Busted Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Busted by Matchbox Twenty is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: Em G D C

Em
I forget when words were only words 
She knows the party makes me nervous 
In this stage we can't get hurt 
Don't try to understand me 

C  
We're too cool to be alone 
D			Em	
But, not too crazy to get busted 

Em
I found out one life ain't enough 
I need another soul to feed on 
I'm the flame I can't get burnt 
I'm wholly understated 

C                              
I found silence in this space 
D				Em
An on and off again attraction 
C			   D
I need such amazing grace 
D
Heaven sweep me away 

Refrao:

(Em G D C)
Love don't change, don't come around here 
Don't wear my heart on your sleeve 
Like a high school letter 
Don't strain, cuz nothing ever comes from it 
And the people we've become, well 
They've never been the people who we are 

Intro 

Em
I strap on one horse and prayed for luck 
I dug another hole to bleed 
I know exactly how this works 
I need a new feel dirty 
C				D
I don't need you crowding up my space 
			    Em	
I just want to get inside you 
C			       D
You can't blame the heart you save 
D
Giving something awa 

Refrão + Intro 
Em
I dreamed that the world was crumbling down 
			       C
We sat on my back porch and watched it 
Em
I dreamed that the buildings all fell down 
			       C	
We sat on my back porch and watched it 

Em					G		
I dreamed that the world was crumbling down 
			          C			       	
We sat on my back porch and watched it
			D
In my head I heard the sound 
Like fifteen strangers dancing 

(Em G D C  D)
But oh how I want you to know me 
Oh how I want you to know me 
Oh how I wish I was somebody else, baby 
Oh how I wish you could own me 

Refrão x2 + Intro 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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

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