Passenger - A Thousand Matches: chords

E                              Amaj7
Lying on the mattress 'cos my friend's
       B              E      Amaj7 B
crazy sister took my bed away
           E
Sleeping she looked like an actress,
    Amaj7          B
in theory and in practice, I said
          E                    Amaj7  B
"There's got to be a better way"
               E
She said "You light a thousand matches,
         Amaj7        B
when you finally set fire,
          E       Amaj7 B
well you run away"
   C#m              G#m             Amaj7
So why'd you go and do it when you knew
                      B         E
that you would go and I would stay

I hit the wall in frustration,
the conversation had been circling for days
She said don't take it out on him,
for the wall has always been
Supportive in the best of ways
We're laughing and crying like madmen
dying in the snow
For just one second it was funny
that she would have to stay and I would go

Chorus:
        Amaj7       E     B        E
I said "Love, you know I love you so;
         Amaj7         E           B               E
when you love someone well you've got to let them know."
               Amaj7      E        B            E
And she said "Nothing's changed I love you the same,
             Amaj7         E             B             E
but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let 'em go"

She handed me a stone in the perfect
shape of a heart
She said I'm gonna take this home
For I know you'll only lose it
somewhere after dark
In some faceless hotel room
You seem to lose everything you know
She didn't mean it how it sounded
What she meant was she would stay and I would go

Chorus

Amaj7          B            E
Sometimes you tear it all apart
Amaj7       B              E
to see the wood from the trees.
Amaj7           B             E B C#m Amaj7
Sometimes you break your own heart
    B       E
to set yourself free

I walked her to the station
Hesitation in our movements and our tone
Words finally left after realizing
How uncomfortable they'd grown
See, what you want and what you need, well
They seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone
You gotta let them go