Matchbox Twenty - The Difference: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Difference" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

G                    C    G
Slow dancing on the boulevard
        C     G                 D       G
In the quiet moments while the city’s still dark
G                         C      G
Sleepwalking through the summer rain and
     C     G
the tired spaces
           D       G
You could hear her name when she was
C
Warm and tender and you
Em
Held her arms around you
D
There was nothing but her
Em
Love and affection she was
C
Crazy for you now she's
G                           Am
Part of something that you lost

Chorus:
        C         G D G
And for all you know
  C         G D G
This could be
     C          G        D       G
The difference between what you need
     Am
And what you wanna be
        C
Yeah, what you wanna be

Night swimmin' in her diamond dress
Making small circles move across the surface
Stand watchin' from the steady shore
Feelin' wide open and waitin' for
Somethin' warm and tender
Now she's movin' further from you
There was nothin' that could make it easy on you
Every step you take reminds you that she's walkin'
on

Chorus:
Yeah, for all you know, this could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want...

C      G        D
Every word you never said
C       G        D
Echoes down your empty
 C                 G         D
Hallway and everything that was your
Am
world
           C
Just came down

Day breakin' on the boulevard
Feel the sun warmin' up your second-hand heart
Light swimmin' right across your face and you think
Maybe someday, yeah, maybe someday

Chorus:
For all you know, yeah, this could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want...

Yeah, for all you know
For all you know
Yeah, for all that you know
This is what you wanna be
Girl, what you wanna be

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Difference" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Difference" by Matchbox Twenty.