A Thousand Matches

E A B E A B G#m A B E

[Verse]
                               A              B             E        A B
Lying on a mattress cause my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
       E                                 A           B
Sleeping she looked like an actress in theory and in practice
               E                       A B
I said there's got to be a better way
               E
She said you light a thousand matches
            A         B             E         A B
When you finally set fire will you run away?
    C#m           G#m
So why'd you go and do it
          A                  B                    E B
When you knew that you would go and I would stay?

           E                           A                  B            E   A B
I hit the wall in frustration, the conversation had been circling for days
                 E                          A               B
She said don't take it out on him, for the wall has always been
   E                            A B
Supportive in the best of ways
         E                       A      B           E
We're laughing and crying like madmen dying in the snow
              C#m           G#m        A                       B          E
For just one second it was funny that she would have to stay and I would go

            A         E
And I said love, you know, I love you so
          A       E                  B
When you love someone well you've gotta let 'em know
            A          E         B           E
She said "Nothing's changed, I love you the same
          A              E
When you love someone, sometimes you gotta let 'em go"

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                              A           B       E    A B
She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart
              E
She said I'm gonna take this home
       A                B                  E         A B
For I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark
          E
In some faceless hotel room
      A            B             E
You seem to lose everything you own
            C#m             G#m
She didn't mean it how it sounded
          A                     B              E
What she meant was she would stay and I would go

            A         E        B       E
And I said love, you know, I love you so
          A      E                 B             E
When you love someone well you've gotta let 'em know
           A          E
She said "Nothing's changed
   B            E
I love you the same
           A
When you love someone
  E             B           E
Sometimes you gotta let 'em go"

  A             B           E
Sometimes you tear it all apart
    A        B             E
To see the wood from the trees
   A            B            E   C#m A
Sometimes you break your own heart
    B          E
To set yourself free

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I walked her to the station
  A                  B               E   A B
Hesitation in our movements and our tone
  E                       A  B
Words finally left after realizing
                           E    A B
How uncomfortable they'd grown
               E
See, what you want and what you need, well
       A       B          E   A B
They seldomly succeed to grow
      C#m        G#m                 A
We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone
     B            E
You gotta let them go