MATCH STALK MEN AND MATCH STALK CATS AND DOGS
C
He painted salford Smokey tops,
EM
On Cardboard boxes from the shops.
AM DM
And parts of ancolts where I used to play.
F
I’m sure he once walked down our street,
C
cause he painted kids who had nout on their feet,
G C
The clothes he wore had all seen better days,
C
Now they said his works of art where dull,
EM
No room about the wall was full,
AM DM
But Lowry didn’t care much anyway,
F
They said he just paints cats and dogs.
C
And Match stalk men in boots and clogs,
G C
And Lowry said that’s just the way they’ll stay,
(chorus)
C F
And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
G C
He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs,
F
And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates,
G C
To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
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C
Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin,
EM
When London started calling him,
AM DM
To come on down and wear the old flat cap,
F
They said tell us all about your ways,
C
And all about them salford days,
G C
Is it true you’re just an ordinary chap.
(chorus)
C
Now Lowry's hand upon the wall,
EM
Beside the greatest of them all,
AM DM
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow,
F
This tired old man with hair like snow,
C
Told northern folk its time to go,
G C
The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow,
(chorus 2)
C F
And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
G C
He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs,
F
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates,
G C
To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,
REP chorus 2
