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3 Am.btab
Matchbox
TablEdited by Jan Bjorklund for Chris
Basstab by Jan Bjorklund, Finland;
jani_bjorklund@yahoo.se
You are welcome to request for basstabs or standard notation!
Bienvenidos a pedirme transcripciones para el bajo!
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Transcribe! 6.0 transcription http://www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk/
Created with TablEdit http://www.tabledit.com/
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Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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Collin Wanna Be |
#1 by Collin McCabe at Jun 21, 1971 at 7:56 PM EST |
| Heard it was about his mother and the problems she had when she was fighting cancer. Rob didn't think she handled it too well. | |
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Kendrick Wanna Be |
#2 by Kendrick Snyder at Jul 2, 1974 at 12:36 AM EST |
| I saw Rob do this as a piano acoustic on Storytellers and told the story of his mother fighting cancer when he was like 14 years old and this is the story of it | |
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Zack Average |
#3 by Zack Tredway at Feb 20, 1975 at 6:57 PM EST |
| Great song...Meaning eludes me. Could someone help me out please? | |
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Zach Average |
#4 by Zach DeLaRocha at Sep 8, 1975 at 8:19 PM EST |
| this song's lyrics r awesome they r so true.. they show the fact that not everything is perfect... | |
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bigl Wanna Be |
#5 by bigl shattuck at Sep 17, 1976 at 6:03 PM EST |
| Listen to the acoustic piano version, it's amazing. | |
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jar0n Average |
#6 by jar0n at Sep 27, 1976 at 6:53 AM EST |
| "She's got a little bit of somethin'/God, it's better than nothin'" Those are my favorite lines, definitely. Rob is such a genius. Amazing!! | |
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jordan Average |
#7 by jordan sjsjtkiris at Jul 27, 1979 at 10:17 PM EST |
| I always assumed it was about someone dying and having hope.. then when Rob was on storytellers I got a better picture of what it was about.. | |
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wade Wanna Be |
#8 by wade petty at Feb 14, 1982 at 6:49 AM EST |
| On storytellers Rob tells how the song is about his mother then says, "nobody really picked up on it, which is just as good cause then it would lose something universal about a song that makes it kinda special to everybody cause you're supposed to be able to take it into your own and use it for whatever you want." I thought it was kinda neat how Rob acknowledged how this song belongs not only to himself, but to all of us for whatever meaning it brings. | |
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Andreas Average |
#9 by Andreas Naesstrom at Aug 25, 1982 at 8:52 PM EST |
| The clock on her wall has stopped at 3:00 a.m. "It's 3 a.m. and I must be lonely." At this point in her life she is always lonely. I never realized that until now. I really love the idea of the rain washing it all away, the pain, the fear, the impurities. (sigh) | |
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cuac3 Wanna Be |
#10 by cuac3 jejeje at Jan 23, 1983 at 12:52 AM EST |
| i agree with ChaosFluro24 on how she is alwyas lonely now. i love this song and matchbox 20 has always been one of my favorite bands except for their mad season cd. 3 am was my first fave song by them. | |
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Drew Wanna Be |
#11 by Drew Hanson at Nov 13, 1986 at 7:43 PM EST |
| vengo, check your facts. Robb Thomas was in Tabitha's Secret, as was the bassist and drummer. I think its ok to consider it a Matchbox 20 song since it was with Matchbox 20 it became big. | |
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SaM Lead Player |
#12 by SaM at Oct 23, 1988 at 6:47 AM EST |
| fave lines: And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all/She swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to never understood how it related to watching his mother die, though. | |
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* iQrAm Rhythm Player |
#13 by * iQrAm * at May 3, 1993 at 6:42 AM EST |
| Yes, Robb was in Tabitha's Secret, but they still released the song as their own. So even though it's associated with Matchbox 20, it's still originally a Tabitha's Secret song. | |
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Wacko Average |
#14 by Wacko Jacko at Jun 7, 1994 at 2:12 PM EST |
| I still haven't understood the lyrics, even after I saw Storytellers. The piano version is as beautiful as everyone says it is, even more so. I have always looked for the sheet music to the piano acoustic version. | |
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Chase Wanna Be |
#15 by Chase Allen at Mar 5, 1995 at 8:21 PM EST |
| I always liked this song, I dunno why, it's my favourite of theirs. I never knew wut it was about though... Now I know :) My favourite line is: she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway. Poor Rob though, I'm 14 & I'd hate for my mom to have cancer. That's about all I have to say. | |
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alex Average |
#16 by alex cope at Aug 20, 1996 at 6:58 PM EST |
| I love the piano acoustic version. It is like wow. But I have that reaction to Rob Thomas in general | |
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Stuart Average |
#17 by Stuart Barker at Dec 13, 1997 at 9:06 PM EST |
| This is the best song ever. My dad died of cancer recentlly, and I can understand why he wrote it (however it must have been really hard to deal with at 14). When someone that close to you gets sick, no matter how good or bad of a person they are they begin to become scared of death and hate the idea of dying, especially if they are too young to die. Watching a parent go through that is extremely hard, because they are usually the ones telling you it's okay and protecting you.It's a really hard life lesson to live through, but when it is a persons' time, they have to go, and it will always get better. I love the last line about the rain washing it all away...sorry to be depressing, I just kind of understand the song and really love it. | |
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no more mohawk Average |
#18 by no more mohawk :( at Jan 10, 2001 at 11:09 PM EST |
| This is actually a cover of a Tabitha's Secret's "3AM" http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=59896 | |
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Terence Wanna Be |
#19 by Terence Sharp at Jul 18, 2001 at 10:13 PM EST |
| I think the girl that rob sings about suffers from a case of schizophrenia, in the first part he says she hands him a rain coat, "it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault". she fears the outside world. she shows classic symptoms of schizo, like waking up at odd hours and making outrageous claims. for instance "she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to". she only sleeps when it's raining. I think she feels protected by the rain. this is a great song about his partner; however, I believe he dose not tolerate this behavior for long, because he doesn't state once how he put her to sleep, or comforted her. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#20 by Matt Cromwell at Jul 29, 2001 at 10:34 PM EST |
| this song DOES make more sense. I didn't realize it was about his mom at first. I'll have to grasp the meaning a little more next time I listen to it. | |
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Grimani Wanna Be |
#21 by Grimani at May 31, 2003 at 2:27 AM EST |
| um hi theatrepunk ... guess who ... lol told ya my username would freak ya out ... lol so yeah i havent heard thissong yet but ... ummm... i probably will | |
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Mike Average |
#22 by Mike at Jul 23, 2003 at 12:01 AM EST |
| hey...my favourite line is "she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway" too! great song...not one of my favourites, but still real good. | |
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cash Wanna Be |
#23 by cash putnam at Jul 2, 2006 at 11:53 AM EST |
| Now that I found out this song is about his mother, it has a whole new meaning. "And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway But outside it's stopped raining" To me, saying that the clock on the wall has been stuck at 3, and saying that the rain stopped would almost signify his mother dieing. Since they usually stop the clock when a person passes. But, I dono. Whatever it means, this song rules. | |
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josh Average |
#24 by josh 73h 1337 pw3nr at Sep 5, 2006 at 7:57 AM EST |
| I love this song...and you'll feel the lyrics when you hear the paino acoustic. you'll be like, "wow." | |
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The Four String Lead Player |
#25 by The Four String Mother Fucker at Sep 8, 2007 at 5:39 PM EST |
| This song has always freaked me out a little. It's a very good song, but very creepy lyrics. Now that I know what it's about it makes a LOT more sense! | |
