Hang Bass Tab

Yourself Or Someone Like You Tabs:

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Band:     Matchbox20
Album:   yourself or someone like you
Song:     Hang
Tab by:  D. Tran   danielsun1@yahoo.com 


Bass comes in ~1:24 sec into the song.

G | ---------|---------------|--------------|---------|-------|
D | ---------|o-------------o|--------------|---------|-------|
A | 7------7-|o ---0---3-3--o| ----7---5----| 3-------|-------|
E | ---------|--3------------|3-------------|---------|-------|

G | ----------| ----------|----------|------------| ---------|
D |o----------|-----------|----------| ----------o| ---------|
A |o----------|-----------|3---3-----|3---3------o|7---7-----|
E |  3---3----|3---3------|----------|------------|----------|

G | ---------| ----------| ----------| ---------|-----------|
D | ---------| ----------| ----------|5---5-----| ----------|
A |5---5-----| ----------|3---3------| ---------|5---5------|
E |----------|3---3------|-----------|----------|-----------|

G |---------|----------|--------------|---------|---------|
D |---------|----------| -------------|---------|---------|
A |---------|3---3-----|5---------5---|---------|---------|
E |3---3----|----------|---3--3-------|---------|---------|

G | ---------------|------------------|-----------------|
D | ---------------|o-----------------|----------------o|
A |3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|o---------0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|
E |----------------|-3-3-3-3----------|-----------------|

G | ---------------|----------------|----------------|
D | ---------------|----------------|----------------|
A |7-7-7-x-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |----------------| ---------------|----------------|

                                                                  
                                         (Repeat 3x)
G | ----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D |o----------------|----------------o|----------------|
A |o--------0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|7-7-7-x-5-5-5-5-|
E |-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|----------------|

      (Fade to end)            
G |-----------------|
D | ----------------|
A |3--------------- |
E |-----------------|

That's it....hopefully this is right! :)
Listen to the song for the timing. 


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/matchbox_twenty/105700.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture J Wanna Be	#1 by J kennedy at Oct 1, 1973 at 7:32 AM EST
	This song was written by Rob Thomas about two of his friends.

No Picture simon Average	#2 by simon cody simon at Oct 9, 1973 at 1:52 PM EST
	i'm pretty much agreeing with everyone's comments. but, i've always felt that this song was about being stuck and accepting the fact: "if there's nothing there to make things change, if it's the same for you i'll just hang." it's like he's giving up the fight. fucking awesome song, i could listen to it a hundred times in a row!!

No Picture Jigi Average	#3 by Jigi at Apr 14, 1975 at 5:54 AM EST
	I think this song is about a guy that wasn't paying attention that his girlfriend and his relationship was falling apart and then finally she jsut packs her things and she goes and leaves him and then after she's gone he has nothing to his life so he "hangs" himself but i not sure if he atcually is going to kill himself or is he jsut going to hang around waiting for to come back... anyone want to clear that up?

No Picture Greg Lead Player	#4 by Greg Marshall at Aug 25, 1977 at 1:32 AM EST
	To me it's a one-sided break-up. The guy doesn't like it one bit but there's nothing he can really do. "He knows, she's been here too few years, to be gone" for example. And my fav lines "The trouble understand, is she got reasons he don't" If you've ever been broken up with you should understand that. It's a hell of a lot easier if you've got a reason.

No Picture E_r_I_c Average	#5 by E_r_I_c G_i_L_b_E_r_T at Jul 6, 1978 at 5:45 AM EST
	omg.. this is such a great song.. its sad but its amazing~ matchbox is such a great band

No Picture Ben Average	#6 by Ben at Jul 10, 1979 at 11:59 AM EST
	Sad, beautiful song...I love how in the second verse, there is a slight echo-what beautiful words..

No Picture Dave Wanna Be	#7 by Dave Bitches!!!! at Apr 5, 1980 at 8:29 AM EST
	This song does fuckin rock. I think it is about a guy and a girl who are in love, but the guy puts the chic through hell, sometimes without even realizing what he does (funny how he couldn't see it all till she grabbed up her coat). I think that both people know they need to either change or get out of the relationship but instead they just "hang" and wait for the problems to be forgotten until it all just builds up and it is clear that one must leave. I had a relationship like this and this song still makes me cry, it was like I was never appreciated until I had one foot out the door. The entire relationship we both threatened constantlly to leave, but he never thought I actually would...and I still miss him.

