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Verse 1
I (D major) stood there striking matches
and you stood there starting trouble
Said I was born just south of Natchez
and you said I was lucky
To have met (B minor) you in (D major) the summer
or to have (B minor) been born (D major) at all
And you'd never turn (G major) your back
on my good (D major) night
And I was striking conversa (G major) tions,
you said (D major) don't go to (G major) the trouble
And you ordered (D major) up (G major) a vision,
and I said (D major) I'd have (G major) a double
When you talk (B minor) I cannot (D major) listen,
and your words (B minor) rise with (D major) a sorrow
And tomorrow I'll (G major) no more see you (D major) again
You were a striking (G major) beauty
standing under (D major) your (G major) umbrella
And the noose (D major) that held (G major) your father
is still hanging (D major) in the cellar
(G major) Well, you asked (B minor) me to (D major) re move it,
but it turned (B minor) out I (D major) was yellow
And you never asked (G major) a thing of me again (D major)
And now you're tak (G major) ing matches
to a box (D major) of my (G major) old letters
And you watch (D major) the city (G major) burning
And you say (D major) you know me better
(G major) than the best (B minor) of my (D major) convictions
In the prison (B minor) of (D major) my heart
And you'd never turn (G major) your back
on my good (D major) night (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
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You crucified my name
You orchestrated my collision
With (A major) a mouth full of (G major) the same old,
same (B minor) old super (D major) stition
Always swirling round my brain
With a black cat and a thousand
(G major) broken mirror (D major) s
And even now I still (G major) think I (D major) can hear her
I guess I'm just like my mama, she said.
She waited for my daddy
till my daddy was dead.
I guess I'm just like my mama, she said.
She waited for my daddy
till my daddy was dead.
I guess I'm just like my mama,
she said.
You can wait around forever,
or at least till you're dead.
I guess I'm just like my mama, she said
I'll wait around forever,
or at least till you're dead
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Striking Matches
Brian Wright
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