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

Verse:
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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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