Matchbox Twenty

The Difference

Matchbox Twenty


Tom: G

Intro single strum: G,C,G,C,G,D,G

G                   C     G           C     G
Slow dancing on the boulevard in the quiet moments 
           D      G
while the city's still dark.
G                   C      G           C     G
Sleepwalking in the summer rain in the tired spaces 
           D        G
you could hear her name.
             C                  
When she was warm and tender and 
Em
you pulled her arms around you
D                         G              
There was nothing but her love and affection
        C
She was crazy for you 
          Em                         D      G
Now she's part of something that you lost.
         C      Em   D G  C         Em  D G    
And for all you know      this could be     
    C          D        G
the difference between what you need
    Em               C        Em               G
and what you want to be, yeah what you want to be
G                      C       G            C
Night swimming in her diamond dress making small
G             D          G
cirlces move across the surface.
G                        C     G              C    
Stand watching from the steady shore, feeling wide 
G         D      G
open and waiting for.
          C                         Em
Something warm and tender now she's moving further from you
D                      G                     C
There was nothing that could make it easy on you 
               Em                      
Every step you take reminds you that 
       D       G  
she's walking on
        C       Em   D G  C          Em   D G      
And for all you know      this could be       
     C          D       G
the difference between what you need
    Em               C       G
and what you want...
      C        D     G  
Every word you never said
      C         D     G
Echos down your empty hallway
     C          D        G     D            C
Everything that was your world    just came down
G                   C       G          C   G
Day breaking on the boulevard feel the sun warming 
        D    G
up you secondhand heart
G                     C          G            C   
Light swimming right across your face and you think 
       D            C      D
Maybe someday yeah, maybe someday
        C       Em   D G  C          Em  D G     
And for all you know      this could be       
     C         D        G
the difference between what you need
    Em               
and what you want...
        C       Em   D G   C           Em    D G
And for all you know       For all you know       
         C    D    G 
Yeah for all that you know 
        Em               C        Em              
This is what you want to be, girl what you want to
G
be