• Song:

    Shadows Like Statues

  • Artist:

    Matchbook Romance

  • Album:

    Stories and Alibis

Matchbook Romance
Shadows Like Statues
Stories And Alibis
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
E -   022100
B -   x24442
G# -  466544


Intro: C#m--, A--C#m-B x2, A-- x2

Guitar 2:
                   C#me|-------------------------------------------| (x13321@4)B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-9-9-9-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
A|-6-6-6-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
                   x4

Guitar 3: at 4th time
e|-------7-|
B|----5----|
G|-4-------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|


Guitar 2: x2
        A (x02220@1)                         C#me|--------------|-------------------------------------------| (x13321@4)B|-2-0-2--2-0-2-|-------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-8-8-8-9-9-9-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
A|-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-6-6-6-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
        x2

                                 Be|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x2444x@1)B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-9-9-9-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-----------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----------|
A|-6-6-6-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

       Ae|------------| (x02220@1)B|------------|
G|-2--2--2--2-|
D|-2--2--2--2-| x2
A|-0--0--0--0-|
E|------------|


Guitar 3:
e|-9----------|
B|----9--7----|
G|----------9-|
D|------------| x2
A|------------|
E|------------|


Verse 1:
B (x2444x@1)    C#mlights (x13321@4)out put my seat
back as far as it will go
        Ecasting (022100@1)shadows like statues
I'm right outside your window
        C#mthere's (x13321@4)no such
thing as second chance
        Ethere's (022100@1)no such thing
don't bother to explain


Refrain:
          Ayou're (x02220@1)so beautiful
        B (x2444x@1)          C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_022100@1">E
did you hear a word I    said?
          Ayou're (x02220@1)so beautiful
  B (x2444x@1)                 C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_022100@1">E
I guess this is what I    get


Guitar 2: while doing Refrain
      A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)       C#m (x13321@4)       Ee|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----| (022100@1)B|------4---|------4---|------4---|------4---|
G|--------4-|--------4-|--------4-|--------4-|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|-0--------|-2--------|-4--------|----------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|
      x2         x2         x2         x2


Chorus:
   C#mwe (x13321@4)trust and believe so easily
    Aand (x02220@1)words they speak we
                      Bseek (x2444x@1)security in one another
                            E (022100@1) G#but (xx1114@1)there's no way to cover this
          C#mand (x13321@4)these tragic nights
                      Aand (x02220@1)afternoons weak disaster
and I can still feel you
      Bas (x2444x@1)if you were in the room
where does our story
     G#end? (xx1114@1)where does it start?
I buried you along with my heart


Guitar 2:  While doing Chorus
       C#m (x13321@4)          A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1)            
             G#e|--------------|-----------9-|--------------|-----------12-|----------11-| (xx1114@1)B|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10---|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10----|-9h10p9h10---|
G|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
       x4             x4             x4             x2             x2

       C#m (x13321@4)          A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1)            G#e|--------------|-----------9-|--------------|-----------12-|-----------11-| (xx1114@1)B|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10---|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10----|-9h10p9h10----|
G|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
       x4             x4             x4             x2            x2


Verse 2:
C#mentertain (x13321@4)me
           Etell (022100@1)me it didn't
mean anything
    C#mits (x13321@4)vengous worth
my tolerance
and I could be careless
      Ebut (022100@1)I promise you'll
feel everything


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Interlude: A--B--C#m


Bridge:
  Ei (022100@1)guess this is what
A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B  C#m (x13321@4)    E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
I get (I know)
  B (x2444x@1)                C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_022100@1">E
i guess this is what I   get
                     A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B     C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_022100@1">E
(did you hear a word I said?)


Guitar 2: While doing bridge
e|-----------------|
B|-9h10p9h10-12p10-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
A (x02220@1) did you hear a
Bword (x2444x@1)I said?
A (x02220@1) did you hear a
B      C#m(hold)
word I said?

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