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#m
e|-------------------------------------------|
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|---------|
D|-7-------|
A|---------|
E|---------|


Guitar 2: x2
        A                           C#m
e|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
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

                                 B
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|

       A
e|------------|
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      C#m
lights out put my seat
back as far as it will go
        E
casting shadows like statues
I'm right outside your window
        C#m
there?s no such
thing as second chance
        E
there?s no such thing
don?t bother to explain


Refrain:
          A
you're so beautiful
        B            C#m E
did you hear a word I    said?
          A
you're so beautiful
  B                   C#m E
I guess this is what I    get


Guitar 2: while doing Refrain
      A          B         C#m         E
e|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|
B|------4---|------4---|------4---|------4---|
G|--------4-|--------4-|--------4-|--------4-|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|-0--------|-2--------|-4--------|----------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|
      x2         x2         x2         x2


Chorus:
   C#m
we trust and believe so easily
    A
and words they speak we
                      B
seek security in one another
                            E   Ab
but there?s no way to cover this
          C#m
and these tragic nights
                      A
and afternoons weak disaster
and I can still feel you
      B
as if you were in the room
where does our story
     Ab
end? where does it start?
I buried you along with my heart


Guitar 2:  While doing Chorus
       C#m            A              B              
             Ab
e|--------------|-----------9-|--------------|-----------12-|----------11-|
B|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10---|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10----|-9h10p9h10---|
G|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
       x4             x4             x4             x2             x2

       C#m            A              B              Ab
e|--------------|-----------9-|--------------|-----------12-|-----------11-|
B|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10---|-9h10p9h10-12-|-9h10p9h10----|-9h10p9h10----|
G|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
       x4             x4             x4             x2            x2


Verse 2:
C#m
entertain me
           E
tell me it didn't
mean anything
    C#m
its vengous worth
my tolerance
and I could be careless
      E
but I promise you'll
feel everything


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Interlude: A--B--C#m


Bridge:
  E
i guess this is what
A B  C#m      E A
I get (I know)
  B                  C#m E
i guess this is what I   get
                     A B     C#m 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
  did you hear a
B
word I said?
A
  did you hear a
B      C#m(hold)
word I said?