Brian and Michael - Match stalk men

^CHe painted salford Smokey tops, On C^AMardboard boxes from the shops. And pa^Arts of ancolts wh^A7ere I used to pl^DMay. I'm s^Fure he once walked down our street, cause he pain^Cted kids who had nout on their feet, The cl^Gothes he wore had all seen better ^Cdays,

^CNow they said his works of art where dull, No ro^AMom about the wall was full, But Lo^Awry didn't c^A7are much a^DMnyway, They sai^Fd he just paints cats and dogs. And Ma^Ctch stalk men in boots and clogs, And Low^Gry said that's just the way they'll ^Cstay,

And he painted ^FMatch stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, G He painted kids on the^C corner of the streets with the sparking clogs, And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory g^Fates, G To paint his^C Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,

^CNow canvas and brushes where wearing thin, When Lond^AMon started calling him, To com^Ae on down and w^A7ear the old flat^DM cap, They said tell ^F us all about your ways, And all^C about them salford days, Is it ^Gtrue you're just an ordinary ^Cchap. (chorus)

Now Lo^Cwry's hand upon the wall, ^AMBeside the greatest of them all, And ev^Aen the Mona ^A7Lisa takes ^DM a bow, This t^Fired old man with hair like snow, Told no^Crthern folk its time to go, The ^Gfever came and the good Lord mopped his ^Cbrow,

And he left us ^F Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, G He left us kids on t^Che corner of the streets with the clogs, Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly ^F gates, G To paint his^C Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs,