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Hand Me Down — Matchbox Twenty
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Tabbed by: Tom Sprankling
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard tuning with a capo on the 1st fret.
Intro: C, F a few times (listen to the track for the timing.
Verse 1:
C
Someday they’ll find our small town world,
On a big town avenue,
F
Gonna make you like the way they talk,
When they’re talking to you,
C
Gonna make you brake out of your shell,
Cuz they tell you to,
F
Gonna make you like the way they lie,
Better than the truth,
Am
They’ll tell you everything,
You wanted someone else to say,
F
They’re gonna brake your heart.
Chorus:
C
From What I’ve seen,
G Dm
You’re just one more hand me down,
F
But no one’s tried to give you,
C
What you need,
G Am
Lay all your troubles down,
F
I am with you now.
Verse 2:
C
Somebody oughta take you in,
Try to make you love again,
F
Try to make you like the way they feel,
When they’re under you skin.
C
Never once to you think that they would lie,
When they’re holding you,
F
You wonder why they havn’t called,
When they said they’d call you,
Am
You start to wonder,
If you’re ever gonna make it by,
F
You’ll start to think,
You where born blind.
Chorus
Bridge:
Am
I’m here for the hard times,
E
The straight to your heart times,
C
When living ain’t easy
D
You can stand up against me,
F
And maybe rely on me and
G
Cry on my, yeah…..
Solo:
Play the intro chords C and F
Verse:
C
Someday the’ll open up your world,
F
Shake it down to the very core,
C
Do their best to change you,
F
They still can’t erase you.
Chorus
Outro solo: C , F
Well another amazing song by Rob Thomas that is incredibly simple
— Long live Rob Thomas!!!!
Chords:
e|—1—0—3—1—0—0—0—|
B|—1—1—3—3—1—0—3—|
G|—2—0—0—2—2—1—2—|
D|—3—2—0—0—2—2—0—|
A|—3—3—2——-0—2——-|
E|—1——-3————0——-|
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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