Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats And Dogswith guitar chordsScroll down to the bottom of the page for chord fingering charts ___C He painted Salford Smokey tops, ___Am On Cardboard boxes from the shops. ____A7_______________________________Dm And parts of Ancolts where I used to play. Dm I’m sure he once walked down our street, _________________C cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet, ____G___________________________________C_________G The clothes he wore had all seen better days, _________C Now they said his works of art where dull, ___Am No room old lad the wall was full, ____A7________________________Dm But Lowry didn’t care much anyway, Dm They said he just paints cats and dogs. ____C And Match stalk men in boots and clogs, ____G______________________________________C_______G And Lowry said that’s just the way they’ll stay, _______________C________________________________________Dm And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ___________G___________________________________________________C_______G He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs, ___________C_______________________________Dm And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates, _____________G________________________________________C______G To paint his match stalk men and match stalk cats and dogs, ____C Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin, _____Am When London started calling him, ___A7_________________________________Dm To come on down and wear the old flat cap, Dm They said tell us all about your ways, ____C And all about them Salford days, ______G____________________________C_______G Is it true you’re just an ordinary chap. _______________C________________________________________Dm And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ___________G___________________________________________________C_______G He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs, ___________C_______________________________Dm And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates, _____________G________________________________________C______G To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ____C Now Lowry's hang upon the wall, __Am Beside the greatest of them all, ____A7_________________________Dm And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow, Dm This tired old man with hair like snow, _____C Told northern folk its time to go, ____G_______________________________________C______G The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow, _______________C________________________________________Dm And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ___________G___________________________________________________C______G He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs _______C_______________________________Dm Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates, _____________G________________________________________C______A To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, _______________D________________________________________Em And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ___________A___________________________________________________D______A He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs _______D_______________________________Em Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates, _____________A________________________________________D To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, _______________D________________________________________Em And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, ___________A___________________________________________________D______A He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs _______D_______________________________Em Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates, _____________A________________________________________D To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, |