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                Match of the Day - Genesis
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Genesis
Match of the Day (1977)
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford)

From "Spot the Pigeon" (EP)
Now on: "Genesis Archives #2"

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RIFF (intro/chorus)
  F# (244322@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B        B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# F# (244322@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C#  B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# 
e|----------------|----------------|
B|11-7--------7-9-|11-9?-7/9---7-9-|
G|11-8--------8-10|11-10-8/10--8-10|
D|11-9--------9-11|11-11-9/11--9-11|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
  (electric guitar)
  capo 4th fret
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2--x------------|2--0-x0---------|
B|3--3------------|3--2-32---------|
G|2--0------------|2--2-02---------|
D|0--0------------|0--0-00---------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
  (acoustic guitar)
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capo 4th fret

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e
G/D   x-x-0-0-3-x
A/D   x-x-0-2-2-0
D6    x-x-0-4-3-2
G/D*  x-x-0-0-0-3

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capo 4th fret

INTRO
| D G/D | D  A/D G/D A/D | D G/D | D  A/D G/D A/D |
| D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)
DThere's (xx0232@1)the Reds and there's the Greens
      EmSuper (022000@1)slicks and has beens
          D (xx0232@1)                               EmThey're (022000@1)accompanied by three men dressed in black
        D (xx0232@1)                               EmOne's (022000@1)a whistle, two are flags, and quite often they're the drags
         D (xx0232@1)                             EmKick (022000@1)the ball into the goal, they put it back

D6Yes (xx04xx@1)Match of the Day's
         G/D*                    [D]
The only way, to spend your Saturday

| D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)
D (xx0232@1)                     EmEach (022000@1)side's eleven men, with numbers on their backs
         D (xx0232@1)                                EmBut (022000@1)at a distance they all tend to look the same
         D (xx0232@1)                            EmBut (022000@1)some own their boutiques, well they clean up every week
         D (xx0232@1)                          EmInciting (022000@1)riots, causing chaos, such a shame!

D6But (xx04xx@1)Match of the Day's
         G/D*                 [Am]
The only way we spend our Saturday
Am (x02210@1)                 D (xx0232@1) And that's not all, our mates the keepers
AmSlippin' (x02210@1)and sliding in the mud
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1) G/AArms (320203@1)as long as creepers

D G/D  D A/D  G/D A/D
         Send him off Ref' 
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  D (xx0232@1)     A/D (x00220@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  A/D (x00220@1)        Where are your specs Ref'
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  D (xx0232@1)    A/D (x00220@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D A/D (x00220@1)        Kick you to  death Ref'
D G/D  D   A/D G/D A/D
       Oi! Are you deaf Ref

| D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)
DThere's (xx0232@1)a few things before we go
       EmThat (022000@1)I think you ought to know
  D (xx0232@1)                             EmObstruction, (022000@1)Body Checking, heavy tackles
       DSo (xx0232@1)put on your hat and scarf
       EmHave (022000@1)a drink, have a larf'
         D (xx0232@1)                             EmFrom (022000@1)the terrace you can see your men do battle

D6Yes (xx04xx@1)Match of the Day's
         G/D*                       [Am]
The only way you can spend your Saturday
Am (x02210@1)                D (xx0232@1) Don't forget, the trainers with their sponges
Am (x02210@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1) G/AManagers (320203@1)with open cheques, liquid business lunches

D G/D  D A/D  G/D A/D
         Send him off Ref' 
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  D (xx0232@1)     A/D (x00220@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  A/D (x00220@1)        Where are your specs Ref'
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D  D (xx0232@1)    A/D (x00220@1)name="chord_4x3121@7">G/D A/D (x00220@1)        Kick you to  death Ref'
D G/D  D   A/D G/D A/D
       Oi! Are you deaf Ref

OUTRO (lyrics mumbled ad lib)
| D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)D| (xx0232@1)Em| (022000@1)(repeat and fade)

Phfff! Good game 'ey, Ron?
D'you see that goal in the Second Half? oh!
Bit of a dirty tackle that, mate!
I reckon I should've been a penalty myself!
We paid 400, 000 pound for him, you realise that?
Oh - look out, here comes a bottle 
Yes, fancy a pint then? My round ...