i've seen a dozen tabs of this song so far - ignore them all.
this is the most accurate one. ;-)

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ReeF
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Artiste: Matchbox 20
Title: Rest Stop
Album: Mad Season
Tabbed by: ReeF


[ Verse 1 ]
[ all notes should be sustained - listen to the song and you'll know what i'm on about ]

Em			       G
Just three miles from the reststop,

D                     Em
and she slams on the breaks

Em				  G
She said I tried to be ... but I'm not,

D                                 Em
so could you please collect your things

[ PreChorus ] - build up to chorus

    D
Well I don't wanna be cold, I don't wanna be cruel,

	Em
But I gotta find more than what's happening with you

	 C
So if you'd open up the door

(some weird harmonics here - i don't get them)

[ chorus ]

[[no chords]]
She said,

G                                 D
while you were sleeping, I was listening to the radio

				 Em
And wondering what you're dreaming when,

          D               C
it came to mind that I didn't care

[[no chords]]
So I thought,

G                             D
hell, if it's over, I had better end it quick

					Em
Or I could lose all my nerve are you listening?

         D                  C
Can you hear me? Have you forgotten?

[ verse 2 ]- play same chords as verse 1
[ this time, add more strums ]

just three miles, from the reststop
and my mouth's to dry to rage [ improvise a fill-in picking pattern ]
light was shining from the radio-o-o
i could barely see her face

[ prechorus ]
well she knew all the worsd i never had said
she knew the crumbled down promise of this broken down man
and as i open up the do-o-or

[ Repeat Chourus ] X 2

         D                    C        ---- fade out to build up to chorus
can you hear me? have you forgotten?

[ repeat chorus ]