The Ballad of Johnny and Lupe (Matchstick Man) chords by
Kevin Brennan

N/A

Key: D minor

Verse 1
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He  was born the 4th of 8,
on the 7th of the 1st,
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in the valley where the iron was made.
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He was skinny as a rake,
but he could fight like a ferret,
though he shivered like a
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whippet when he weighed.
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He was 24 years old,
when they sent him to the city of the angels
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to claim his crown
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But he never came home,
and we all shed a tear in our beer
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when Johnny went down
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No, I never felt so sad
As I did when I heard what they did
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to the matchstick man
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No, I never felt so bad
As I did when I heard what they did
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G G 
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Am Am 
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to the matchstick man
Dm Dm 
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Now the fight was hard and fast
Johnny flew at Lupe
and they wondered if the
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champ would last
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But though his jaw was hard as stone
No one knew that Johnny had a skull
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made of paper -thin bone
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Lupe hit him in the twelfth
Johnny dropped to the canvas
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like a picture falling from a shelf
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When they took him from the roof
He was showered in abuse
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and they stole all of Johnny's things
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No, nev er felt so sad
As I did when I heard what they did
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to the matchstick man
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No, I nev er felt so bad
As I did when I heard what they did
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G G 
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Am Am 
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to the matchstick man
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There's a statue in the square
Johnny's family asked
Lupe to the valley
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to unveil it there
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And if Johnny was brave
To go to L .A. for the fight
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But so was Lupe to visit his grave
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Cause in the ring it hurts like hell
And the pain don't pass
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when the timekeeper rings that bell
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But Lupe nev er hurt so bad
Cause when he heard that moan
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from the mother of the matchstick man
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No, I nev er felt so sad
As I did when I heard what they did
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to the matchstick man
Dm Dm 
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No, I nev er felt so bad
As I did when I heard what they did
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to the matchstick man
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Matchstick man you

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