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Pictures of Matchstick Men

Status Quo
Chords & TabKeyDintermediate
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Song

Pictures Of Matchstick Men chords *
Status Quo 1968
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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When I look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow   
I rush home to bed I soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow   
I wake next morning tired still yawning
See your face come peaking through my window    
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you        
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Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction gone
When will this haunting stop
Your face it just wont leave me a-lone  
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie
You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie
    
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Pictures of matchstick men, Pictures of matchstick...
* Alternates:
B String
D(15)x5 C(13)x3 E(17)x5 D(15)x3
C(13)x1 C#(14)x1 D(15)x6
(13)x1 C#(14)x1 D(15)x6
Capo III
D = B
F = D
C = A
G = E
Bb = G
A = F#
Set8

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