Band : Matchbox 20
Song : Bent
Chords:
Em7: X22033
A7: 042000 (I'm calling this A7 for simplicity, though it's not actually)
Cmaj7: 03200X
Am: X03320
D: X00232
D/F#: 200033
Capo on Second Fret
Intro:
Em7 A7 Cmaj7 Em7 x2
Verse:
Am
If I fall along the way
D Em7
pick me up and dust me off
Em7 Am
And if I get too tired to make it
D Em7
be my breath so I can walk
Am
If I need some other love
D Em7
give me more than I can stand
Em7 Am
And when my smile gets old and faded
D G
wait around I'll smile again
(G) D/F# Em7
Shouldn't be so complicated
(Em7) Am
Just hold me and then
D G
just hold me again
Chorus:
(G) D/F# Em7
Can you help me I'm bent?
Cmaj7
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
get put back together
Cmaj7 G
You're breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em7
and this is how we will end
Cmaj7
with you and me bent
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/matchbox_twenty/bent_crd_ver_4.html ]
Verse:
Am
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep?
D Em7
could you paint me better off?
Em7 Am
Could you sympathize with my needs?
D G
I know you think I need a lot
(G) D/F# Em7
I started out clean but I'm jaded
(Em7) Am
just phoning it in
D G
just breaking the skin
Repeat Chorus
Em7 A7
Em7 A7
Em7 Cmaj7
Start bending me
Em7
It's never enough
Cmaj7
'Til I feel all your pieces
Em7 Cmaj7
Start bending me
A7
Keep bending me unitl
Cmaj7 Em7
Until I'm completely broken in
(Em7) A7 Cmaj7 Em7
(Em7) A7 Cmaj7 Em7
G D/F# Em7
It shouldn't be so complicated
Am
Just touch me and then
D G
Well, just touch me again
(G) D/F# Em7
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# Em7
And this is how we will end
(Em7) Cmaj7
With you and me lending
D
Without understanding,
C G
hell, I'll go there again
(G) D Em7
Can you help me I'm bent?
(Em7) C
I'm so scared that I'll never
D
Get put back together
Cmaj7 G
Keep breaking me in
(G) D/F# Em7
And this is how we will end
C
With you and me bent.
