Pictures Of Matchstick Men chords by Camper Van Beethoven

Chords with lyrics

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 MajorD     FF   C majorC     G+G
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B--3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-/5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
  D MajorD     FF     C majorC   G+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 MajorD 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 MajorD FF C majorC G+G x5
When ...
eyes ..
Rush ..
I see ..).
I ..
I ... [Hold a D MajorD here to go into the
chorus]

Chorus
G+G G MajorG       A augmentedA A majorA      D MajorD x3
Pictures ...
Images ..
All ..

D MajorD FF C majorC G+G w/intro x2
intro byitsel once
intro with chords once Middle section
BB FF C majorC+(little riff you can figure out)
Windows ..
BB FF D MajorD
Fake ...

Chorus

Out with chords from verse, solo over it if you want, background vocals
as follows-

You ....
Your ..
Your ..
You ..

Any questions comments or requests write: [email protected] Hope you
enjoy the song