- Promise
- Save Yourself
- Say It Like You Mean It
- Shadows Like Statues
- Shell Never Understand
- Singing Bridges
- Stay Tonight
- Stories And Alibis
- Story Of A Girl Cover
- Surrender
- The Greatest Fall Of All Time
- Tiger Lily
- What A Sight
- You Can Run But Well Find You
- Your Stories My Alibis
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Matchbook Romance
Save Yourself
West For Wishing EP
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
Fm - 133111
Intro: C#--
Verse 1:
Bbm G# F#
These words fall from your
mouth and stab me in the back
Bbm G# F#
It should have never come to this
Bbm G#
It's too late, for your apologies
F#
They can't bring back all
that you've taken from me
Bbm G#
Stripped of my pride
F#(hold) F#(hold)
and left for dead
Guitar 2: In "It's too late"
e|-1---------------|
B|---4-2-1-2-4-2-1-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 2:
Bbm G#
This time is the last
F#
time I take this abuse
Bbm
I've found my place and this
G# F#
place is far away from you
Bbm G#
How can you say I'm at fault
F#
The one to blame is you
Bbm G#
Stripped of my pride
F#
and left for dead
Chorus:
C# Bbm
I'm so tired of apologizing
Ebm
to myself for you
F#
and what you've done to me
C# Bbm
And I've tried to forgive myself
Ebm
for caring about you
F#
Theres nothing I can do
Bridge:
Bbm G# F#
Theres nothing I can do
Bbm G# F# F#-Fm-F#-G#-F#-Fm
Theres nothing I can do
Interlude: Bbm--G#-F#--G#- x6
Verse 3:
Bbm G#
This time is the last
F#
time I take this abuse
Bbm
I've found my place and this
G# F#
place is far away from you
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
C# Bbm
I'm so tired of apologizing
Ebm
to myself for you
F# Bbm(hold)
Theres nothing I can do
Save Yourself
West For Wishing EP
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
Fm - 133111
Intro: C#--
Verse 1:
Bbm G# F#
These words fall from your
mouth and stab me in the back
Bbm G# F#
It should have never come to this
Bbm G#
It's too late, for your apologies
F#
They can't bring back all
that you've taken from me
Bbm G#
Stripped of my pride
F#(hold) F#(hold)
and left for dead
Guitar 2: In "It's too late"
e|-1---------------|
B|---4-2-1-2-4-2-1-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 2:
Bbm G#
This time is the last
F#
time I take this abuse
Bbm
I've found my place and this
G# F#
place is far away from you
Bbm G#
How can you say I'm at fault
F#
The one to blame is you
Bbm G#
Stripped of my pride
F#
and left for dead
Chorus:
C# Bbm
I'm so tired of apologizing
Ebm
to myself for you
F#
and what you've done to me
C# Bbm
And I've tried to forgive myself
Ebm
for caring about you
F#
Theres nothing I can do
Bridge:
Bbm G# F#
Theres nothing I can do
Bbm G# F# F#-Fm-F#-G#-F#-Fm
Theres nothing I can do
Interlude: Bbm--G#-F#--G#- x6
Verse 3:
Bbm G#
This time is the last
F#
time I take this abuse
Bbm
I've found my place and this
G# F#
place is far away from you
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
C# Bbm
I'm so tired of apologizing
Ebm
to myself for you
F# Bbm(hold)
Theres nothing I can do
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