3AM Chords
3AM by Matchbox Twenty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Verso 1
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She said it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She's always worried about things like that.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She said it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault.
D Cadd9
And she only sleeps when it's raining,
D Cadd9
And she screams and her voice is strained.
G D Cadd9
And she says baby
G D Cadd9
It's 3 a.m. I must be lonely.
G D Cadd9
When she says baby
Em D C pick C
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes,
pick C Cadd9 C Cadd9
And the rains gonna wash away, I believe it.
Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Verso 2
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to.
D Cadd9
And she only sleeps when it's raining,
D Cadd9
And she screams and her voice is strained.
G D Cadd9
And she says baby
G D Cadd9
It's 3 a.m. I must be lonely.
G D Cadd9
Well heaven she says baby. Yeah
Em D C
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes,
Cadd9
And the rains gonna wash away, I believe this.
Bridge
E|------------3-------------3-------------3-------------3------------|
B|--------------3-------------3-------------3-------------3----------|
G|-------0-------------0-------------0-------------0-------------0---|
D|---0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----|
A|---------3-------------3-------------3-------------3---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Verso 3
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She believes that life is made up of all that you're used to.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days.
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway. Yeah
D Cadd9
But outside it stopped raining. Yeah
G D Cadd9
And she says baby
G D Cadd9
It's 3 a.m. I must be lonely.
G D Cadd9
Well heaven she says baby. Yeah
Em D C
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes,
Cadd9 G D Cadd9
And the rains gonna wash away, I believe this.
G D Cadd9
It's 3 a.m. I must be lonely.
G D Cadd9
Well heaven she says baby.
Em D Cadd9
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes.