Matchbook Romance — The Greatest Fall Of All Time Chords

Matchbook Romance
The Greatest Fall Of All time
Stories And Alibis
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Key: E

Chords used:
E —   022100 or 079900
C#m — x46654
B —   x24442
A —   x02220
F#m — 244222
G —   320033 or 355433


Intro: E——C#m———E——C#m

Guitar 2:
e|———————0—————0—————0—|
B|—————4—————4—————4———|
G|———4—————4—————4—————|
D|—2———————————————————| repeat many times
A|—————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————|

Guitar 3:
e|—5p4——0h2—0h2—————————4——0—|
B|———————————————4——5————————|
G|———————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————————|


Verse 1: Bass and guitar 2 only here
B
  The hand of my clock strikes two
   C#m
In times when I got the best of you
        B
We made promises we couldn't keep
    A
And every night we couldn't sleep
B                                       C#m
  I didn't know why, but didn't ask questions
                   B
because it was the first time in my life
         A
yeah the first time in my life
      E(hold)
Where I, did something right


Chorus:
E      C#m           A
  I set myself up for the
                     B
greatest fall of all time
(repeat)


Post Chorus: C#m

Guitar 3:
e|———————————————————————|
B|—5h4———5——5h4———0——5h4—|
G|—————4————————1————————|
D|———————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————|


Verse 2:
            B
You pick me apart

While I search for witty
A
things to say (In my defense)
        B
"You'll never amount to anything anyway"
                                         C#m
(Don't press your luck, don't press your luck)
                     B
And think that I'm impressed
with your one night stands
    A               B
and your contagious kiss
                       C#m(hold)—B(hold)
I'm trying to get this right
    A(hold)
Yeah, cause I'm ridiculous like that


Guitar 2: In "..to get this right yeah..."
e|—2—0——2—0——2—0—|
B|———————————————|
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|———————————————|
E|———————————————|


(Repeat Chorus)


Interlude: C#m———A———C#m———E——F#m—G (x2)

Guitar 3: x8 means repeat the chord 8 times and same with other numbers
and / means slide up,  means slide down, b means bend the strings
e|———————————————————————————————————————|
B|———————————————————————————————————————|
G|—6(x8)—6(x8)—6(x7)—6/8—9(x4)—11—11—12b—|
D|—6(x8)—6(x8)—6(x7)—6/8—9(x4)—11—11—12b—| (x2)
A|—4(x8)—0(x8)—4(x7)—4/6—7(x4)——9——9—10b—|
E|———————————————————————————————————————|

Guitar 2: will enter at 2nd time
e|—————————————————|
B|—————————————————|
G|—6(x3)—6/86—12b—|
D|—6(x3)—6/86—12b—| (x3)
A|—4(x3)—4/64—10b—|
E|—————————————————|


Bridge: (bass) means that the chord is played by bass only
E(hold)
  I'll keep this as
C#m(bass)      A(bass)
  A constant reminder
Of the nights I spent
        B(bass)  E(bass)
holding onto     her
                     C#m(bass)
And rest assured I'm moving on
  A(bass)
I miss you less, with each day
B(bass)
you're
E(distortion) C#m         A    B(hold and fast palm mute)
gone              (you're gone)


Guitar 2: In "..and rest assured..."
e|—2—0——2—0——4—0——5—4——2—0——2—0——2—0——5—4—|
B|————————————————————————————————————————|
G|————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————————————————————|


Guitar 2: before chorus
e|———————————|
B|———————————|
G|—9—8—11——9—|
D|—x—x——x——x—|
A|—7—6——9——7—|
E|———————————|


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro: C#m———B———A(hold)———B——E(end)