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. ------------------------------------------- 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 C/B Am C/B Ashes to ashes, some dust on the dash C C/B Am C/B I got my cigarettes Fmaj7 Am D7 Am But I can't find the fire, it's calming me down C C/B Am C/B C C/B Am C/B I was just out on a night with my friends C C/B Am C/B You are still out on a night with your friends Fmaj7 Am D7 Am C C/B Am C/B And you don't seem to tire when I'm not around G F C C/B Am C/B I'm under the tunnel, I'm holding my breath C C/B Am C/B C C/B Am C/B I searched every pocket that hung in the closet C C/B Am C/B Until I found some matches in a brown leather jacket Fmaj7 Am D7 Am C C/B Am C/B One I swore I'd never worn, but it once kept you warm G F C C/B Am C/B Do you remember we made love on the floor? Fmaj7 Am D7 Am And you still haven't called Fmaj7 Am D7 Am So I wait until they're closing the bars C C/B Am C/B G F C (Let this one ring) I made a wish but the match never lit (That's the end of "Matches", then starts "I'm Actual") ---------------------------------------- C Can we take the next hour C/B and talk about me C/B Am Talk about me, and we'll talk about me Am G C Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me C Can we please take this hour C/B and talk about me C/B Am and my hatred for corporate magazines Am G you know they don't speak to me F G G Am C/B C The irony is they won't speak with me C (I'm Actual, I'm Actual...) VERSE 2 F G Am G I placed you on a windowsill F G Am G Cut notches up and down the door F G Am G My surprise, I woke up one morn F G C (hold) 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 Ab/A G F#/G Baby your love it just ain't good enough F G C I found sunlight six hours away Am Ab/A G F#/G (let ring) You watered me down 'til I drifted abound F G C Somewhere far from your shade F G Am G Now I shadow my former self F G Am G Once holy, now lonely; a chest full of F G Am G holes; Red wax, it paints me unclear F G when the big hand strikes twelve C (let ring) I disappear Am Ab/A G F#/G and the angels are fake and they'll lie to your face F G C Anything to keep you away Am Ab/A G F#/G You watered me down 'til I drifted abound G G G G SOLO SECTION Am Ab/A G F#/G F G C Am Ab/A G F#/G G It's time I accept the fact That you on your back has buried the past C Can we take the next hour C/B and talk about me C/B Am Talk about me, and we'll talk about me Am G C Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me C Can we please take this hour C/B and talk about me C/B Am and my hatred for corporate magazines Am G you know they don't speak to me F G G Am C/B C (let the last chord ring!) The irony is they won't speak with me ---------------------------------- That's it! Simple and easy and all that jazz. Enjoy!
