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tabbed by whatisititisit
match box twenty
bent
casdunne@aol.com
Intro:
rest 1 bar then:
repeat 6x
G:|----------------------|---------------------|-------------|
D:|---------------------*|---------------------|-------------|
A:|---------------------*|---------------------|------r-r-r--|
D:|-4444-4444-4444-4444--|-4444-4444-4444-0-2--|-4-4---------|
Verse:
G:|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D:|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
A:|-2-222--X2-X2-|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D:|--------------|-2-222--X2-X2-|-44444-X4-X4-|-44444-X4-X4--|
G:|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
D:|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
A:|-2-222-X2-X2-|-----------------|-------r-r-r----|
D:|-------------|-2-222-X2-X2-0-2-|-4-4------------|
G:|-------------|-------------|---------|-------------|
D:|-------------|-------------|---------|-------------|
A:|-2-222-X2 X2-|-------------|-------r-|-------------|
D:|-------------|-2-222-X2-X2-|-44444---|-44444-X4-X4-|
G:|-------------|-----------------|
D:|-------------|-----------------|
A:|-2-222-X2-X2-|-----------------|
D:|-------------|-2-222-X2-X2-024-|
Pre-Chorus:
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-|
A:|-----------------|---------------2-|-2-2-2-0-2-4-5---|
D:|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-2-4-6-7---|-----------------|
Chorus:
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-0-0---0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------0-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-4-6-2-|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------------2-|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A:|-------0-2-4-5---|-0-0---0-0-------|-----------------|
D:|-2-2-2-----------|-----------0-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
G:|-----------------|---------------|
D:|-----------------|---------------|
A:|-----------------|---------------|
D:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-7--6--|
end of 1st Chorus: end of 2nd chorus (let ring):
G:|---------------||-------------------|
D:|---------------||-------------------|
A:|-----r-r-r-----||-------------------|
D:|-4-4-----------||-4-----------------|
verse 2 (same as 1st verse, only shorter and with improv)
Pre-Chorus
chorus (w/second ending)
bridge: play 4x w/improv.
G:|--------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D:|*-------------|--------------*|-----------------|----------------|
A:|*-----------5-|-(5)----------*|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D:|-4------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
play 8x
G:|--------------------------|
D:|-------------------------*|
A:|-------------------------*|
D:|-2p444-44---2p444-44------|
Pre-chorus:
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-|
A:|-----------------|---------------2-|-2-2-2-0-2-4-5---|
D:|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-2-4-6-7---|-----------------|
Chorus:
G:|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D:|-----2-----------|-----------------|*-----------------|
A:|-0-0---0-0-------|-----------------|*-----------------|
D:|-----------0-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|--0-0-0-0-0-4-6-2-|
repeat 2x
G:|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D:|---------------2-|-----2-----------|-----------------*|
A:|-------0-2-4-5---|-0-0---0-0-------|-----------------*|
D:|-2-2-2-----------|-----------0-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
Outro: repeat until fade.......
G:|--------------------|
D:|*------------------*|
A:|*------------------*|
D:|-0000-00--0000-00---|
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Chase Average |
#1 by Chase K at May 24, 1970 at 6:04 PM EST |
| I adore this song, I'm not alone here I see, but someone could actually explain me what "Could you paint me better off" means? I'm Russian but I know English very well so get me at least some clue. "to paint smb. off" and more - better? For god's sake! (it's not rhetorical, I'm actually trying to translate these lyrics). | |
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Matt Wanna Be |
#2 by Matt at Jun 19, 1973 at 2:58 PM EST |
| It's about my glasses. They're always bending. Sorry, that's what I thought the first time I heard it. Anyway, great song. Phenomonal. Spectacular. I can only think of three syllable words to describe it. :) | |
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Matt Average |
#3 by Matt at Apr 2, 1974 at 11:55 AM EST |
| This is my favorite song (like so many other songs that I like). It is exactly how I feel. | |
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Misery Average |
#4 by Misery at Apr 14, 1978 at 1:53 PM EST |
| it's about some fucked up guy looking for love. he finds a girl who understands him, and he hopes she can help to sort out his life | |
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One of the chil Average |
#5 by One of the children of the KoRn at Feb 15, 1979 at 12:56 PM EST |
| firstly this is one of my favorite songs ever when i saw them in concert they opened this with Rob saying 'when we toured with this album we discovered that in europe 'bent' means gay. and this was during my 'tight pants and eyeliner stage'. so all over the place there are these posters of me in tight pants and eyeliner with 'bent' in big letters underneath' | |
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Kitana Average |
#6 by Kitana at Mar 6, 1979 at 3:18 AM EST |
| I think it's interesting how all anyone writes about is how much Matchbox Twenty kicks ass. Don't get me wrong, I completely agree, but isn't this supposed to be a website where we comment on the meaning of the song? Well, from watching Storytellers with Matchbox Twenty on it, Rob Thomas says how this song is saying that "Hey, I'm messed up over here, and you're messed up over there. Let's get together and this could be something good." | |
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k Wanna Be |
#7 by k k at Mar 9, 1983 at 4:01 PM EST |
| I'm inclined to agree. Matchbox 20 rules. The video for Bent brings out the words of the song. It's great. When are they gonna put out another CD? | |
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Clay Average |
#8 by Clay McGavisk at Jun 5, 1983 at 5:06 PM EST |
