Ex Marks The Spot

Matchbook Romance
Ex Marks The Spot
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
G#m - 466444
C -   x32010
G# -  466544

Intro: E--G#m--A--C#m-B x2, E(hold)


Verse 1:
E
  love is just 
A
  another word for pain
C#m
  it's a broken record
  B
repeating the same
     E
thing when you want
            A
it it's not there
                           C#m
when you have it you don't care
            B
when i lose it in the end


Refrain:
    A              B
the heartbreak the heartache
   C#m         E
is more than i wanted
   A          B
we gave up we made up
     C#m      A
it's not like you cared
  A          B
deception, depression
   C#m           A
is all that i've got
     B             G#m  A
am i losing what's there


Chorus:
    E    B          G#m A
and i've made up my mind
E            B           G#m A
  and i'd be better off alone
E              B
love is just a waste of time
C#m
   and all the lonely nights
                     B
and all the crushing scenes
and all the pointless fights
                        A
someone tell me what it means
someone tell me why hearts break
                           C
cuz sometimes i think this thing 
called love is another word for pain


Verse 2:
E                A           C#m
  and i'm giving up on happy endings
                   B
the one's that are only in movies
E                        A
  where the guy gets the girl
                C#m
and everybody's happy i think
           B
that's the way it should be


(Repeat Refrain and chorus)


Bridge:
E B C#m    A               E   B
       is another word for pain
C#m    A               E
   is another word for pain
               B         C#m A E B C#m A C E(hold)
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah


Outro: C#m--A--E--G#--C#m--A--E--G#-A-B


Lead Solo: C#m--A--E--G#-A-B x8 until piano, C#m(hold)