Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Guitar)

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Pictures Of Matchstick Men 161 bpm [Intro] (8 measures violin then rhythm instruments begin]
D      F      C      G      D    D     D      D
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[Verse]
D              F
When I look up to the skies

  C               G             D     F C G
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow

  D                  F
I rush home to bed I soak my head

  C             G             D     F C G
I see your face underneath my pillow

  D                 F
I wake next morning tired still yawning

C                  G                  D     F C G  D D D D
See your face come looking through my window
[Chorus]
G           A                  D
Pictures of matchstick men and you

G          A                  D
Images of matchstick men and you
G A DFCG DFCG D//, D// violin, D,D violin All I ever see is them and you [Interlude] (8 measures violin then rhythm instruments begin)
D      F      C      G      D    D     D      D
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[Bridge]
Bb
Windows echo your reflection

F                              C
When I look in their direction now

Bb
There your face is haunting me

     F                            A   A
Your face it just wont leave me a-lone
[Chorus]
G           A                  D
Pictures of matchstick men and you

G          A                  D
Images of matchstick men and you

G          A               D
All I ever see is them and you
[post chorus]
    F              C                 G                D
You’re in the sky You’re with this guy you make men cry you are

    F              C                 G                D
You’re in the sky You’re with this guy you make men cry
8 measures violin ONLY intro [Outro] (5x with violin solo bits)
D           F               C           G
Pictures of matchstick men, Pictures of matchstick men