Bent

Matchbox Twenty

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Bent

Written by Rob Thomas, Robert Thomas

Key: Bm

Bent Key F#mF#m

Bent Key GmGm

Bent Key G#mG#m

Bent Key AmAm(one step down)

Bent Key A#mA#m(half step down)

Bent Key BmBm(original key)

Bent Key CmCm(half step up)

Bent Key C#mC#m(one step up)

Bent Key DmDm

Bent Key D#mD#m

Bent Key EmEm

Bent Key FmFm

	  		Intro:  F#5
Solo1               F#5       F#5       F#5       F#5
Solo2        F#5       F#5       F#5     F#5
                    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  (nc)
 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         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 un__til I'm completely broken in
 (repeat intro)
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

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