Matches To Paper Dolls
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Am
A Am
Am
A Am
Am
A Am
[Verse 1]
Am Em
I changed the locks
F Dm
But your key, your key’s still working
Am E
You can’t train a moth I guess
F Dm Am
Oh, each beast gets her burden
Em
So we circle this old flame
F Em
Too much at stake
Em
But too late to change
Em
My nerves are shot
F
My reserves exhausted
D
It’s a tired plot, but we bought it
Am
Now we’re lost
Em
Between love and cholera
F Em
Saccharine read — such a sentimental novel
Am E
Give you cavities if it doesn’t drive you to the bottle
F Dm
Me, I’ll take another kerosene
Am
If you’ve got it something harder
E
Built like a moth you see
F Dm
And I still get chills when you talk to me
Am
But the years pass by now
Em
In twos and threes
F
These thrills ain’t as cheap
Dm
As they used to be
[Chorus]
Am E F Dm
If you’re asking, then I can’t say no
Dm Am
Just one more chapter
E F
Our book won’t close
Dm Am E
And I know it’s madness
F Dm
To play these odds
Dm Am
It’s like giving matches
E
to paper
F Dm
To paper dolls
Am E F
Dm Am E F
I know it’s madness, I know
Dm Am E F
I know it’s madness, I kno-o-ow
Dm Am
I know it's mad
Em F Dm
[Verse 2]
Am E F
Tried sweet talk, tried dynamite
Dm Am
But I sleepwalk, back to the battle site
Am F
Fight fire with fire but the fire won’t fight
Em Am
We just fly these circles like tired kites
E F
You flash some fang
Dm Am
And I bat my lashes
E F
And we’re back again
Dm
No end to this game with matches
Am Em
We’ve been lovers and strangers and friends who get angry
F Am
Made mistakes and amends and brief moments of magic
Am Em
We forgive and forget and give in to attraction
F Dm
This whole thing depends on amnesia and magnets
Am Em
I’d be leaving for good, looking for better
F Dm
But I got this broken habit I keep gluing back together
Am Em
The fervor the fire the feathers, the fever defies measure
F Fm
And good sense won’t venture, where the moth won’t let it
[Chorus]
Am E F Dm
If you’re asking, then I can’t say no
Dm Am E
Just one more chapter
F
Our book won’t close
Dm Am E
And I know it’s ma-a-adness
F
To play these odds
Dm Am
It’s like giving matches
E
to paper
F Dm
To paper dolls
[Bridge]
Am Em F Dm
It's just like (just like) just like
Am E
It's just like (just like)
F Dm
Just like giving matches to paper
Am Em F Dm
Just like (just like) just like
Am E
It's just like (just like)
F Dm
Just like giving matches to paper
[Chorus]
Am E F Dm
If you’re asking, then I can’t say no (I can't say no)
Dm Am E
Just one more chapter
E F
Our book won’t close
Dm Am E
And I know it’s ma-a-adness
F
To play these odds
Dm Am
It’s like giving matches
Em
to paper
F Dm
To paper dolls
How to play Matches To Paper Dolls
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.