Bent By Matchbox 20 Tabbed By Dave Wachala _______________________________________________________ Intro: FB= Full Bend R=Release to note HB=Half Bend h=hammer on **The trick to the intro is to prebend the 7 to sound like a 9. then pluck it and return it back to a 7. (Guitar 2)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- FB--R-------------------------------HB------Hb--------- --7-Let ring--7--------------7h9----9---9---9---9---7-- --**----------6----------7h9--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- I I (Guitar 3)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---- --------------------------------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---- --------------------------------2-2-----2-2-----2-2---- (Guitar 2)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------HB------HB-------------------- -6-----------------7h9---9---9---9---9---7---6----4---- ----7-----9----7h9-----------------------------7--4---- -------9------------------------------------------2---- I I (Guitar 3)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ----4-4-----------4-4-------4-4-------4-4---------4---- ----4-4-----------4-4-------4-4-------4-4---------4---- ----2-2-----------2-2-------2-2-------2-2---------2---- ____________________________________________________________ Verse: Chords G1: Bm-x x x 11 10 9 E -x x x 9 9 7 G2+3: B5-2 4 4 x x x G1: Bm E G2+3: B5-B5 B5-B5 If I fall along the way Pick me up and dust me off G1: Bm E G2+3: B5-B5 Stop If I get too tired to make it Be my breath so I can walk G1: Bm E G2+3: B5-B5 B5-B5 If I need some of your love again Give me more than I can stand G1: Bm E G2+3: (below) When my smile gets old and faded ....... ____________________________________________________________ Prechorus: ...wait around I'll smile again. shouldn't be so complicated (all Guitars) --0----------------------------------------------------- --------2----------------------------------------------- ----------------2--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------5------------4-----------2--- just hold me and then. just hold me again ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------4------------------------9-9------ ---------------------4------------------------9-9------ ---------------------2--------0---2---4---5---7-7------- ---0---2---4----5-------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________ Chorus: can you help me I'm bent. I'm so scared that I'll never (Guitar 2)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -7------7-----7------7------7------7-----7-------7----- ------------------------------------------------------- I I (Guitar 3)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- --------9-9----------9-9---------9-9------------------- --------9-9----------9-9---------9-9--------------7-7-- --------7-7----------7-7---------7-7--------------7-7-- --------------------------------------------------5-5-- get put back together. you're breaking me in (Guitar 2)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -7------7-----7------7---0----2----4----5----7-----7--- ------------------------------------------------------- I I (Guitar 3)--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ----------7-7------9-9----------9-9-------------------- ----------7-7------9-9----------9-9-------------------- ----------5-5------7-7----------7-7-------------------- and this is how we will end with you and me bent (Guitar 2)---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------7------------------------------- ------------------------4-----------------7-let Ring-----------------4-4-- -7-----7-----7-----7----4 Let ring--------5--------------------------4-4-- ------------------------2--------------------------------------5--4--2-2-- I I (Guitar 3)---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --9-9-------9-9----------------------------7-7-----7-7----7-7------------- --9-9-------9-9---------4-4-------4-4------7-7-----7-7----7-7--------4-4-- --7-7-------7-7---------4-4-------4-4------5-5-----5-5----5-5--------4-4-- ------------------------2-2-------2-2--------------------------5--4--2-2-- _______________________________________________________ After Second Chorus there is a little riff to lead into the Bridge: -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -----7-9--11--11--11 -7/9---------------- -------------------- _______________________________________________________ Bridge: Acoustic Guitar just strumming From a F#m to a D.(use bar chords) _______________________________________________________ Outro: After last chorus they just keep playing a D chord and this solo: M=mute ------------------------------------------------------- -9-m-9-m-9h10p9---------------------------------------- ---------------11-9------------------------------------ --------------------11-9------------------------------- -------------------------12---15p14-12-12-12h14-------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------Hb---------- --7h9-/11-11p9----------------7h9-/11-11p9-11---------- ---------------7--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ()Background guitar ------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------(/11-13-14)------ -/11-9-11---------------------------------------------- ----------11-9-11-9-7-9-------------------------------- ------------------------9------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------(/11-13-14)------ ------------------------------------------------------- --7h9-/11-11p9----------------------------------------- ---------------7--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------