Match Stalk Men
Brian And MichaelVersion1
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Chords in this song
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He painted salford Smokey tops,
On Cardboard boxes from the shops.
And parts of ancolts where I used to play.
Im sure he once walked down our street,
cause he painted kids who had nout on their feet,
The clothes he wore had all seen better days,
Now they said his works of art where dull,
No room about the wall was full,
But Lowry didnt care much anyway,
They said he just paints cats and dogs.
And Match stalk men in boots and clogs,
And Lowry said thats just the way theyll stay,
(chorus)
And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs,
And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates,
To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin,
When London started calling him,
To come on down and wear the old flat cap,
They said tell us all about your ways,
And all about them salford days,
Is it true youre just an ordinary chap.
(chorus)
Now Lowry's hand upon the wall,
Beside the greatest of them all,
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow,
This tired old man with hair like snow,
Told northern folk its time to go,
The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow,
(chorus 2)
And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the
clogs,
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates,
To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
Repeat 2nd chorus
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Readable chord sheet for Match Stalk Men by Brian And Michael
[C]He painted salford Smokey tops,
On C[AM]ardboard boxes from the shops.
And pa[A]rts of ancolts wh[A7]ere I used to pl[DM]ay.
Im s[F]ure he once walked down our street,
cause he pain[C]ted kids who had nout on their feet,
The cl[G]othes he wore had all seen better [C]days,
[C]Now they said his works of art where dull,
No ro[AM]om about the wall was full,
But Lo[A]wry didnt c[A7]are much a[DM]nyway,
They sai[F]d he just paints cats and dogs.
And Ma[C]tch stalk men in boots and clogs,
And Low[G]ry said thats just the way theyll [C]stay,
(chorus)
A[C]nd he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, [F]
He painted kids [G]on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs, [C]
And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory g[F]ates,
To paint his Match [G]stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, [C]
[C]Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin,
When Lond[AM]on started calling him,
To com[A]e on down and w[A7]ear the old flat[DM] cap,
They said tell [F] us all about your ways,
And all[C] about them salford days,
Is it [G]true youre just an ordinary [C]chap.
(chorus)
Now Lo[C]wry's hand upon the wall,
[AM]Beside the greatest of them all,
And ev[A]en the Mona [A7]Lisa takes [DM] a bow,
This t[F]ired old man with hair like snow,
Told no[C]rthern folk its time to go,
The [G]fever came and the good Lord mopped his [C]brow,
(chorus 2)
[C]And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, [F]
He left us kid[G]s on the corner of the streets with the [C]
clogs,
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly [F] gates,
To paint his Match[G] stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, [C]
Repeat 2nd chorus