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| Matchbox |
| Live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA |
| July 15, 2001 |
| Originally by Carl Perkins |
| (Originally by Blind Lemon Jefferson) |
| Based on the version by The Beatles |
| Tabbed by Patrick Ferris |
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Open A Tuning
E A E A C# E
OR
Open G Tuning
D G D G B D capo 2nd fret
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| Tab Definitions: |
| A: x00000 |
| D: x55555 |
| E: x77777 |
| G: x|10|10|10|10|10 |
| C: x33333 |
|A7: x00003 |
| /: Played with slide |
| \: Slide down to note |
| ~: Slide vibrato |
| >: Decreasing tempo |
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...from "Let's Build A Home"
A RIFF: Played 2x (and throughout VERSE 1 during A chords)
A /f A /c A /f A /c
E|-0--0------0--0-------0--0------0--0-------
C#|-0--0------0--0-------0--0------0--0-------
A|-0--0------0--0-/3-0--0--0------0--0-/3-0--
E|-0--0-/3-0-0--0-------0--0-/3-0-0--0-------
A|-0--0------0--0-------0--0------0--0-------
E|-----------0--0-----------------0--0-------
VERSE 1:
A
I'm sittin' here wonderin', will a matchbox hold my clothes
D A
I-I'm sittin' wonderin', will a matchbox hold my clothes
E D A
Well, I got a lot of matches but I don't have nowhere to go
A
Yeah!
VERSE 2: (A RIFF is played on low A and E strings)
A
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0-------------------------------------3--0-3-----0-----3--0----3--0--3--0--3--0--
E|----------------3-----2-------1---------------------------------------------------
Well, if you don't like my peaches, baby don't shake my tree
D A
I said if you don't like my peaches, please don't mess around my tree
E
I got news for your cousin, I'll make you be in misery` ` The Beatles' line is "I got news for
you baby / Leave me here in misery"
BREAK:
A E A C A C A C D A C A C A
E|-0--------------/7---0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--/5--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0-
C#|-0--------------/7---0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--/5--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0-
A|-0--------------/7---0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--/5--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0-
E|-0--------------/7---0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--/5--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0-
A|-0--------------/7---0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--/5--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0-
E|----3--2--1--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A C A C A
E|-/12-/12\--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/12~~~~~~~~~~~~--/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~\0--/12~\0--/12~~\0-
C#|-/12-/12\--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/12~~~~~~~~~~~~--/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~\0--/12~\0--/12~~\0-
A|-/12-/12\--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/12~~~~~~~~~~~~--/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~\0--/12~\0--/12~~\0-
E|-/12-/12\--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/12~~~~~~~~~~~~--/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~\0--/12~\0--/12~~\0-
A|-/12-/12\--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/3--/3--0--0--/12~~~~~~~~~~~~--/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~\0--/12~\0--/12~~\0-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D A D A E A G A E
E|-/5~~\0----/5~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/7~~\0----/10~~\0---0--------------/7-
C#|-/5~~\0----/5~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/7~~\0----/10~~\0---0--------------/7-
A|-/5~~\0----/5~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/7~~\0----/10~~\0---0--------------/7-
E|-/5~~\0----/5~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/7~~\0----/10~~\0---0--------------/7-
A|-/5~~\0----/5~~\0----/12~~\0----/12~~\0----/7~~\0----/10~~\0------------------/7-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------3--2--1--0-----
A A7 A > A7
E|-0--3--3--3---3--3---0--0--0------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#|-0-------------------3--3--3---0-------0------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0--------------------------------3b------0---------------------------------------------------------------
E|-0------------------------------------------3---3---2---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-----
A|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--0-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--
To "Death Letter"...
