Pictures Of Matchstick Men Tab

From: Farrell Joshua Richard
Subject: Camper_Van_Beethoven
 
Pictures of Matchstick Men
 
 This song was originally done by Status Quo but I figured it out
listening to the Camper Van Beethoven version.  I used to play this with a
band and it usually got a decent response from the audience.  If you don't
have a violin to play the solo lines try a heavy distortion/wah pedal
combo.  Listen to the tune some to make sure you get the right rhythms
because it is not always straight forward.
 
Intro
    D         F      C         G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-/5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    D         F         C      G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Do the intro once just with the line, then the chords come in for the second
time, You can just hold a D chord for the second half of the intro line if
you prefer.  The first verse comes in and is played on top of those four
chords in the same rhythm
 
D F C G x5
When I look up to the sky I see your
eyes a funny kind of yellow, (yellow).
Rush home to bed, I shake my head,
I see your face underneath my pillow (pillow).
I wake the next morning, tired still yawning,
I see your face looking through my window. (Hold a D here to go into the
chorus)
 
Chorus
G G              A A           D x3
Pictures of Matchstick Men and you
Images of Matchstick Men and you
All I ever see is them and you
 
D F C G w/intro x2
intro by itself once
intro with chords once Middle section
Bb F C + (little riff you can figure out)
Windows echo your reflection, when I look in your direction, now
Bb F D
Fake faces haunting me, your face just won't leave me, alone.
 
Chorus
 
Out with chords from verse, solo over it if you want, background vocals
as follows -
 
You are....
You're in the sky
You're with the sky
You make men cry
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