Artist: Gretchen Peters
Song: The matador
Tabbed by: DJ
29th April 2013
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 7th fret (sounds in key of Em)
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Am F Am F
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Am F
I threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
G F
My aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull,
Am F
I loved like only a woman can, a very complicated man,
G F
I bound his wounds, I heard his cries, I gave him truth, I told him lies!
Am F Am F
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Am F
His rage is made of many things, faithless women, wedding rings,
G F
Snakes and snails and alcohol, his daddy's fist thrown through the wall,
Am F
Ah, but he's beautiful when he's in the ring, the devil howls, the angels sing,
G F
Sparks fly from his fingertips, and words, like birds, fly from his lips!
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F G
Some man is lying in the dirt, some woman's crying that he's hurt,
F G Gsus4 G
But he's not alive without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill,
F G
The lights go down, the people roar, they're cheering on the matador,
F G Am F
And this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw... the rose!
Am F
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Am F
I come to each and every show, the woman in the second row,
G F
I watch them in their ancient dance, and I know I never stood a chance,
Am F
'Cause while other demons prance and clown, it's vanity that takes you down,
G F
I thought that I could be the one, but I'm just another... hanger-on!
F G
Some man is bleeding in the dirt, some woman's crying that she's hurt,
F G Gsus4 G
But who are we without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill?
F G
And he is bull and matador, and I'm the mother, and the whore,
F G Am F
And this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw... the rose!
Am F
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Am F
I threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
G F
My aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull!
Am F Am F
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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
Am = x02210
F = 133211
G = 320003
Gsus4 = 3x0013
