SONG: "Matches"/"I'm Actual"
ARTIST: The Format
ALBUM: Dog Problems
TABBED BY: Brandon Karcic

Played in standard tuning, but tuning it down is possible. I like to play it a 
full step down, to make the high notes in "I'm Actual" more singable.

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Chords
-C-|-C/B-|-Am-|-Fmaj7-|-D7-|

-0-|--0--|-0--|--0--|-0-|
-1-|--1--|-1--|--1--|-1-|
-0-|--0--|-2--|--2--|-2-|
-2-|--0--|-2--|--3--|-0-|
-3-|--2--|-0--|--0--|-0-|
-x-|--x--|-x--|--x--|-x-|

Intro:
C - C/B - Am - C/B

C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)C/B (x2555x@1)
Ashes to ashes, some dust on the dash

C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)C/BI (x2555x@1)got my cigarettes

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  Am (x02210@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)  Am (x02210@1)       
But I can't find the fire, it's calming me down

C  C/B  Am C/B

C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)I was just out on a night with my friends

C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)    Am (x02210@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)
You are still out on a night with your friends

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)   Am (x02210@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)          Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/BAnd (x2555x@1)you don't seem to tire when I'm not around

G (320003@1)                                  F (133211@1)                          C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/BI'm (x2555x@1)under the tunnel, I'm holding my breath

C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/B (x2555x@1)C (x32010@1)                           C/B (x2555x@1)             Am (x02210@1)             C/BI (x2555x@1)searched every pocket that hung in the closet

C (x32010@1)                      C/B (x2555x@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                 C/BUntil (x2555x@1)I found some matches in a brown leather jacket

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Am (x02210@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)             Am (x02210@1)                     C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/BOne (x2555x@1)I swore I'd never worn, but it once kept you warm

G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)                                               C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/BDo (x2555x@1)you remember we made love on the floor?

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     AmAnd (x02210@1)you still haven't called

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                   Am (x02210@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)     AmSo (x02210@1)I wait until they're closing the bars

C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1) C/B (x2555x@1)G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)                                          C(Let (x32010@1)this one ring)
I made a wish but the match never lit

(That's the end of "Matches", then starts "I'm Actual")
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CCan (x32010@1)we take the next hour

C/Band (x2555x@1)talk about me

C/B (x2555x@1)               Am (x02210@1)Talk about me, and we'll talk about me

Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)      CTalk (x32010@1)about me, and we'll only talk about me

C (x32010@1)Can we please take this hour

C/Band (x2555x@1)talk about me

C/B (x2555x@1)             Am (x02210@1)and my hatred for corporate magazines

Am (x02210@1)              Gyou (320003@1)know they don't speak to me

F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)C/B (x2555x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
The irony is they won't speak with me

C(I'm (x32010@1)Actual, I'm Actual...)

VERSE 2

F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)                     Am (x02210@1)            GI (320003@1)placed you on a windowsill

F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)                        GCut (320003@1)notches up and down the door

F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)              GMy (320003@1)surprise, I woke up one morn

F (133211@1)                               G (320003@1)                  C(hold) (x32010@1)In our bed, In your place lay a note; It read:

(The next part uses simple bar chord shapes, like so.)

----A----Ab/A---G-----F#G-------

D|--7------6-----5------4----------------------------|
A|--7------7-----5------5----------------------------|
E|--5------4-----3------2----------------------------|



Am (x02210@1)          Ab/A             G (320003@1)   F#/G
Baby your love it just ain't good enough

F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)       CI (x32010@1)found sunlight six hours away

Am (x02210@1)                    Ab/A             G (320003@1)       F#/G (let ring)
You watered me down 'til I drifted abound

F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)                      CSomewhere (x32010@1)far from your shade

F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)     GNow (320003@1)I shadow my former self

F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)         GOnce (320003@1)holy, now lonely; a chest full of

F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)               Gholes; (320003@1)Red wax, it paints me unclear

F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)               
when the big hand strikes twelve

C (let ring)
I disappear



Am (x02210@1)      Ab/A                    G (320003@1)        F#/G
and the angels are fake and they'll lie to your face

F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)            CAnything (x32010@1)to keep you away

Am (x02210@1)        Ab/A             G (320003@1)      F#/G
You watered me down 'til I drifted abound

G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)      G (320003@1)      G (320003@1)SOLO SECTION

Am (x02210@1)    Ab/A      G (320003@1)    F#/G

F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)    Ab/A      G (320003@1)    F#/G



GIt's (320003@1)time I accept the fact

That you on your back has buried the past

CCan (x32010@1)we take the next hour

C/Band (x2555x@1)talk about me

C/B (x2555x@1)                                  Am (x02210@1)Talk about me, and we'll talk about me

Am (x02210@1)                                       G (320003@1)                      CTalk (x32010@1)about me, and we'll only talk about me

C (x32010@1)Can we please take this hour

C/Band (x2555x@1)talk about me

C/B (x2555x@1)                                Am (x02210@1)and my hatred for corporate magazines

Am (x02210@1)                                Gyou (320003@1)know they don't speak to me

F (133211@1) G (320003@1)              G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) C(let (x32010@1)the last chord ring!)
The irony is they won't speak with me

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That's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!