Artist: Gretchen Peters 
Song: The matador

Tabbed by: DJ
29th April 2013

Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 7th fret (sounds in key of Em)

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Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)            F| (133211@1) /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Am (x02210@1)                             FI (133211@1)threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
    G (320003@1)                                 FMy (133211@1)aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull,
   Am (x02210@1)                         FI (133211@1)loved like only a woman can,     a very complicated man,
    G (320003@1)                                   FI (133211@1)bound his wounds, I heard his cries, I gave him truth, I told him lies!
 
  Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)            F| (133211@1) /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Am (x02210@1)                         F (133211@1)               
His rage is made of many things,     faithless women, wedding rings,
  G (320003@1)                                FSnakes (133211@1)and snails and alcohol, his daddy's fist thrown through the wall,
                Am (x02210@1)                                FAh, (133211@1)but he's beautiful when he's in the ring, the devil howls, the angels sing,
  G (320003@1)                                 FSparks (133211@1)fly from his fingertips, and words, like birds, fly from his lips!

F (133211@1)                             GSome (320003@1)man is lying in the dirt, some woman's crying that he's hurt,
          F (133211@1)                                  G (320003@1)                            Gsus4 (3x0013@1)GBut (320003@1)he's not alive without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill,
      F (133211@1)                                       GThe (320003@1)lights go down, the people roar, they're cheering on the matador,
     F (133211@1)                           G (320003@1)                        Am (x02210@1)    FAnd (133211@1)this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw... the rose!

Am (x02210@1)            F| (133211@1) /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Am (x02210@1)                              F (133211@1)I come to each and every show, the woman in the second row,
    G (320003@1)                                     FI (133211@1)watch them in their ancient dance, and I know I never stood a chance,
              Am (x02210@1)                          F'Cause (133211@1)while other demons prance and clown,    it's vanity that takes you down,
     G (320003@1)                                    FI (133211@1)thought that I could be the one, but I'm just another... hanger-on!

F (133211@1)                                GSome (320003@1)man is bleeding in the dirt, some woman's crying that she's hurt,
     F (133211@1)                                   G (320003@1)                             Gsus4 (3x0013@1)GBut (320003@1)who are we without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill?
    F (133211@1)                          GAnd (320003@1)he is bull and matador, and I'm the mother, and the whore,
     F (133211@1)                           G (320003@1)                  Am (x02210@1)           FAnd (133211@1)this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw...    the rose!

Am (x02210@1)            F| (133211@1) /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Am (x02210@1)                            F (133211@1)I threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
    G (320003@1)                                 FMy (133211@1)aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull!

Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)           F||: (133211@1) /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||(Repeat)

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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:

Am    = x02210
F (133211@1)   = 133211
G (320003@1)   = 320003
Gsus4 = 3x0013