3AM Chords

KeyG# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays477

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.

Transpose
G#
Text
16
Speed
  			
  

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.  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante