I Struck A Match

D D7 G Gm D Bm G A D A

[Verse 1]
  D                     Bm
I went to a hop with my boyfriend
        G                       A
We were dancing to our favorite song
         D                         
Somebody turned out the lights and 
   Bm
he walked away
           G                    A
He said he wouldn't be gone too long

[Chorus]
           D                       
I struck a match and there he was a
 D7
 kissing her
           G                       
I struck a match and there he was a
 Gm
 holding her
          D        Bm    G   A  
It took a match to catch him 
      D     A
doing me wrong

[Verse 2]
            D                   Bm
Well it was dark and I couldn't see 
her face
      G                     A
But I saw her hitting on my guy
        D                     Bm
All the kids were dancing and having
 fun
      G                       A
But I couldn't do a thing but cry

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[Chorus]
           D                       
I struck a match and there he was a
 D7
 kissing her
           G                       
I struck a match and there he was a
 Gm
 holding her
          D        Bm    G   A  
It took a match to catch him 
      D       D7
doing me wrong

[Bridge 1]
       G
Well I wiped away the tears and 
turned my head
                D
So no-one could see
                  Bm
But my girlfriend heard me crying 
asked me
     E                     A
So I said, "A match burned me"

[Verse 3]
    D                     Bm
The lights went on at the hop
       G                        
And my boyfriend came back to my 
 A
side
   D                  Bm
He said he went for a soda
       G                     A
I said "Honey, I know you've lied"

[Chorus]
                 D                 
Cause I struck a match and I saw 
  D7
you kissing
           G                 
I struck a match and you were 
 Gm
holding her
          D        Bm    G   A  
It took a match to catch him 
      D      D7
doing me wrong

[Bridge 2]
  G
I wiped away the tears and turned my
 head
                D
So no-one could see
                  Bm
Well my boyfriend heard me crying 
asked me
     E                     A
So I said, "A match burned me"

[Chorus]
           D                       
I struck a match and there he was a
 D7
 kissing
           G                Gm
I struck a match and he was holding 
her
          D        Bm    G   A  
It took a match to catch him 
      D
doing me wrong

[Other]
         Bm                D      
Doing me wrong, yeah doing wrong, 
              Bm                   
yeah doing me wrong, he was doing 
  D
me wrong