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    Mad Season
    Matchbox 20

    Capo 3
     
    Intro:  / G - - - / D - - C / - - - - / - - - - /
     
    Verse 1 
            G      D                            C (x2)     
    I feel stupid, but I know it won't last for long. 
                     G            D                         C (x2)
    And I've been guessing and I could have been guessing wrong. 
     Em                D       G                     C              
    You don't know me now, I kinda thought that you should somehow. 
                G(½) G/F#(½) Em (½) D(½)       C (x3 then hold 1 measure)
    Does that whole mad      season got you down? 
     
    Verse 2 
            G      D                                C (x2)    
    I feel stupid, but it's something that comes and goes. 
                     G            D                         C (x2)    
    And I've been changing, I think it's funny how no one knows. 
    Em                D       G                     C              
    We don't talk about the little things that we do without 
                G(½) G/F#(½) Em (½)  D(½)       C (x2)
    When that whole mad      season comes around. 
     
    Pre Chorus 
         Em (x2)                                           Am (x2)     
    So, why ya gotta stand there looking like the answer now?  
    Em (x2)                Am         C (hold)
    It seems to me you'll come around. 
     
    Chorus
                G            C             D (x2)
    I need you now, do you think you can cope? 
                    G           C            D (x2)
    You figured me out that I'm lost and I'm hopeless. 
                       Am (x2)                   C (x2)
    I'm bleeding and broken, though I've never spoken
              G    D   C (x2)
    I come undone 
                     G    D   C (x2)
    in this mad season. 
     
    Verse 3 
            G      D                            C (x2)
    I feel stupid, but I think I've been catching on. 
            G       D               C (x2)
    I feel ugly, but I know I still turn you on. 
    Em                D    G                  C              
    You grown colder now, torn apart, angry, turned around. 
                G(½) G/F#(½) Em (½)  D(½)       C (x2)
    Will that whole mad      season knock you down?
     
    Pre Chorus  
        Em (x2)                                           Am (x2) 
    So are you gonna stand there, are you gonna help me out? 
     
    Em (x2)        Am          C (hold)
    We need to be together now. 
     
    Chorus
     
    Bridge
                  C              G           D (x2)         
    And now I'm crying, isn't that what you want? 
               C               G           D          Em 
    And I'm trying to live my life on my own, but I won't know. 
         C            G          D (x2)   
    At times I do believe I am strong, 
                       C (hold x4)       (x2)         
    So someone tell me why, why, why, do I, I, I, feel 
    G  D C (x2)    
    stupid.  
                   G  D C (x2)               
    And I come undone,         well I come undone. 
     
    Solo:
    Em (x2)  Am(x2)  Em (x2)  Am C      
     
    Chorus 2
                G            C             D (x2)
    I need you now, do you think you can cope? 
                    G           C            D (x2)
    You figured me out that I'm lost and I'm hopeless. 
                       Am (x2)                   C (x2)
    I'm bleeding and broken, though I've never spoken, well
                G            C             D (x2)
    I need you now, do you think you can cope? 
                    G           C            D (x2)
    You figured me out I'm a child and I’m hopeless. 
                       Am (x2)                   
    I'm bleeding and broken, though I've never 
      C (x2)   C7 (1 measure then hold)
    Spoken  I come, I come
       G    D   C (x2)
    undone
                     G    D   C (x2)
    in this mad season
                     G    D   C (x2)
    in this mad season
                            G    D   C (x2)
    There’s been a mad season.
                   G    D   C (x2)
    been a mad season.
     
    G (hold)
            

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