Bent

Matchbox Twenty

Tom: A

Intro
F#m5

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F#m5                  Bm
 If I fall along the way
E                       F#m F#m9
 pick me up and dust me off.
                          Bm
and if I get too tired to make it
E                      F#m 
 be my breath so I can walk
                     Bm
If I need some other love
E                       F#m F#m9
 give me more than I can stand
                               Bm
and when my smile gets old and faded
E                        
 wait around I'll smile again
[Pre-chorus]
A                      F#m   
shouldn't be so complicated
A         A/G#  F#m   
shouldn't be so complicated
                 Bm          / / / /  A
just hold me and then - just hold me again
Chorus
A        A/G#        F#m          E                 D
Can  you help me I'm bent  I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
               E                             A               A/G#        
F#m
get put back toge__ther   you're breaking me in_ and this is how we 
will end
              D            A   A/G#  F#5
with you and me___   bent_

                          Bm
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep_
E                          F#m   F#m9
 could you paint me better off_
                          Bm
could you sympathize with my needs__
E                          A
 I know you think I need a lot
Pre-chorus
A         A/G#              F#m   
I started out clean but I'm jaded
                 Bm          / / / /  A
just phoning it in  just breaking the skin

Chorus
A        A/G#        F#m          E                 D
Can  you help me I'm bent  I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
      E                             A               A/G#             F#m
get put back toge__ther   you're breaking me in_ and this is how we 
will end
              D            A   A/G#
with you and me  bent
F#m

Bridge
F#m            D
F#m            D
 start bending me     It's never
F#m            D
enough  I feel all your pieces
F#m            D                    Eb5          D
 start bending me    Keep bending me until I'm completely broken in

Solo1 4x  Solo2 4x

Pre-chorus
A         A/G#   F#m   
shouldn't be_ so complicated
                  Bm         / / / /  A
just touch me and then - just touch me again
Chorus
A        A/G#        F#m          E                 D
Can  you help me I'm bent  I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
      E                             A               A/G#             F#m
get put back toge__ther   you're breaking me in_ and this is how we 
will end
              D                            E
with you and me___   bending  without understanding  hell I know that I 
can't
A        A/G#        F#m          E                 D
Can  you help me I'm bent  I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
          E                             A               A/G#         F#m
get put back toge__ther   you're breaking me in_ and this is how we 
will end
              D                     D
with you and me___  bent