Matchbox 20 - 3 AM Tab

Artist : Matchbox 20
Song : 3 AM

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Title: 3 am
Artist: Matchbox20
Album: Youself or Someone Like You
1996 Atlantic Recording
Transcriber: Travis Link
             tbl107@psu.edu
             4/2/97
Comments: Any questions or corrections can be sent to me. This is
my first attempt at tabbing on a computer so I hope this turns out
ok. Also this represents my work and is intended for private or
scholarly use only!

CAPO ON 1st FRET!! All tabs are relative to the capo!
Listen to song for timing!

Chords: G Cadd2 D
        3   3   2
        3   3   3
        0   0   2
        0   2   0
        2   3   x
        3   x   x

Intro:

   G    Cadd2                  G    Cadd2

E----------------------------------------------3------------------
B------------------------------------------------3----------------
G----------------------0---------------------------0--------------
D-----------------0h2---------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 1&2:

   G    Cadd2                        she says its cold outside
  (a few times)                      and hands me her raincoat..
E-----------------------------------------2------------0----------
B---------------------------------------3---3--------3---3--------
G----------------------------0--------2-------2----2-------2-----0
D-----------------------0h2---------0------------0-----------0h2--
A------------------0h2--------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
(REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES FOR 1st THREE LINES OF THE 1st AND 2nd VERSES)


After 3rd line right before chorus:

and she only sleeps when its raining and she screams and her...

E----------------3------------0------------3------------2---------
B--------------2---2--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------
G------------0-------3----2-------2----2-------2----2-------2----0
D-----0h2-0-------------0------------0------------0-----------0h2-
A-0h2-------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------



Chorus:

   Baby                   Its 3am I must be lonely
     G   D   Cadd2  D         (Repeat)
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------0--------------
D----------------------------------------------0h2----------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
NOW GO BACK TO BEGINNING FOR SECOND VERSE ITS THE SAME UNTIL THE
END OF THE SECOND CHORUS!



After Second Chorus:       little breakdown
                              (a few times)
   (repeat 5 times)          G    Cadd2
E--------3--------------------------------------------------------
B------3---2------------------------------------------------------
G----2-------0------0---------------------------------------------
D--0------------0h2-----------------------------0h2--0------------
A-------------------------------------------0h2-------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

     (Repeat this measure twice)
                                              G   Cadd2
E---------2------------0------------------------------------------
B-------3---3--------3---3----------------------------------------
G-----2-------2----2-------2-------0------------------------------
D---0------------0-------------0h2--------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------



    (Nat Harms)        G   Cadd2     D          Cadd2
                                 But outside it starts raining...
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-------(7)-------------------------------------------------------
G-------(7)-------------------------------------------------------
D-------(7)-------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

GO TO CHORUS THE OUTRO CHORUS IS NEXT!

Outro Chorus:

(repeat until the end)
               D    Cadd2    D
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G--------0--------------------------------------------------------
D------0----------------------------------------------------------
A----2------------------------------------------------------------
E--3--------------------------------------------------------------


(1st Verse)

she says its cold outside and hands me her raincoat
she always worried about thing like that
she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
and she only sleeps while it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straining

(chorus)

she says baby
i'ts 3am i must be lonely
when she says baby
well i cant help but be scared of it all sometimes
says the rain's gonna wash away i believe it


(2nd Verse)

she's got a little bit of something, god its better than nothing
and in her color portrait world she belives she's got it all
she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
and she only sleeps when it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straining

(chorus)

(3rd Verse)
she believes that life is made up of all that you're used to
and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days
she thinks that happiness as mat that sits on her doorway
but outside it starts raining

(chorus)