Motel Matches chords by Elvis Costello

SimplifiedC · F · G · Am · Dm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Somewhere in the distance
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I can hear blue shot sands
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This is my conviction that
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I am an innocent man
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Am 
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Dm 
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Boy, you say I'm un kind
I'm being as nice as I can
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Bars everywhere, fooling with a gadget
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I struggle lucky with my
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damn  adventures
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F 
Falling for you without a second thought
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Fallin' out of your open pocket book
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Givin' you away like boats in a
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Am 
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Dm 
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mansion
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Awake with the siren,
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you're in an emergency
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Though your mind is full of love
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in your eyes there is a vacancy
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Am 
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Dm 
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And   you know what I'll do
When the light outside
changes from red to blue
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Bars are a winner,
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Am 
fondled with the catcher's eye
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Struck lucky with Motown matches
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Falling for you without a second look
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F 
Falling out of your open pocket book
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Giving you away like Motown
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Dm 
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matches
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I'm giving you away like
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Motown matches
Dm 
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I'm giving you away like
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Dm 
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Motown matches
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I'm giving you away like Motown
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Dm 
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matches you