I Struck A Match chords by Lesley Gore

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD D7D7 G+G G minorGm D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 1:
 D MajorD           B minorBm
I went to a hop with my boyfriend
    G+G            A augmentedA
We were dancing to our favorite song
     D MajorD              B minorBm
Somebody turned out the lights and he walked away
      G+G          A augmentedA
He said he wouldn't be gone too long

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD            D7D7
I struck a match and there he was a kissing her
      G+G            G minorGm
I struck a match and there he was a holding her
     D MajorD    B minorBm  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA
It took a match to catch him doing me wrong

🎸 Verse 2:
      D MajorD          B minorBm
Well it was dark and I couldn't see her face
   G+G           A augmentedA
But I saw her hitting on my guy
    D MajorD           B minorBm
All the kids were dancing and having fun
   G+G            A augmentedA
But I couldn't do a thing but cry

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD            D7D7
I struck a match and there he was a kissing her
      G+G            G minorGm
I struck a match and there he was a holding her
     D MajorD    B minorBm  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD    D7D7
It took a match to catch him doing me wrong

🎸 Bridge 1:
    G+G
Well I wiped away the tears and turned my head
        D MajorD
So no-one could see
         B minorBm
But my girlfriend heard me crying asked me
   E MajorE           A augmentedA
So I said, "A match burned me"

🎸 Verse 3:
  D MajorD           B minorBm
The lights went on at the hop
    G+G             A augmentedA
And my boyfriend came back to my side
  D MajorD         B minorBm
He said he went for a soda
    G+G           A augmentedA
I said "Honey, I know you've lied"

🎸 Chorus:
         D MajorD          D7D7
Cause I struck a match and I saw you kissing
      G+G         G minorGm
I struck a match and you were holding her
     D MajorD    B minorBm  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD   D7D7
It took a match to catch him doing me wrong

🎸 Bridge 2:
 G+G
I wiped away the tears and turned my head
        D MajorD
So no-one could see
         B minorBm
Well my boyfriend heard me crying asked me
   E MajorE           A augmentedA
So I said, "A match burned me"

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD            D7D7
I struck a match and there he was a kissing
      G+G        G minorGm
I struck a match and he was holding her
     D MajorD    B minorBm  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD
It took a match to catch him doing me wrong

🎸 Outro:
     B minorBm        D MajorD          B minorBm           D MajorD
Doing me wrong, yeah doing wrong, yeah doing me wrong, he was doing me wrong