Matthew Mark Luke And John chords by Fairport Convention

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G            D
Come down and show us what's wrong

Verse:
            C
When every word's been sung or spoken
  G          D
And bygone battles have been lost or won
            C
When all is mended that once was broken
  G          D
Who crawled will surely run

Verse:
              C
And when all our creeds and all of our deeds
  G        D
Are centred on each other's needs
          C
When men depend on harmonies
  G         D
The world will have begun

Chorus:
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    G
Are you really real, do you love every one?
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G            D
Come down and show us what's wrong

Verse:
               C
If the sins of the father are also the son's
   G             D
What chance do we have in this game
             C
Everything's blacker, we argue with guns
   G           D
With money we burn and we maim

Verse:
                 C
And is it all for a reason, this game without end
   G           D
To be rich, you have to have poor
                C
And is feasting to famine, like sitting to standing
  G            D
Or is there a hole in god's door?

Chorus:
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    G
Are you really real, do you love every one?
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G            D
Come down and show us what's wrong

Instrumental:
D  C G D x4

Chorus:
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and Paul
     G
Are your fingers in your ears, can you hear us at all
C G/B  Am  C    D
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G            D
Come down and show us what's wrong