Matchstick Maker
The Bowerbirds
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- Am/E
- C
- C/G
- E
- F
- F#
- G7
Continues after the ad
Key:
Intro/Verses E|---1---1-------------------0--- B|---3---3---------------3---3--- G|-------------2-------1-----1--- D|-0---3-----0-------0-------0--- A|---------0-----3-2---------2-0- E|-------------------------0-0--- E|--------------1-| B|1-----------1-1-| G|2---2-----2---2-| D|--------3-----3-| x3 A|--------------3-| E|--0---1-------1-|"Dredge the Cedar River For a previous life Or scour the clears above In search of lost time" Pre-ChorusC/G F "You'll never find a bodyC/G F As the Palisades crumble slowlyC/G E And they claim the past as theirF (F#) own"Continues after the adChorusG7 F "Branded skin, broken vesselC Am Took a job in the cityF C/G Am Making matchsticks to start otherAm/E F men's firesAm Am/E F Oh..." Verse (same as above) "Gorgeous blooms on these cliffs Missed a battery of sticks and twigs Gravity toils away" Pre-ChorusC/G F "Blisters on his hands from tightening ropes all dayC/G F Lashing down all it seesC/G E But it's poised like a father'sF and not like a king'sC/G E And the rule of the land's moreF like a strong suggestionC/G E And the strong current begs forF (F#) the open ocean"