3Am Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Ab
Capo:	1st fret

Author fcnorman [a] 71.

7 contributors total, last edit on Oct 6, 2024

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Cadd9

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[Intro]
 
   G    Cadd9                  G    Cadd9
e|------------------------------------------------3--------|
B|---------------------------------------------------3-----|
G|-------------------------0----------------------------2--|
D|---------------------0h2---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|  h = Hammer-on
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
G   Cadd9     x4
 
 
[Verse 1]
D             Cadd9                           G       Cadd9  G  Cadd9
She says it's cold outside and hands me her raincoat
D            Cadd9                     G   Cadd9  G  Cadd9
She's always worried about things like that
D                   Cadd9                                 G       Cadd9  G  Cadd9
Well, she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
         D                      Cadd9
And she only sleeps while it's raining
         D                 Cadd9
And she screams and her voice is straining
 
 
[Chorus]
         G      D  Cadd9
She says baby
        D              G      D  Cadd9
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
D            G      D  Cadd9
And she says baby
               D                       Em      D
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
    Cadd9
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe it
 
 
[Interlude]
 
G   Cadd9     x4
 
 
[Verse 2]
D           Cadd9                                         G         Cadd9  G  Cadd9
She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing
D                 Cadd9                                        G     Cadd9  G  Cadd9
And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
D                       Cadd9                               G        Cadd9  G  Cadd9
And she swears that the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
        D                      Cadd9
And she only sleeps when it's raining
        D                   Cadd9
And she screams, and her voice is straining
 
 
[Chorus]
             G      D  Cadd9
And she says baby
        D              G      D  Cadd9
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G      D  Cadd9
Well, heaven she says baby
                       D               Em      D
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
    Cadd9
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe this
 
 
[Interlude]
 
G   Cadd9     x4
 
 
[Verse 3]
D                 Cadd9                             G         Cadd9  G  Cadd9
She believes that life isn't made up of all that she used to
D                   Cadd9                             G            Cadd9  G  Cadd9
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days and days
D                   Cadd9                           G          Cadd9  G  Cadd9
She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway, yeah
    D                    Cadd9
But outside it's stopped raining
 
 
[Chorus]
               G      D  Cadd9
Yeah, she says baby
              D              G      D  Cadd9
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G      D  Cadd9
Well, heaven she says baby
                       D               Em      D
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
    Cadd9                              G
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe...
    D  Cadd9
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              D              G      D  Cadd9
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G      D  Cadd9
Well, heaven she says baby
                       D               Em  D   Cadd9
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
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Chorus is actually a C/G on one guitar track and a different C/G (Cadd9) on a different guitar track, if you wanna get technical. C/G - just play a C and add the low G note on the low E string. And, if you play Dsus4 in place of the D, it isn't gonna sound exactly right. It doesn't just keep brightness, it changes the notes. There's nothing difficult about swapping between these chords unless you are a beginner, and practice will help that. Not to make you sound bad or call you wrong lol...just sayin...:) Also, on this tab...swap the "x" on the low E string with a "0", because the low E string is played open in that chord...not muted.

thanks for the tab! keep them coming

lyrics: "And the rain's gonna wash away. I believe it."