#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song: 3 am Artist: Matchbox20 Album: Youself or Someone Like You Transcribed by: Craig McNaught McNaught@iafrica.com Tuning: Either Capo on first or raise each string. Chords: G Cadd9 D 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 x 3 x x Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 E----------------------------------------------3------------------ B------------------------------------------------3---------------- G----------------------0---------------------------0-------------- D-----------------0h2--------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 1&2: G Cadd9 she says its cold outside (a few times) she hands me my raincoat.. E-----------------------------------------2------------0---------- B---------------------------------------3---3--------3---3-------- G----------------------------0--------2-------2----2-------2-----0 D-----------------------0h2---------0------------0-----------0h2-- A------------------0h2-------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES FOR 1st THREE LINES OF THE 1st AND 2nd VERSES) After 3rd line right before chorus: and she only sleeps when its raining and she screams and her... E----------------3------------0------------3------------2--------- B--------------2---2--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3------- G------------0-------3----2-------2----2-------2----2-------2----0 D-----0h2-0-------------0------------0------------0-----------0h2- A-0h2------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus: Baby Its 3am I must be lonely G D Cadd9 D (Repeat) E----------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------0-------------- D----------------------------------------------0h2---------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- Repeat from beginning until second chorus. After Second Chorus: (play 5 times) G Cadd9 E--------3-------------------------------------------------------- B------3---2------------------------------------------------------ G----2-------0------0--------------------------------------------- D--0------------0h2-----------------------------0h2--0------------ A-------------------------------------------0h2------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- (Repeat this twice) G Cadd9 E---------2------------0------------------------------------------ B-------3---3--------3---3---------------------------------------- G-----2-------2----2-------2-------0------------------------------ D---0------------0-------------0h2-------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- G Cadd9 D Cadd9 But outside its stopped raining... E----------------------------------------------------------------- B-------(7)------------------------------------------------------- G-------(7)------------------------------------------------------- D-------(7)------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus. - To Outro Outro Chorus: (repeat until the end) D Cadd9 D E----------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------- G--------0-------------------------------------------------------- D------0---------------------------------------------------------- A----2------------------------------------------------------------ E--3-------------------------------------------------------------- (1st Verse) she says its cold outside and hands me my raincoat she's always worried about things like that she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault and she only sleeps while it's raining and she screams and her voice is straining (chorus) she says baby i'ts 3am i must be lonely when she says baby well i cant help but be scared of it all sometimes says the rain's gonna wash away i believe it (2nd Verse) she's got a little bit of something, God its better than nothing and in her color portrait world she believes she's got it all she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to and she only sleeps when it's raining and she screams and her voice is straining (chorus) (3rd Verse) she believes that life is made up of all that you're used to and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days she thinks that happiness as mat that sits on her doorway but outside it starts raining (chorus)