Matchbox Chords

by Carl Perkins
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author Unregistered. Last edit on Jan 20, 2020
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Chords

A
A7
D
E7

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Note A*  means the chord is only 2 beats long the rest are all 4 beats
 
[Intro]
|A  |A  |A7  |A  |
 
 
[Chorus]
          A                             A                A        A
Well, I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes
          D                             D                A       A
Yeah, I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes
  E7                         E7                A   A
I ain't got no matches but I got a long way to go.
 
 
[Verse 1]
       A                      A             A      A
I'm an old poor boy and I'm a long way from home.
       D                      D                   A    A
I'm an old poor boy and I'm a long, long way from home.
           E7                    E7                 A     A7
Guess I'll never be happy 'cause everything I do is wrong yeah
 
 
[Instrumental]
|A  |A  |A  |A7  |D  |D  |A  |A  |E7  |E7  A  |A  |A  |
 
 
[Verse 2]
     A                         A                 A      A
Well let me be your little dog 'til your big dog comes.
       D                   D                A      A
Let me be your little dog 'til your big dog comes.
         E7                 E7                      A
When the big dog gets here, show him how this puppy done.
 
 
[Chorus]
A                      A                         A                A
Well, I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes
      A*     D                              D                A       A
Yeah,    I'm sitting here wondering would a matchbox hold my clothes
        E7             E7                A
I ain't got no matches got a long way to go.
           A
Let 'er go boy go go 
 
 
[Instrumental]
|A  |A  |A  |A7  |D  |D  |D  A  |A  |E7  |E7   |A  |A  |
 
 
[Chorus]
                       A               A                 A        A
Well, I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes
          D                             D                A       A
Yeah, I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes
        E7             D                 A     A  A
I ain't got no matches got a long way to go.
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Matchbox – Carl Perkins
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