The Beatles - Matchbox guitar tab
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THE BEATLES - MATCHBOX (C. Perkins) First released as an E.P. along
with LONG TALL SALLY, SLOW DOWN and I CALL YOUR NAME
on 19th June 1964.
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Tabbed by:PJVillanueva
I said I'm sitting here watching
matchbox hole in my clothes
I said I'm sitting here wondering
matchbox hole in my clothes
I ain't got no matches
but I sure got a long way to go
I'm an old poor boy
I'm a long way from home
I'm an old poor boy
and I'm a long way from home
I've never been happy
cause everything I ever did was wrong
Well, if you don't want my peaches
honey please don't shake my tree
If you don't want any of those peaches
honey, please don't mess around my tree
I've got news for you baby
Leave me here in misery, all right!
Well let me be your little dog
till your big dog comes
Let me be your little dog
till your big dog comes
And when your big dog gets here
watch how your puppy dog runs
Well I said I'm sitting here watching
matchbox hole in my clothes
I said I'm sitting here wondering
matchbox hole in my clothes
I ain't got no matches
but I sure got a long way to go
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I said I'm
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sittin' here watchin' Matchbox hole in my
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clothes. I said I'm
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sittin' here wondering Matchbox hole in my
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clothes. I
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A|-------5B--2---------5B----|-------3B--0---------3B----|
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ain't got no matches but I sure got a long way to go.
A
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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
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I'm an ol'
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poor boy and I'm a long way from home
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I'm an ol'
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poor boy and I'm a long way from home
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I'll
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never be happy cause everything I ever did was
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wrong Well, If you
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don't want my peaches honey, please don't shake my tree.
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If you don't
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want any of those peaches honey, please don't mess around my tree.
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I got news
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for you baby, leave me here in misery.
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All right!
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Solo
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D|-------------------------5-|----7--------------------7-|
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D|-----------7------7--------|---------------------------|
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Well, Let me be
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your little dog till your big dog comes
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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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Let me
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be your little dog till your big dog comes
A
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B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
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And when your
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D|2---2---------2---2------2-|0---0---------0---0------0-|
A|-------5B--2---------5B----|-------3B--0---------3B----|
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big dog gets here, watch how your puppy dog runs.
A
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B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Well I said I'm
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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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sittin' here watchin' Matchbox hole in my clothes.
e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ ------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|2---2---------2---2--------|----2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
I said I'm
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A|---------------------------|0------2------3------4-----|
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D
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B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------2---2--------|
D|0---0---------0---0--------|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|
A|-------3---0---------3---0-|---------------------------|
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sittin' here wondering Matchbox hole in my clothes.
A
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G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------2---2--------|--------------2---2--------|
A|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
I
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B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|2---2---------2---2------2-|0---0---------0---0------0-|
A|-------5B--2---------5B----|-------3B--0---------3B----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
ain't got no matches but I sure got a long way to go.
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A A13
e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ 5-----|
B|----8---------7------7-----|6----------5---------7-----|
G|----9---------8------8-----|7----------6---------6-----|
D|---------------------------|-------5---7---------5-----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------7-----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------5-----|
B Bend
R Release
/ slide up
\ slide down
H hammer-on
P pull-off
~ vibrato
+ harmonic
x Mute note
. - play note like a dot in standard notation
^ - ties two notes together
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