Bent
Matchbox Twenty
tabbed by Geoff Kennedy

F#m is played over this riff

       *begin note bent up half step (should sound like 10th fret, then go
down to 9th)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d--9---10^9---10^9--7--6--------------6-7-9---10^9---10^9---7--6-------
a------------------------7---9----7-9-----------------------------9----
e--------------------------9-------------------------------------------


F#m                       Bm
      If I fall along the way
E                            F#m
      Pick me up and dust me off
                                Bm
      and if I get too tired to make it
E                           F#m
      be my breath so I can walk

                           Bm
      If I need some other love
E                             F#m
      give me more than I can stand
                                     Bm
      and when my smile gets old and faded
E                            A
      wait around I'll smile again

                G#m         F#m
      shouldn't be so complicated
                       Bm
      just hold me and then
           E
      just hold me again

A                         E
      can you help me I'm bent
                              D
      I'm so scared that I'll never
                   E
      get put back together
                         A
      you're breaking me in
                              F#m
      and this is how we will end
                      D
      with you and me    bent

 d----------
 a----------
 e----5--4--

F#m                             Bm
      If I couldn't sleep could you sleep
E                               F#m
      could you paint me better off
                                Bm
      could you sympathize with my needs
E                               A
      I know you think I need a lot

                G#m               F#m
      I started out clean but I'm jaded
                      Bm
      just phoning it in
E
      just breaking the skin

A                         E
      can you help me I'm bent
                              D
      I'm so scared that I'll never
                   E
      get put back together
                         A
      you're breaking me in
                              F#m
      and this is how we will end
                      D
      with you and me    bent

F#m  D
F#m                 D
      start bending me
                 F#m
      It's never enough
             D
      I feel all your pieces
F#m                 D
      start bending me
                      Bm            E
      Keep bending me until I'm completely broken in

F#m is played over this riff

       *begin note bent up half step (should sound like 10th fret, then go
down to 9th)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d--9---10^9---10^9--7--6--------------6-7-9---10^9---10^9---7--6-------
a------------------------7---9----7-9----------------------------------
e--------------------------9-------------------------------------------


A               G#m         F#m
      shouldn't be so complicated
                        Bm
      just touch me and then
E
      just touch me again

A                         E
      can you help me I'm bent
                              D
      I'm so scared that I'll never
                   E
      get put back together
                         A
      you're breaking me in
                              F#m
      and this is how we will end
                      D
      with you and me bending
          E
      without understanding, hell I'll go there again

A                         E
      can you help me I'm bent
                              D
      I'm so scared that I'll never
                   E
      get put back together
                         A
      you're breaking me in
                              F#m
      and this is how we will end
                      D
      with you and me    bent