A Thousand Matches

Riff#1 is played three times, Riff#2 once before returning to 2 bars of C 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. Fmaj7 C G C 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" Riff #1*3, Riff #2, 2 bars of C 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" (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 (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