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A Thousand Matches

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Showing romanized lyrics (auto pronunciation guide) — switch the language to ខ្មែរ for the original Khmer script.

Intro. Riff#1 is played three times, Riff#2 once before returning to 2 bars of C

Verse 1. CLying on the mattress 'cos Emmy Fmaj7friend's crazy Gadd11sister took my Cbed away Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

Sleeping Cshe looked like an actress, Emin Fmaj7theory and in Gadd11practice, I said

"There's Cgot to be a better way" Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

She said "You lCight a thousand matches and Emyou Fmaj7finally set Gadd11fire while you

C]run away Em Fmaj7 Gadd11. So [Amwhy'd you go and Emdo it when you Fmaj7knew that you would Ggo and I would stay C

I hit the Cwall in frustration - the conEmversFmaj7ation had been cGadd11ircling for dCays Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

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"

We're lCaughing and crying like Em Fmaj7mad men Gadd11dying in the snowC Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

For just one Amsecond it was funny Emthat Fmaj7she would have to Gstay and I would go. C

Chorus. Fmaj7 C G C

She said Fmaj7"Love, you Cknow I Glove you Cso; when you Fmaj7love someone Cwell you've Ggot to let them Cknow."

And I said "Fmaj7Nothing's chaCnged I Glove you the sCame, but when Fmaj7you love someone Csometimes you Ggotta let 'em goC"

Bridge. Riff #1*3, Riff #2, 2 bars of C

Verse 2. CShe handed me a stone in thEme Fmaj7perfect shGadd11ape of a heart C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

She said "I'm Cgonna take this home foEmr I Fmaj7know you'll onGadd11ly lose it somewhere aftCer dark Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

In some Cfaceless hotel room where Emyou Fmaj7seem to lose Gadd11everything you own" C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

She didn't meAman it how it Emsounded, what she Fmaj7meant was she would Gstay and I would go C

I said Fmaj7"Love, you Cknow I Glove you so. CWhen you Fmaj7love someone Cwell you've Ggot to let them know C

She said Fmaj7"Nothing's changed CI Glove you the Csame, but when you Fmaj7love someone Csometimes you Ggotta let them go"C

Refrain. (Riff#1 *3)

C] Sometimes yEmou Fmaj7tear it all apart Gadd11. [Cto see Emthe Fmaj7wood from the trees. Gadd11

C] Sometimes Emyou Fmaj7break your own [Gadd11.

Verse 3. (quietly - single plucking / strums)

I Cwalked her to the stationEm, Fmaj7hesitation in our Gadd11movements and our tone C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

C]Words finally left after Emthey Fmaj7realized how Gadd11uncomfortable they'd become C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11. See, what you [Cwant and what you need, well thEmey Fmaj7seldomly Gadd11succeed to grow C Em Fmaj7 Gadd11

We reAmluctantly agEmreed that when you Fmaj7love someone, you've Ggot to let them go C

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