3Am Chords & Tabs

by Matchbox Twenty

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro part 1:
BPM: 108
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202]
Intro part 2, Verse:
BPM: 108
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101]

[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   DCadd9
She says baby
        D              G   DCadd9
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
D            G   DCadd9
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   DCadd9
And she says baby
        D              G   DCadd9
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G   DCadd9
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   DCadd9
Yeah, she says baby
              D              G   DCadd9
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G   DCadd9
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
thi-is
              D              G   DCadd9
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
         D            G   DCadd9
Well, heaven she says baby
                       D               Em  D   Cadd9
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes