Bent Chords
Bent by Matchbox Twenty is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords F#5, Bm, E, F#m, F#m9, A, A/G#, D and Eb5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F#5
Solo1 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5
Solo2 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5
Bm
If I fall along the way
E F#m F#m9
pick me up and dust me off.
Bm
and if I get too tired to make it
E F#m (nc)
be my breath so I_ can walk
Bm
If I need some other love
E F#m F#m9
give me more than I can stand
Bm
and when my smile gets old and faded
E
wait around I'll smile again
Pre-chorus
A A/G# F#m
shouldn't be so complicated
Bm / / / / A
just hold me and then - just hold me again
Chorus
A A/G# F#m E D
Can you help me I'm bent I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
E A A/G#
F#m
get put back toge__ther you're breaking me in_ and this is how we
will end
D A A/G# F#5
with you and me___ bent_
Bm
If I couldn't sleep could you sleep_
E F#m F#m9
could you paint me better off_
Bm
could you sympathize with my needs__
E A
I know you think I need a lot
Pre-chorus
A A/G# F#m
I started out clean but I'm jaded
Bm / / / / A
just phoning it in just breaking the skin
Chorus
A A/G# F#m E D
Can you help me I'm bent I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
E A A/G#
F#m
get put back toge__ther you're breaking me in_ and this is how we
will end
D A A/G#
with you and me___ bent_
F#m
Bridge
F#m D
F#m D
start bending me It's never
F#m D
enough I feel all_ your pieces_
F#m D Eb5 D
start bending me Keep bending me un__til I'm completely broken in
(repeat intro)
Solo1 4x
Solo2 4x
Pre-chorus
A A/G# F#m
shouldn't be_ so complicated
Bm / / / / A
just touch me and then - just touch me again
Chorus
A A/G# F#m E D
Can you help me I'm bent I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
E A A/G#
F#m
get put back toge__ther you're breaking me in_ and this is how we
will end
D E
with you and me___ bending without understanding hell I know that I
can't
A A/G# F#m E D
Can you help me I'm bent I'm so scared_ that I'll ne__ver
E A A/G#
F#m
get put back toge__ther you're breaking me in_ and this is how we
will end
D D
with you and me___ bent