No Picture That One Guy Musical Genius	#8 by That One Guy at Sep 2, 1983 at 6:33 PM EST
	this is such a fuckin great song

No Picture ₣oozie Wanna Be	#9 by ₣oozie at Sep 23, 1983 at 6:39 AM EST
	I really love this song, its probably my favorite MB20 track. To me this song is about stying in something that you know isnt good for you, most probably a relationship. You know that you will probably just end up getting hurt in the end but you care about someone so much that you just dont care about the things that could happen to you.

No Picture Mitch Average	#10 by Mitch Zodila at May 28, 1984 at 1:34 AM EST
	best song of matchbox twenty....

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#11 by Randy Honey at Oct 30, 1984 at 12:52 AM EST
	it's cool to see how many people feel the same way about this song as i do

No Picture absinthe minded Rhythm Player	#12 by absinthe minded at Apr 18, 1985 at 11:12 PM EST
	What a awesome song, never heard it until today, makes me think about my ex so much, i miss being around her!!! :(

No Picture z Rhythm Player	#13 by z z at Jun 29, 1987 at 5:18 AM EST
	Rob Thomas said at a live show this song was about 2 of his friends who liked each other but didnt know and then eventually the girl moved away and the 2 of them never got together.

No Picture Greg Average	#14 by Greg at Jul 5, 1988 at 4:38 PM EST
	I like your views. This song is so simple yet beautiful. I love the lines that Kyle Cook (guitar player) sings in it. The line that hits me here is "we always say it would be good to go away someday...". It's like Vavavoom said, sometimes you can see clearly that things are not the way you expected them to be, and you wish you could change them so badly, get them back to good...but you are too lazy to change, and you just stay the same.

No Picture Sam Wanna Be	#15 by Sam Gageler at Aug 1, 1988 at 4:39 PM EST
	what a pretty simplistic song. Definitly one of my favs!

No Picture Derek Lead Player	#16 by Derek O'Kanos at Jun 30, 1992 at 1:18 AM EST
	I never read the lyrics to this song before, and now I feel like I just wanna listen to this CD over and over again. I think butterflylove82 is right on with the meaning. Its about a relationship of convenience basically. They'll 'just hang' until one of them finally leaves, or something else better comes along.

No Picture Brandon Average	#17 by Brandon Young at Sep 6, 1992 at 3:17 AM EST
	also, i think the line "we always say it would be good to go away someday" refers to people who think going away or whatever will fix their relationship problems but "there's nothing there to make things change" in other words they will go back to being who they truly are, so why bother?

No Picture a-MUSE-ing Rhythm Player	#18 by a-MUSE-ing at May 12, 1993 at 3:45 AM EST
	This is such a sad, touching song. I think it's about a husband and wife seperating "she grabs her magazines she packs here things and she goes she leaves the pictures hanging on the wall, she burns all her notes and she knows, she's been her too few years, to feel this old"

No Picture Frodd Average	#19 by Frodd aka josh laing at Apr 30, 1994 at 11:29 AM EST
	simply lame

No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#20 by Peter McCarthy at Jan 15, 1995 at 2:10 AM EST
	i love this song.. i have a lot of emotioinal attachment to it.. sometimes it makes me cry... but i love its still

No Picture stone Average	#21 by stone sucks, at Feb 2, 1996 at 12:55 AM EST
	this is one of the best songs i know

No Picture John-Marc Average	#22 by John-Marc Diner at Feb 5, 1997 at 12:32 PM EST
	i think the chorus applys to everything in life we DO "always say that it would be good to go away SOMEDAY" but unless we HAVE to we never want tochange the familiar is all to comfortable

No Picture VINCENT Wanna Be	#23 by VINCENT NELSON at May 15, 1998 at 5:26 PM EST
	Weird, but this will always remind me of high school. We got beat in the state soccer playoffs, and on the way home, we just listened to this song and cried. It still makes me sad when I hear it, not so much because we lost the game, but because it reminds me of a great time that I can never go back to.

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#24 by Randy Honey at Sep 3, 1999 at 9:49 AM EST
	the song shows life after the break up. and a flashback to how they got into the position.

No Picture billy Wanna Be	#25 by billy tams at Mar 28, 2005 at 3:12 PM EST
	I love this song. Anyone who's been in a relationship you knew wouldn't work but still you just stay. It's an excellent song!!! They wrote words to how I've felt and couldn't explain!