Pictures of Matchstick Men Status Quo
Song: Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Artist: Status Quo
Album: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Release Year: 1967
Two guitarists may be required to play this song. After all, Francis and Rick are both
guitarists and have been together for over forty years.
This is why some of the bars are doubled; each represents a guitarist?s part; one of
them playing the chords (where the vertical digits are located), the other playing the
melody (the 12-12-13-13, etc bit). I have joined them together using the | symbol
in-between the two. The double : symbol indicates the repeat.
Have fun!
Intro:
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[D] [F] [C] [G] [D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4]
Verse:
[D]When I look up t[F]o the sky
[C]I see your eyes, a[G] funny kind of yellow[D] [F] [C] [G]
[D]Rush home to bed, I[F] soak my head
[C]I see your face u[G]nderneath my pillow[D] [F] [C] [G]
[D]I wake next morn[F]ing, I'm still yawning
[C]I see your face lo[G]oking through my window[D] [F] [C] [G]
[D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
Chorus 1:
[G]Pictures of [A]matchstick men and you
[D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4]
[G]Images of [A]matchstick men and you
[D]
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e|-----------------------| B|-----------12-13-12-13-| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
[G]Alls I ever [A]see is them and you
D F C G (x2)
[D]
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e|-------------------| B|--------7-8-7-5-7--| G|:-----------------:| D|:-----------------:| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
Repeat Intro
Bridge:
[Bb]Windows echo your reflection
[F]When I look in their direction, now
[C]
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[1] [2] [3] [4]
[Bb]There're faces haunting me
[F]Your face just won't leave me alone
[A]
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e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-------6-7-6-4-6-| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
[D]
e|-5--5------------| B|-7--7------------| G|-7--7------------| D|-7--7------------| A|-5--5------------| E|-----------------|
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e|-----------------| B|-------7-8-7-5-7-| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
Chorus 2:
[G]Pictures of [A]matchstick men and you
[D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4]
[G]Images of [A]matchstick men and you
[D]
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[1] [2] [3] [4]
[G]Alls I ever [A]see is them and y[D]ou
You're i[F]n the sky
You're w[C]ith the sky
You [G]make men cry
You [D]are, you're i[F]n the sky
You're w[C]ith the sky
You [G]make men cry
[D] [F] [C] [G]
Outro:
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[D] [F] [C] [G]
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[1]Pic - [2]tures o[3]f matchstick m[4]en P[1]ic - t[2]ures of [3]matchstick men[4] (repeat till fade)
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