3Am Chords

by Matchbox Twenty
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This version contains a detailed tab for the picking pattern in the verse and pre-chorus guitar melodies. I followed a video tutorial on the song that contained this tablature and wanted to publish a version with chords that contained this extra detail, as it adds a lot to the sound of the piece.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author eriklharper [a] 62. Last edit on Feb 15, 2018
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Chords

E
G
Cadd9
Em
D

Strumming

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Capo 1
 
[Intro]
e|--3----3--------------3----3-------3------|
B|--3----3--------------3----3---------3----|
G|--0----0-----------0--0----0-----------0--|
D|--0----2-------0h2----0----2--------------|
A|--2----3--------------2----3--------------|
E|--3----X--------------3----X--------------|
    G  Cadd9            G  Cadd9
 
G, Cadd9 4x
 
(verse riff) 3x
                        "She said it's cold outside..."
e|----------------0h2-0-------------3----------3----3----3----3---|
B|--------------3-------3-------3-----3--------3----3----3----3---|
G|------------2-----------2---0---0---------0--0----0----0----0---|
D|------0h2-0---------------------------0h2----0----2----0----2---|
A|--0h2---------------------3------------------2----3----2----3---|
E|---------------------------------------------3----X----3----X---|
    Em        D             Cadd9              G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9
 
[Verse 1]
Em D Cadd9                                     G Cadd9 (2x)
She said it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat
Em D Cadd9                             G Cadd9 (2x)
She's always worried about things like that
Em D Cadd9                                             G Cadd9 (2x)
She says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
 
 
(pre-chorus riff) 2x
   "And she only sleeps when it's raining..."
e|----------------0h2-0-------------3-------------0h2-0-------------3--------|
B|--------------3-------3-------3-----3---3-----3-------3-------3-----3---3--|
G|------------2-----------2---0---0-----0-----2-----------2---0---0-----0----|
D|------0h2-0-------------------------------0--------------------------------|
A|--0h2---------------------3-------------------------------3----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Em        D             Cadd9           D               Cadd9
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Em           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 three a.m. I must be lonely
   D          G  D  Cadd9
When she says baby
       D                              Em
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
        Cadd9
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
 
[Verse 2]
Em D Cadd9                                                G  Cadd9 (2x)
She's got a little bit of something, god it's better than nothing
Em D Cadd9                                                     G  Cadd9 (2x)
And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
Em D Cadd9                                         G  Cadd9 (2x)
She swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Em           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 three a.m. I must be lonely
   D          G  D  Cadd9
Oh, when she says baby
       D                              Em
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
        Cadd9
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe this
 
[Bridge]
 
E|------------3-------------3-------------3-------------3------------|
B|--------------3-------------3-------------3-------------3----------|
G|-------0-------------0-------------0-------------0-------------0---|
D|---0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----------0h2-----|
A|---------3-------------3-------------3-------------3---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse 3]
Em D Cadd9                                              G
She believes that life isn't made up of all that you're used to
Em D Cadd9                                        G
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at 3 for days, and days
Em D Cadd9                                            G
She thinks that happiness is the mat that sits on her doorway
    D                  Cadd9
But outside it stopped raining
 
[Chorus]
             G  D  Cadd9
And she says baby
           D                  G  D  Cadd9
It's three a.m. I must be lonely
   D          G  D  Cadd9
Oh, when she says baby
       D                              Em
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
        Cadd9
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe this
 
[Outro]
           D                  G  D  Cadd9
Well it's three a.m. I must be lonely
     D               G  D  Cadd9
Well hell, when she says baby
       D                                           Cadd9
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
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