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Matchbox by Carl Perkins - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            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. 
        

We also have 19 songs by Carl Perkins

• All Mamas Children
• Blue Suede Shoes
• Boppin The Blues
• Dixie Fried
• Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby
• Forever Yours
• Glad All Over
• Gone Gone Gone
• Im Sorry Im Not Sorry
• Jive After Five
• Lend Me Your Comb
• Matchbox
• Movie Magg
• Only You
• Pink Pedal-Pushers
• Right String But Wrong Yoyo
• Tennessee
• Turn Around
• Your True Love

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