Bright Lights tab by Matchbox Twenty

Tabs

She got outta town      on a railway new york
E MajorE|-0---------------------------------------------------||
BB|-0------------------4--------------------------------||
G+G|-1------------------4------2-------------------------||
D MajorD|-x------------------4------4-------------------------||
A augmentedA|-x------------------2---4--4-------------------------||
E MajorE|-0-------------------------2-------------------------||
  bound           took all except my name
E MajorE|-----------------------0----------------------------------||
BB|--------------3----2---0-----------------------------4----||
G+G|--------------2----2---1-----------------------------4----||
D MajorD|-----------------2-----x-----------------------------4----||
A augmentedA|------0----------------x-----------------------------2----||
E MajorE|-----------------------0----------------------------------||
       another alien on broadway
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------5----------||
BB|--------5-----------4----5--------2-------------------||
G+G|--------6-----------4----4--------2-------------------||
D MajorD|--------6-----------4-------------2-------------------||
A augmentedA|--2--3--4-----------2-------------0-------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
  some things in this world you just cant change
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|----------------------------------------------4-----------5----||
G+G|-1--------------------------------------------4-----------4----||
D MajorD|-2--------------------------------------------4----------------||
A augmentedA|-2--------------------------------------------2----------------||
E MajorE|-0-------------------------------------------------------------||
  some things you cant see until it gets too late
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------2------2----------3--2----||
G+G|--2---------------------------------2------2----------2--2----||
D MajorD|--4---------------------------------4------2------------------||
A augmentedA|--4------------------------------4---------0------------------||
E MajorE|--2-----------------------------------------------------------||
  baby baby baby when all your love is gone
E MajorE|------------------------7-----9----------------------||
BB|-0----------------------5-----7----------------------||
G+G|-1--------------------4-------7----------------------||
D MajorD|-2----------------------------7----------------------||
A augmentedA|-x---------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-0---------------------------------------------------||
  who will save me from all im up against out in this world
E MajorE|---------------9--------------------------------------------------||
BB|---------------7--------2-------------------3------2------0-------||
G+G|---------------7--------2-------------------2------2------1-------||
D MajorD|------------7-----------2----------------------2----------2-------||
A augmentedA|------------------------0---------------------------------x-------||
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------0-------||
      maybe maybe maybe youll find somethin thats enough
E MajorE|-5----5--4------------------------7---9----------------||
BB|-5----5--5------------------------5---7----------------||
G+G|----4----4-------------------4--------7----------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------7----------------||

A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------||
  to keep you   but if the bright lights dont
E MajorE|------------------9----------------------------------||
BB|------------7-----7-----------2----------------------||
G+G|------------7-----------------2----------------------||
D MajorD|---------------7--------------2----------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------0----------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------||
  receive you     you should turn your self around
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------5---------------4-----------------||
G+G|------------------2---------------4-----------------||
D MajorD|---------------2------------------4-----------------||
A augmentedA|----------------------------------2-----------------||
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------||
 and come on home
E MajorE|-----------0----------------------||
BB|-----------0----------------------||
G+G|-----------1----------------------||
D MajorD|-----------x----------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------x----------------------||
E MajorE|-----------0----------------------||

Drums Enter

Two Guitars Now

Im not puttin the strummin patterns its easy to figure out
Lead    I got a hole in me now
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------4------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------4/6-----------------------------||
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|---0--------------------0--------------------------------------------||
BB|---0--------------------0--------------------------------------------||
G+G|---1--------------------4--------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---2--------------------4--------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---2--------------------2--------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Lead    yeah i got a scare i can talk about
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---2----------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|--0------------------------------------0------------||
BB|--0------------------------------------0------------||
G+G|--2------------------------------------2------------||

D MajorD|--2------------------------------------2------------||
A augmentedA|--x------------------------------------0------------||
E MajorE|--2-------------------------------------------------||
Lead   And she keeps a picture of me
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------4---4^--4--2------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------4/6-----------------4---||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|--0------------------------------0------------------||
BB|--0------------------------------0------------------||
G+G|--1------------------------------4------------------||
D MajorD|--2------------------------------4------------------||
A augmentedA|--2------------------------------2------------------||
E MajorE|--0------------------------------------------------||
Lead    in her apartment in the city
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---2----------------/4------------2---------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|---0------------0----------------0-------------------||
BB|---0------------0----------------0-------------------||
G+G|---6------------4----------------2-------------------||
D MajorD|---6------------4----------------2-------------------||
A augmentedA|---4------------2----------------0-------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------||
Lead Some things in this world man they dont make sense
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------4--4^-4-2---||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------4/6----------4--||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|-0-----------------------------------------------0--||
BB|-0-----------------------------------------------0--||
G+G|-1-----------------------------------------------4--||
D MajorD|-2-----------------------------------------------4--||
A augmentedA|-2-----------------------------------------------2--||
E MajorE|-0--------------------------------------------------||
 some things you dont need until they leave you then theyre........
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-2-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

E MajorE|-0---------------------------------------0---------------------------||
BB|-0---------------------------------------0---------------------------||
G+G|-2---------------------------------------2---------------------------||
D MajorD|-2---------------------------------------2---------------------------||
A augmentedA|-x---------------------------------------0---------------------------||
E MajorE|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus

