'Matchbox' by Beatles - Guitar Tutorial

Gtp chords: Matchbox
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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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A|0------3------0------3-----|0------3------0------3-----|
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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
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                                               I   said I'm

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A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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  sittin' here  watchin'      Matchbox      hole in my


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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2------0-|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3B4---|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
     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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D|2---2---------2---2--------|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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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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                                               I'm an ol'


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D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
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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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D|0-------------0------------|0-------------0----------0-|
A|-------3---0---------3---0-|-------3---0---------3-----|
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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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A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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                                               If you don't

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D|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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want any of those  peaches honey, please don't mess around my tree.


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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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                                               I   got news

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G|---------------------------|2---2---------2---2--------|
D|2---2---------2---2--------|0------3---4---------3---4-|
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     for you baby,            leave me here in misery.

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                            All  right! 
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B|----5------5--5------------|----5------7---------------|
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G|-----------7B9R7-5H7P5-----|5------5---8-7--5H7P5-----|
D|-------------------------5-|----7--------------------7-|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
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G|5------5------5------5---5-|----5---------5-----5------|
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D|---------------------------|---------------------7---5-|
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G|---------------------------|5------5---7-B-9-----7---5-|
D|7P5----5------5------5---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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                                                    Let me


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  be     your   little dog       till your big dog    comes


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A|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|
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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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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



e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ ------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|2---2---------2---2--------|2---2---------2---2--------|
A|0------3---4---------3---4-|0------3---4---------3---4-|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
  sittin' here watchin'       Matchbox      hole in my clothes.



e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ ------|
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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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G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|0------2------3------4-----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|


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B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------2---2--------|
D|0---0---------0---0--------|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|
A|-------3---0---------3---0-|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
  sittin' here  wondering     Matchbox      hole in my clothes.


  A
e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ ------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------2---2--------|--------------2---2--------|
A|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|0---0--3---4---------3---4-|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
                                                      I

  E                           D
e|------ ------ ------ ------|------ ------ ------ ------|
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.

                                                   (.
  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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