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