Lead Baby baby baby when all your love is gone who will save me from
E MajorE|--------7----------9p7--------------5------------------7p5---------||
BB|----7h9----------------9p7----5h7-------------------------7p5------||
G+G|---------------------------x----------------------------------x----||
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|---0-----------------------------0-----------------------------------||
BB|---0-----------------------------3-----------------------------------||
G+G|---1-----------------------------2-----------------------------------||
D MajorD|---2-----------------------------0-----------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---2-----------------------------0-----------------------------------||
E MajorE|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------||
lead all im up against out in this world
E MajorE|---------------------------------------4-5-7----4-5-7------||
BB|--------5------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5----||
G+G|----4h6----------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------||
rhythm
E MajorE|---0-----------------------------------0------------||
BB|---2-----------------------------------0------------||
G+G|---2-----------------------------------1------------||
D MajorD|---2-----------------------------------2------------||
A augmentedA|---0-----------------------------------2------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------0------------||
Lead maybe maybe maybe youll find somethin thats enough to keep you
E MajorE|--------7------------9p7----------5---------------||
BB|----7h9-----------------9p7---5h7-----------------||
G+G|----------------------------x---------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|--0----------------------------0--------------------||
BB|--0----------------------------3--------------------||
G+G|--1----------------------------2--------------------||
D MajorD|--2----------------------------0--------------------||
A augmentedA|--2----------------------------0--------------------||
E MajorE|--0-------------------------------------------------||
Lead  but if the bright lights dont recieve you
E MajorE|--7p5-------------------------------------------------||
BB|-----7p5-----------5----------------------------------||
G+G|---------x-----4h6------------------------------------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|----------------0----------------------------------||
BB|----------------2----------------------------------||
G+G|----------------2----------------------------------||
D MajorD|----------------2----------------------------------||
A augmentedA|----------------0----------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------||
Lead turn yourself around and come on home
E MajorE|---------7---7----7-------------------------------||
BB|----7----7---7p9--7-----7-7-----------------------||
G+G|----6h8-----------------6h8-----------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|----0----------------------------------------------||
BB|----4----------------------------------------------||
G+G|----4----------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|----4----------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|----2----------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------||

Bridge
Lead Let that city take you in  (come on home)
E MajorE|------------------------------9-9-11^--9----9-9----9-9v------||
BB|------------------------------------------------12-----------||
G+G|----------------------------9--------------------------------||
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm    I didnt put the strumming pattern
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------2-----------------------||
G+G|-6---------4------------------2--------------4--------||
D MajorD|-6---------4------------------2--------------4--------||
A augmentedA|-4---------2---------------------------------2--------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
Lead Let that city spit you out   (come on home)
E MajorE|-------------------------------9-9-11^--9----9-9----9-11^-----||
BB|-------------------------------------------------12-----------||
G+G|-----------------------------9--------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-6----------4----------------------------------4------||
D MajorD|-6----------4---------------7------------------4------||
A augmentedA|-4----------2---------------7------------------2------||
E MajorE|----------------------------5-------------------------||
Lead Let that city take you down       yeah
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------||
BB|---------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------------7--9--9/11----9-----------||
D MajorD|-------------------------------x--x--x/x-----x-----------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------5--7--7/9-----7-----------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|-------------------------------2----------------------||
BB|-------------------------------3-------2--------------||
G+G|--6----------4-----------------2-------2--------------||
D MajorD|--6----------4-----------------0-------2--------------||
A augmentedA|--4----------2-------------------------0--------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------||
Lead                for gods sake turn around
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|----7---9----9/11---11/14------------------------------------||
D MajorD|----x---x----x/-x----x/-x------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|----5---7----7/-9----9/12------------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------||
Rhythm
E MajorE|---2-------------------------------------------------||
BB|---3-------------------2-----4-----------------------||
G+G|---2-------------------2-----4-----------------------||
D MajorD|---0-------------------2-----4-----------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------0-----2-----------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------||

Solo

E MajorE|-12^---12--12-12-----------------------------------------15^---------||
BB|-15^-------15-15-----15--15--12---------------15---15-12-------------||
G+G|---------------------------------14^---14--12------------------------||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

E MajorE|15---15--15-12--------12---------------------------------------------||
BB|----------------15-12----15----14-12---------------------------------||
G+G|----------------------------12-14-12---------------------------------||
D MajorD|-------------------------------------14-14-12------------------------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------12-10-12-10-------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-5-3||

Do chorus again then go to this
            turn yourself around girl come on home
E MajorE|-----7--7-----7-------------------------------------------||
BB|-7---7--7h9---7--7-7--------------------------------------||
G+G|-6h8-------------6h8--------------------------------------||
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------||

And the rest of the song is the outro where you do this over and over again
lead
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------||
BB|--14^-14--12--10-10--8-8----14^--14-12-10-10-12-12-||
G+G|---------------------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------||
rhythm
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------------------------------||
G+G|-------------------------2-2-2--------------------------||
D MajorD|--2-------2-----2--------2-2-2--------------------------||
A augmentedA|--2----------------------0-0-0--------------------------||
E MajorE|--0---3p0---3p0---3p0------------3-3-3-3-3--------------||

The fade and then your done

Then fade out and your done

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