Back to Good
Rob Thomas

Matchbox 20
Yourself or Someone Like You
1996

This song is a great one from the first half of the album.
I hope you enjoy it!  This song, to me, typifies the Matchbox
20 experience.

Lyrics
Chords

INTRO:

       nuh uh uh         nuh uh uh uh      nuh uh uh
   D     C           D     C           D     C           D     C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|
B:-3---3-1---1-1-1-|-3---3-1---1-1-1-|-3---3-1---1-1-1-|-3---3-1---1-1-1-|
G:-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-0---0-0-0-|
D:-0---0-0h2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0h2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0h2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0h2-2-2-2-|
A:-------3---3-3-3-|-------3---3-3-3-|-------3---3-3-3-|-------3---3-3-3-|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

When I show D and C in the verses, play the intro tab.

D       C       D        C
   It's nothing, it's so normal
D           C          D        C        G
   You just stand there I could say so much
                                            D      C      D      C
But I don't go there 'cause I don't want to

D        C          D         C
   I was thinking if you were lonely
D        C            D          C            G
   Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
                                             D      C      D      C
At least not to the point that we would think so

CHORUS
G            A                          D                       G
   Everyone here knows everyone here is thinkin' 'bout somebody else
                     A             D    D/C#   Bm       Bsus2   Bm
Well it's best if we all keep this un - der    our heads
Bm  A   G                A                       D                 G
          But I couldn't tell if anyone here was feelin' the way I do
(G)
But I'm lonely now and I don't know how
              D     C   D     C
To get it back       to good

Nuh uh uh...
D   C      D   C


This don't mean that you own me
Well this ain't no good in fact it's phony as hell
Yeah but things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm gonna do

CHORUS
'Cause everyone here hates everyone here for doin' just like they do
And it's best if we all keep this quiet instead
And I couldn't tell why everyone here was doin' me like they do
But I'm sorry now and I don't know how
To get it back to good

Nuh uh uh...
D   C      D   C

BRIDGE
Em          A                           D                        G
   Everyone here is wond'rin' what it's like to be with somebody else
(G)
Everyone here's to blame
         A                             D
Everyone here gets caught up in in the pleasure of the pain
                        Em              Asus4  A
Yeah well everyone here hides shades of shame
         D         Dsus4          G
Yeah but lookin' inside we're the same; we're the same
(G)
And we're all grown now yeah but we don't know how
              D     C   D     C
To get it back       to good

Nuh uh uh...
D   C      D   C

CHORUS
Everyone here knows everyone here is thinkin' 'bout somebody else
And it's best if we all keep it under our heads, yeah lies
I couldn't tell if anyone here was feelin' the way I do
But it's over now; yeah I don't know how; guess it's over now
There's no getting back to good

Nuh uh uh...
D   C      D   C
D   C      D   C
D   C

strum D for end.


CHORDS:

G	320033
D/C#	x4x232
Asus4	x02230
Dsus4	xx0233
Bsus2	x24422

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.