Matchbox
The Beatles
Written by Carl Perkins; released on EP "Long Tall Sally"
This is a kind of a blues number; I love it :-)
Intro:
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I said I'm
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sitting wa - tching, match- box hole in my
here
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clothes I said I'm
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sitting wonde- ring, match- box hole in my
here
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clothes I
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ain't no ma - tches, sure a long way to go
got but I got
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I'm a lone
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poor boy, and I'm a long way home
from
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I'm a lone
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poor boy, and I'm a long way home
from
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I've
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never been hap - py, cause I e- ver did was
everything
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wrong Well, if you don't
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want my peaches, honey, please shake my
don't
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tree If you don't
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wanna those peaches, honey, please mess a- my tree
pick don't round
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I got news
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for ba- by, leave here in mise - ry
your me
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All right!
Break (solo):
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Well, let me be
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your little dog, till your big dog comes
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Let me be
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your little dog, till your big dog comes
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Oh, your
when
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big dog gets here, watch how your puppy dog
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runs Well, I said I'm
Verse:
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sitting wa - tching, match- box hole in my clothes
here
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sitting wa - tching, match- box hole in my
here
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clothes I
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ain't no ma - tches, sure a long way to go
got but I got
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