Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Motel Matches (Guitar)

C                C
Somewhere in the distance I can hear

F
„Who Shot Sam?"

G                     G
This is my conviction, that I am an

C
innocent man

C     C/B   D    E  F
Though you say I'm unkind

F                 F
I'm being as nice as I can

Am               Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches

Am                  F
I struck lucky with motel matches

G                        F
Falling for you without a second look

G                        F
Falling out of your open pocketbook

G           F              C
Giving you away like motel matches

C                         F
I wake with the siren in an Emergency

G
Though your mind is full of love

G                       C
In your eyes there is a vacancy

C     C/B   D    E  F
And you know what I'll do

F                                   F
When the light outside changes from red to blue

Am               Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches

Am                  F
I struck lucky with motel matches

G                        F
Falling for you without a second look

G                        F
Falling out of your open pocketbook

G           F              C
Giving you away like motel matches

G           F              C
Giving you away like motel matches

G           F              C
Giving you away like motel matches