Matchbox Blues chords by Guy Davis

SimplifiedC · F · Am · G · Gm …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Well I'm sitting  (C major) here wondering
would a matchbox hold my clothes?
F 
C 
Yeah I'm sitting  (F major) here wondering  (C major) would a
F 
C 
match (F major) box hold  (C major) my clothes?
Gm 
Well I ain't got  (G minor) so  much to carry
G 
F 
C 
but  (G major) I got  (F major) so  (C major) far to go.

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Verse 2

Well I'm going on the river,

walk down by the sea

I'm going on the river mamma,

I'm gonna walk down by the sea

Well the tadpoles and minnows

all in over me.

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
Oh Lord, Lord,
who may your manager be?
F 
Yeah Lord,  (F major) Lord,
C 
who may your manager  (C major) be?
G 
Reason I ask  (G major) so many questions,
F 
I  (F major) wanchta make the acquaintance with me
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4
Well I wouldn't mind marring but
I can't stand settling down
F 
Dm 
F 
I wouldn't  (F major) mind  (D minor) marring  (F major) but
C 
I can't stand settling down  (C major) 
G 
Gm 
I'm gonna act  (G major) like a preach (G minor) er,
G 
Eb 
C 
 (G major) ride  (E flat major) from town  (C major) to town

Interlude 1

Verse 5
C 
I'm  (C major) leaving your town babe,
crying won't make me stay
F 
Well, I'm leav (F major) ing town,
C 
crying won't make me  (C major) stay
G 
And the more  (G major) you cry the further
F 
 (F major) you drive me away
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 6
I'm sitting here wondering would
F 
C 
a matchbox hold  (F major) my  (C major) clothes?
F 
Yeah I'm sitting  (F major) here wondering would
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) a matchbox hold  (F major) my  (C major) clothes?
Gm 
Well I ain't got  (G minor) so  much
G 
Eb 
to carry  (G major) but I got  (E flat major) so  far to go.
C 
 (C major) 