The Matador chords by Gretchen Peters

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Artist: Gretchen Peters
Song: The matador

Tabbed by: DJ
29th April 2013

Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 7th fret (sounds in key of E minorEm)

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 A minorAm       FF       A minorAm       FF
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  A minorAm                FF
I threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
  G+G                  FF
My aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull,
  A minorAm              FF
I loved like only a woman can,   a very complicated man,
  G+G                   FF
I bound his wounds, I heard his cries, I gave him truth, I told him lies!

 A minorAm       FF       A minorAm       FF
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   A minorAm              FF
His rage is made of many things,   faithless women, wedding rings,
 G+G                 FF
Snakes and snails and alcohol, his daddy's fist thrown through the wall,
        A minorAm                 FF
Ah, but he's beautiful when he's in the ring, the devil howls, the angels sing,
 G+G                  FF
Sparks fly from his fingertips, and words, like birds, fly from his lips!


   FF                G+G
Some man is lying in the dirt, some woman's crying that he's hurt,
     FF                  G+G               Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
But he's not alive without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill,
   FF                     G+G
The lights go down, the people roar, they're cheering on the matador,
   FF               G+G             A minorAm   FF
And this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw... the rose!


 A minorAm       FF
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  A minorAm                FF
I come to each and every show, the woman in the second row,
  G+G                    FF
I watch them in their ancient dance, and I know I never stood a chance,
       A minorAm              FF
'Cause while other demons prance and clown,  it's vanity that takes you down,
   G+G                   FF
I thought that I could be the one, but I'm just another... hanger-on!


   FF                 G+G
Some man is bleeding in the dirt, some woman's crying that she's hurt,
   FF                   G+G                Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
But who are we without the thrill, with - out the dance, without the kill?
  FF              G+G
And he is bull and matador, and I'm the mother, and the whore,
   FF               G+G          A minorAm       FF
And this is how the story goes, I knew it when I threw...  the rose!


 A minorAm       FF
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  A minorAm               FF
I threw a rose to the matador, not sure who I was cheering for,
  G+G                  FF
My aim was true, my heart was full, I loved the fighter... and the bull!


   A minorAm       FF       A minorAm       FF
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||(Repeat)


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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:

A minorAm  = x02210
FF   = 133211
G+G   = 320003
Gsus4Gsus4 = 3x0013