Artist: Passenger Song: A Thousand Matches Email: [email protected] (Based on this recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RncRYO9dbSQ) Tuning: Standard, Capo on 4 [Notes] Tab designed to allow fingerpicking (original) or strumming (simpler) The Fmaj7 is easiest to play if your thumb holds down the bottom E string For the Gadd11: Fingerpicking - notes in brackets are not plucked so you need not hold the strings Strumming - it will sound more natural to hold the full chord Suggestion on learning this: learn the two main Riffs and practice them independently before trying to sing at the same time. When you have mastered the Riffs, it should be quite natural to approach the song by looking at the lyrics only [Chords] shapes relative to capo C Fmaj7 Gadd11 Am Em G 0 0 (3) 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 (2) 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 3 For fingerpicking, where I have added notes in brackets, they are optional and can be taken out for variation. [Riff 1] In this riff, only the bottom E of the Em is plucked / strummed C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 e|---------------------------------|------------------------------------| B|-----1--------(1)----1-----------|-------1---------------1----------1-| G|-----------0------------0--------|-------------0----------------0-----| D|-----0h2-----2-------2-----------|-------2-------2-------0--------0---| A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------0---|---1-------1-------3-------3--------| [Riff #2] Am Em Fmaj7 G e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1--------(1)----0---------0-----1---------1-----3--------(3)-| G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0----| A|-0-------0--------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------0-------0--------1------1-------3-------3--------| [Intro] Riff#1 is played three times, Riff#2 once before returning to 2 bars of C [Verse 1] C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 Lying on the mattress 'cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 Sleeping she looked like an actress, in theory and in practice, I said C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 "There's got to be a better way" C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 She said "You light a thousand matches and you finally set fire while you C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 run away Am Em Fmaj7 G C So why'd you go and do it when you knew that you would go and I would stay C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 I hit the wall in frustration - the conversation had been circling for days C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C ...Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 She said "Don't take it out on him, for the wall has always been supportive in the best of ways" C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 We're laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow Am Em Fmaj7 G C For just one second it was funny that she would have to stay and I would go. [Chorus] Fmaj7 C G C e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----3---------3-------1---------1-| G|-----------0---------------0---------------0-----------------0-----| D|-----3-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------2-------2---| A|-----------------3-------3-------------------------3-------3-------| E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------------------------| Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C She said "Love, you know I love you so; when you love someone well you've got to let them know." Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C And I said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let 'em go" [Bridge] Riff #1*3, Riff #2, 2 bars of C [Verse 2] C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 She said "I'm gonna take this home for I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 In some faceless hotel room where you seem to lose everything you own" Am Em Fmaj7 G C She didn't mean it how it sounded, what she meant was she would stay and I would go Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C I said "Love, you know I love you so. When you love someone well you've got to let them know Fmaj7 C G C Fmaj7 C G C She said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let them go" [Refrain] (Riff#1 *3) C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 Sometimes you tear it all apart C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 to see the wood from the trees. C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 Sometimes you break your own C Gadd11 Am e|----------------------------------------------| B|----1-------1------1--------(1)-----1---------| G|-------------------------0----------------0---| D|----2-------0------2-------2--------2---------| A|3-------2------0-------0--------0-------0-----| E|--------------------------------------------0-| h e a r t Fmaj7 Gadd11 e|----------------------------------| B|-----1---------1------1---------1-| G|-----------0----------------0-----| return to Riff #1 D|-----3-------3--------0-------0---| A|----------------------------------| E|-1-------1--------3-------3-------| to set yourself free [Verse 3] (quietly - single plucking / strums) C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 I walked her to the station, hesitation in our movements and our tone C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 Words finally left after they realized how uncomfortable they'd become C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11 See, what you want and what you need, well they seldomly succeed to grow Am Em Fmaj7 G C We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone, you've got to let them go
