Matter Of Time

Barenaked Ladies

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Gmaj7Diagram coming soon

Em7

Cadd9

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 2nd fret
              -Intro- 
 
 
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e---2---2---0---0-| 
B-3---3---3---3---| 
G-----------------| 
 
 
 
  D 
I forfeit 
   A7sus4 
To you for the moment 
Em9 
Swore this 
A7sus4 
Wasn't gonna go bent 
D 
More fits 
A7sus4                   Em9  A7sus4 
Guess it was a matter of time 
   D         
At war with  
A7sus4 
anything and anyone 
     Em9 
That you're with 
  A7sus4 
I really got to hand it to you 
D 
For this 
  A7sus4                   Em9 
I guess it was a matter of time 
  A7sus4                   D 
I guess it was a matter of time 
 
Time flies 
And goodbyes 
Pile up behind you 
You release 
You make peace 
They come back to find you 
 
 
 
A7sus4                         G     Gmaj7 Em7 
Was it just a matter of time? (time, time, time) 
A7sus4                         G     Gmaj7 Em7 
Maybe it was all in your mind (time, time, time) 
A7sus4                      Cadd9 
Tell me was that over the line? (time) 
                              Em9 
'Cause everybody's doin' just fine (time, time) 
 
 
 
I forfeit 
To you for the moment 
Swore this 
Wasn't gonna go bent 
More fits 
Guess it was a matter of time 
We're at war with anything and anyone 
That you're with 
I really got to hand it to you 
For this 
I guess it was a matter of time 
I guess it was a matter of time 
 
I guess it was a matter of time 
I guess it was a matter of time 
(More fits) 
(Swore this) 
(Forfeit, time) 
 
I guess it was a matter of time 
(Forfeit) 
(You're this) 
(For this time, time) 
 
I guess it was a matter of time

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Chord set

D · G · Gmaj7 · Em7 · Cadd9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.