Foo Fighters - A Matter of Time
Album: Wasting Light
Instrument: Drums
Drummer: Taylor Hawkins
Tempo: 172 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Tabbed By: Nicholas P.
visit http://www.cygnusproductions.com/rtp/drums/dtab_explanation.txt
for info on how to read this.
For the toms on this tab:
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F - Floor Tom
Each - means eighth note where not stated.
Intro
There's a little guitar thing at the beginning.
Verse
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ending 1 ending 2
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Outro
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Lyrics
Verse
Let's change the subject to someone else.
You know, lately I've been subjec to change.
Normally I reel in the strange.
Hangovers are over.
You're one to talk, the heart is a clock,
just like a bomb that keeps on ticking away.
Counting down to detonate.
You will need an army to summon me.
Pre-Chorus
It doesn't matter much to me
if it doesn't matter much to you, ooh.
It doesn't matter much to me
if it doesn't matter much to you.
Chorus
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
And though I'd hate to rewind, before, before.
It's just a matter of time.
Verse
My past is getting us nowhere fast.
I was never one for taking things slow.
Nowhere seems like somewhere to go.
Come over, and over.
Doing my time for line after line.
When will I learn to sing these cramps to myself?
Prisoners to share a cell with.
I'm holding, still holding. Holding it well.
Pre-Chorus and Chorus are the same.
Bridge
Where the hell were you, ooh.
Where the hell were you, ooh.
Where the hell were you.
Chorus
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
And though I'd hate to revise, before, before.
It's just a matter of time.
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
It's just a matter of time.
Outro
Screamed: Time!
Album: Wasting Light
Instrument: Drums
Drummer: Taylor Hawkins
Tempo: 172 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Tabbed By: Nicholas P.
visit http://www.cygnusproductions.com/rtp/drums/dtab_explanation.txt
for info on how to read this.
For the toms on this tab:
H - High Tom
M - Medium Tom
F - Floor Tom
Each - means eighth note where not stated.
Intro
There's a little guitar thing at the beginning.
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Lyrics
Verse
Let's change the subject to someone else.
You know, lately I've been subjec to change.
Normally I reel in the strange.
Hangovers are over.
You're one to talk, the heart is a clock,
just like a bomb that keeps on ticking away.
Counting down to detonate.
You will need an army to summon me.
Pre-Chorus
It doesn't matter much to me
if it doesn't matter much to you, ooh.
It doesn't matter much to me
if it doesn't matter much to you.
Chorus
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
And though I'd hate to rewind, before, before.
It's just a matter of time.
Verse
My past is getting us nowhere fast.
I was never one for taking things slow.
Nowhere seems like somewhere to go.
Come over, and over.
Doing my time for line after line.
When will I learn to sing these cramps to myself?
Prisoners to share a cell with.
I'm holding, still holding. Holding it well.
Pre-Chorus and Chorus are the same.
Bridge
Where the hell were you, ooh.
Where the hell were you, ooh.
Where the hell were you.
Chorus
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
It's just a matter of time, before, before.
And though I'd hate to revise, before, before.
It's just a matter of time.
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
What does it matter now?
It's just a matter of time.
Outro
Screamed: Time!