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Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs

Brian And Michael
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 He painted  Salford Smokey tops,
 On Cardboard  boxes from the shops.
 And parts  of ancolts where I used to play.
 I’m sure he once walked down our street,
 cause he painted  kids who had nowt on their feet,
 The clothes  he wore had all seen better days,
Now  they said his works of art where dull,
 No room  old lad the wall was full,
 But Lowry  didn’t care much any - way,
 They said he just paints cats and dogs.
 And Match  stalk men in boots and clogs,
 And Lowry  said that’s just the way they’ll stay,
 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 out - side  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  you’re just an ordinary chap.
 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 out - side  them factory gates,
 To paint his Match  stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
 Now Lowry's  hang upon the wall,
 Be - side  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,
 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 sparking clogs
 Now he takes  his brush and he waits out - side  them pearly gates,
 To paint his Match  stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
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 sparking clogs
 Now he takes  his brush and he waits out - side  them pearly gates,
 To paint his Match  stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
 hope you enjoy ....... Garry Smythe

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Readable chord sheet for Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs by Brian And Michael

He  [G]painted  Salford  Smokey  tops,
On  C[Em]ardboard  boxes  from  the  shops.
And  pa[E7]rts  of  ancolts  where  I  used  to  p[Am]lay.

I’m  sure  he  once  walked  down  our  street,
cause  he  pain[G]ted  kids  who  had  nowt  on  their  feet,
The  cl[D]othes  he  wore  had  all seen better  [G]days,

[G]Now  they  said  his  works  of  art  where  dull,
No  ro[Em]om  old lad  the  wall  was  full,
But  Lo[E7]wry  didn’t  care  much  any - [Am]way,

They  said  he  just  paints  cats  and  dogs.
And  Ma[G]tch stalk  men  in  boots  and  clogs,
And  Low[D]ry  said  that’s  just  the  way  they’ll  [G]stay,   [D]

And  he  painted  [G]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  [Am]dogs,
He  painted  [D]kids  on  the  corner  of  the  streets  with  the  sparking  [G]clogs, [D]
And  now  he  t[G]akes  his  brush  and  he  waits  out - [Am]side  them  factory  gates,
To  paint  his  [D]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  d[G]ogs, [D]

[G]Now  canvas  and  brushes  where  wearing  thin,
When  Lond[Em]on  started  calling  him,
To  com[E7]e  on  down  and  wear  the  old  flat  [Am]cap,

They  said  tell  us  all  about  your  ways,
And  a[G]ll  about  them  Salford  days,
Is  it  [D]true  you’re  just  an  ordinary  [G]chap. [D]

chorus)
And  he  painted  [G]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  [Am]dogs,
He  painted  [D]kids  on  the  corner  of  the  streets  with  the  sparking  [G]clogs, [D]
And  now  he  t[G]akes  his  brush  and  he  waits  out - [Am]side  them  factory  gates,
To  paint  his  [D]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  d[G]ogs, [D]

Now  Lo[G]wry's  hang  upon  the  wall,
Be - [Em]side  the  greatest  of  them  all,
And  ev[E7]en  the  Mona Lisa  takes  a [Am] bow,

This  tired  old  man  with  hair  like  snow,
Told  no[G]rthern  folk  its  time  to  go,
The  [D]fever  came  and  the  good  Lord  mopped  his  [G]brow,[D]

A[G]nd  he  left  us  Match stalk  men  and  Match [Am]stalk  cats  and  dogs,
He  left  us  [D]kids  on  the  corner  of  the  streets  with  the sparking [G]clogs   [D]
Now  he  t[G]akes  his  brush  and  he  waits  out - [Am]side  them  pearly  gates,
To  paint  his  [D]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  d[G]ogs,

[A]And  he  left  us  Match stalk  men  and  Match[Bm] stalk  cats  and  dogs,
He  left  us  [E]kids  on  the  corner  of  the  streets  with  the sparking [A]clogs   [E]
Now  he  t[A]akes  his  brush  and  he  waits  out - [Bm]side  them  pearly  gates,
To  paint  his  [E]Match stalk  men  and  Match stalk  cats  and  d[A]ogs,

hope you enjoy  ....... Garry Smythe

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