| lol i had to laught when i read mb20rox111 's comment, and how bent means fucked. lol "get bent" lol. haha, thats great. anyways ya i LVOE THIS SONG AND THE BAND!! and my opinion is the same as everyone elses so i wont repeat it. but cant someone tell me what this means "started out clean but im jaded just phoning it in just breakin the skin" | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#9 by John McElyea at Nov 29, 1984 at 6:27 PM EST |
| This is my favorite song in the entire world. It spells out my life and how I feel so perfectly... | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#10 by Chris at Aug 3, 1985 at 5:50 AM EST |
| Oh I have to thank this song forever, because it made me fell into MB20 back in 2000; after seeing its video. I was so emotional back then, it would even make me cry without knowing why, maybe because of the "Bent" (in other words "feeling down", being wrong, or hurt) feeling. It's amazing how Rob at first seems to be angry at the person, but actually he's begging her to help him recover...The music also helps this song to go deeper within you. Later on I had the chance to hear the performance of Bent in Storytellers and it's exactly like Raine said, about two screwed people getting together trying to make something good out of it. Bent is one of the very few songs that remain untouchable and that awakes a million feelings within me, and I can see from 2000 to this day how I've changed, how I screwed some things up and how I would give anything to have the chance to be that *innocent, unspoiled* person I used to be being 18. "When my smile gets old and faded, wait around I'll smile again...", "I'm so scared that I'll never, get put back together..." these lines somehow bring me hope, thinking that I *might* sometime get to heal my wounds, and that it's only a matter of time...but at the same time I'm *so* afraid that it won't ever happen... | |
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Jason Wanna Be |
#11 by Jason Bell at Dec 4, 1988 at 3:50 AM EST |
| I don't understand what that means either. | |
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Nicky Rhythm Player |
#12 by Nicky Ramone at Nov 9, 1991 at 2:56 AM EST |
| i personally think this song is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!! love the song "bent" and other songs of matchbox20 !!!!!!!!!!!!! mathchbox20 is tight they rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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juleon Average |
#13 by juleon at Jul 25, 1995 at 9:34 PM EST |
| This song is about him looking for someone who really understands him. Rob Thomas is such an amazing songwriter... I especially love the lyrics If I fall along the way Pick me up and dust me off And if I get too tired to make it Be my breath so I can walk If I need some other love Give me more than I can stand And when my smile gets old and faded Wait around I'll smile again | |
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Ransom Professional |
#14 by Ransom Marx at Sep 1, 1996 at 3:24 PM EST |
| If you like matchbox twenty, and also like the heavier kind of music, you'll love prog metal band Evergrey! they're just amazing! | |
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Kracrocksteady Wanna Be |
#15 by Kracrocksteady at Apr 21, 1998 at 5:10 AM EST |
| i think its about a guy who has problems and no one is there for him, but there is a girl who can help him, but if she doesn't help him he'll go "farther down" and then they'd both have problems. | |
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Jelly Wanna Be |
#16 by Jelly F at Jan 12, 2000 at 7:06 PM EST |
| Matchbox 20 just plain rules. No arguments. | |
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Bas Average |
#17 by Bas Koningsveld at Oct 11, 2000 at 3:24 AM EST |
| I'm sorry, but who can compare to Matchbox Twenty? Thank God I've been born at this time, that I may listen to MB20 24/7 and never get tired of them. They are my favorite band of all time. | |
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converes Average |
#18 by converes at Feb 23, 2001 at 10:54 AM EST |
| AGREED. | |
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hturtle99 Wanna Be |
#19 by hturtle99 at Jul 26, 2001 at 3:39 AM EST |
| the persona in this song is bent and he's asking someone speical to help him because he might never be the same old person he used to be. just like a paperclip, once you had it bent, though you try to return it to its old shape, there's always a sign of it being bent... | |
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converes Average |
#20 by converes at Oct 18, 2001 at 9:34 PM EST |
| "if i need some other love, give me more than i can stand" looove that lyric. i listen to these lyrics and it lets me know i am not alone | |
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ivan Professional |
#21 by ivan mateo at Jan 3, 2002 at 12:02 PM EST |
| I agree with zacster, the vid for this song is incredible, and Rob Thomas' voice is perfect for all these angsty songs. This one is especially a favourite of mine... =) | |
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cody Average |
#22 by cody stipp at Mar 21, 2005 at 12:02 AM EST |
| I like Raine's take on this song... or Raine's take on Rob Thomas's take (Rob Thomas is really hot by the way) i totally relate to this song... it's about someone who's going through some trouble looking for someone to help... and i like how it is "bent" and not "broken"...sometimes you can fix things that are only bent | |
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FUCK Average |
#23 by FUCK at Aug 13, 2005 at 6:42 PM EST |
| Wow the music rocks in this song. Rob Thomas is so sexy! | |
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Aaron Wanna Be |
#24 by Aaron schmidt at Jul 3, 2006 at 12:43 AM EST |
| First off, I ABSOLUTELY ADORE AND LOVE AND AM OBSESSED WITH MATCHBOX TWENTY!!!!!!!! They ROCK!!!! But I heard from my mom that back in her day, bent meant fucked. She said they would say bent instead of the actual word so the teachers wouldn't know what they were talking about. My friend thinks that this song is about sex. "Start bending me...it's never enough...till I feel all your pieces...start bending me...keep bending me...until I'm completely broken in" But I don't think that. I think that he had a messed up life and someone came along who Rob was able to depend on to "pick him up and dust him off" if he fell along the way. | |
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Zach Average |
#25 by Zach Eisenman at Sep 24, 2007 at 1:01 PM EST |
| I love this song. Incred lyrics. | |
