Bent
Matchbox Twenty
tabbed by Geoff Kennedy
F#m is played over this riff
*begin note bent up half step (should sound like 10th fret, then go
down to 9th)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d--9---10^9---10^9--7--6--------------6-7-9---10^9---10^9---7--6-------
a------------------------7---9----7-9-----------------------------9----
e--------------------------9-------------------------------------------
F#m Bm
If I fall along the way
E F#m
Pick me up and dust me off
Bm
and if I get too tired to make it
E F#m
be my breath so I can walk
Bm
If I need some other love
E F#m
give me more than I can stand
Bm
and when my smile gets old and faded
E A
wait around I'll smile again
G#m F#m
shouldn't be so complicated
Bm
just hold me and then
E
just hold me again
A E
can you help me I'm bent
D
I'm so scared that I'll never
E
get put back together
A
you're breaking me in
F#m
and this is how we will end
D
with you and me bent
d----------
a----------
e----5--4--
F#m Bm
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep
E F#m
could you paint me better off
Bm
could you sympathize with my needs
E A
I know you think I need a lot
G#m F#m
I started out clean but I'm jaded
Bm
just phoning it in
E
just breaking the skin
A E
can you help me I'm bent
D
I'm so scared that I'll never
E
get put back together
A
you're breaking me in
F#m
and this is how we will end
D
with you and me bent
F#m D
F#m D
start bending me
F#m
It's never enough
D
I feel all your pieces
F#m D
start bending me
Bm E
Keep bending me until I'm completely broken in
F#m is played over this riff
*begin note bent up half step (should sound like 10th fret, then go
down to 9th)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d--9---10^9---10^9--7--6--------------6-7-9---10^9---10^9---7--6-------
a------------------------7---9----7-9----------------------------------
e--------------------------9-------------------------------------------
A G#m F#m
shouldn't be so complicated
Bm
just touch me and then
E
just touch me again
A E
can you help me I'm bent
D
I'm so scared that I'll never
E
get put back together
A
you're breaking me in
F#m
and this is how we will end
D
with you and me bending
E
without understanding, hell I'll go there again
A E
can you help me I'm bent
D
I'm so scared that I'll never
E
get put back together
A
you're breaking me in
F#m
and this is how we will end
D
with you and me bent
