Matchbox Twenty - Burn

capo 2nd fret ( personal preference )

( intro )
C E F ( G )
C E F D

i thought about
C E F – G –
leaving but i couldn’t even get outta bed
C E F – G –
i’m hangin’ cause i couldn’t get a ride outta town
C E F
now anyone who really wanted me to be down
D
come ’round

thought about
C E F – G –
singin’ but i couldn’t remember all of the words
C E F – G –
breakin’ but i couldn’t get the pieces apart
C E F
laughin’ never knowing what the joke was about
D
now i’m down

C G
and i wonder how i never got the burn
Am
and if i’m ever gonna learn
F
how lonely people make a life
G D
one strain at a time

forgot about
C E F – G –
everything and everyone i needed before
C E F – G –
tryin’ to get a handle on a reason to shine
C E F D
pickin’ up the pieces that are falling behind takes time

C G
and i wonder how i never got the burn
Am
and if i’m ever gonna learn
F
how lonely people make a life
G F D
one strain at a time and still shine

( something like )
Am G F G
Am G F G
Am G F G
D

C G
and i wonder how i never got the burn
Am
and if i’m ever gonna learn
F
how lonely people make a life
G C G
all this time i wonder how i never got the burn
Am
and if i’m ever gonna learn
F
how lonely people make their life
G F D
one strain at a time and still shine