Carl Perkins, Matchbox (1957)
Key: :[C#] (w: Carl Perkins) (BPM: 169)
CHORUS:
Well I'm
[C#] sitting here wondering would a matchbox hold my clothes?
Yeah I'm
[F#] sitting here wondering would a matchbox hold my
[C#] clothes?
I
[G#] ain't got no matches but I got a long way to
[C#] go.
VERSE 1:
Well, I'm an
[C#] old poor boy and I'm a long way from home.
I'm an
[F#] old poor boy and I'm a, long way from
[C#] home.
Guess
[G#] I'll never be happy 'cause everything I do is
[C#] wrong.
BREAK: [12-bar]
VERSE 2:
Let me
[C#] be your little dog 'til your big dog comes.
Let me
[F#] be your little dog 'til your big dog
[C#] comes.
When the
[G#] big dog gets here, show him what this puppy dog
[C#] done.
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [12-bar]
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