PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN As recorded by Status Quo (From the 1968 Album PICTURESQUE MATCHSTICKABLE MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO) Words and Music by Francis Rossi Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Francis Rossi - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rick Parfitt - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Francis Rossi - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=90 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E |-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| D F C G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| | | Gtr II | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |--2-----2-----1-1-1---|--0-----0-----3--3--3----| |--3-----3-----1-1-1---|--1-----1-----0--0--0----| |--2-----2-----2-2-2---|--0-----0-----0--0--0----| |--0-----0-----3-3-3---|--2-----2-----0--0--0----| |--------------3-3-3---|--3-----3-----2--2--2----| |--------------1-1-1---|--------------3--3--3----|

^DS S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E |-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------||

| | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-2-------2-----2--2--2----|-2-------2-----2--2--2----|| |-3-------3-----3--3--3----|-3-------3-----3--3--3----|| |-2-------2-----2--2--2----|-2-------2-----2--2--2----|| |-0-------0-----0--0--0----|-0-------0-----0--0--0----|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| Verse

^DGtr II^F ^C ^G Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-2--2--1-1-1--|-0--0--3-3-3--| |-3--3--1-1-1--|-1--1--0-0-0--| |-2--2--2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0--| |-0--0--3-3-3--|-2--2--0-0-0--| |-------3-3-3--|-3--3--2-2-2--| |-------1-1-1--|-------3-3-3--|

| | Gtr III | W W |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------|

^D Q Q ^F E E Q ^CQ Q ^G E E Q |--2---2------1----1---1---|-0--0------3----3---3---| |--3---3------1----1---1---|-1--1------0----0---0---| |--2---2------2----2---2---|-0--0------0----0---0---| |--0---0------3----3---3---|-2--2------0----0---0---| |-------------3----3---3---|-3--3------2----2---2---| |-------------1----1---1---|-----------3----3---3---|

| | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-| |-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------|

^DQ Q ^FE E Q ^CQ Q ^GE E Q |-2--2--1-1-1--|-0--0--3-3-3--| |-3--3--1-1-1--|-1--1--0-0-0--| |-2--2--2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0--| |-0--0--3-3-3--|-2--2--0-0-0--| |-------3-3-3--|-3--3--2-2-2--| |-------1-1-1--|-------3-3-3--|

| | W W |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------| |--------------|--------------|

^DGtr I ^G ^A ^D H E E S S E

Q Q E E S S E W H E E S S E |---------7-8-7-8-|-7-------7-8-7-8-||--------------|---------7-8-7-8--| |-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------------|

| | Gtr II | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-2--2--2-2-2-----|-2--2--2-2-2-----||-3--3--0-0-0--|-2--2--2-2-2------| |-3--3--3-3-3-----|-3--3--3-3-3-----||-0--0--2-2-2--|-3--3--3-3-3------| |-2--2--2-2-2-----|-2--2--2-2-2-----||-0--0--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2------| |-0--0--0-0-0-----|-0--0--0-0-0-----||-0--0--2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0------| |-----------------|-----------------||-2--2--0-0-0--|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-3--3---------|------------------| G A D G A D F

Q Q H H E E S S E

Q Q H W |-7------------|---------7-8-7-8-|-7------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------|

| | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-3--3--0-0-0--|-2--2--2-2-2-----|-3--3--0-0-0--|--2---2------1----1---1---| |-0--0--2-2-2--|-3--3--3-3-3-----|-0--0--2-2-2--|--3---3------1----1---1---| |-0--0--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-----|-0--0--2-2-2--|--2---2------2----2---2---| |-0--0--2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0-----|-0--0--2-2-2--|--0---0------3----3---3---| |-2--2--0-0-0--|-----------------|-2--2--0-0-0--|-------------3----3---3---| |-3--3---------|-----------------|-3--3---------|-------------1----1---1---| | | Gtr III | W W W Q E S S +S E S E E |--------------|-----------------|--------------|-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------| |--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------|

^CGtr I ^G ^D ^F W W |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------|

| | Gtr II | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-0--0------3----3---3---|--2---2------1----1---1---| |-1--1------0----0---0---|--3---3------1----1---1---| |-0--0------0----0---0---|--2---2------2----2---2---| |-2--2------0----0---0---|--0---0------3----3---3---| |-3--3------2----2---2---|-------------3----3---3---| |-----------3----3---3---|-------------1----1---1---| | | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-| |-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------|

^CW ^G ^DH

N.C.

S S S S Q |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------7-8-7-5-7---| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------|

| | Q Q E E Q Q q H |-0--0------3----3---3---|-2--2--------------| |-1--1------0----0---0---|-3--3--------------| |-0--0------0----0---0---|-2--2--------------| |-2--2------0----0---0---|-0--0--------------| |-3--3------2----2---2---|-------------------| |-----------3----3---3---|-------------------| | | Q E S S +S E S E E W |-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|-------------------| |-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| Interlude

^DH

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S S S S Q

N.C.

E E E E E E E E |------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-| |-------7-8-7-5-7--||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------|

| | Q q H W |-2--2-------------||----------------------| |-3--3-------------||----------------------| |-2--2-------------||----------------------| |-0--0-------------||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------| |------------------||----------------------| E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E |-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| | | W W |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| D F S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| | | W Q Q E E Q |--------------------------|--2-----2-----1-1-1---| |--------------------------|--3-----3-----1-1-1---| |--------------------------|--2-----2-----2-2-2---| |--------------------------|--0-----0-----3-3-3---| |--------------------------|--------------3-3-3---| |--------------------------|--------------1-1-1---| C G D E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E |-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| | | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |--0-----0-----3--3--3----|-2-------2-----2--2--2----| |--1-----1-----0--0--0----|-3-------3-----3--3--3----| |--0-----0-----0--0--0----|-2-------2-----2--2--2----| |--2-----2-----0--0--0----|-0-------0-----0--0--0----| |--3-----3-----2--2--2----|--------------------------| |--------------3--3--3----|--------------------------| Bridge Bb F C ~~ S S E E E E E E E W W Q Q E E S S E |-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-------------|-------------|----------------------| |--------------------------||-------------|-------------|----------10-11-10-11-| |--------------------------||-------------|-------------|-12-------------------| |--------------------------||-------------|-------------|----------------------| |--------------------------||-------------|-------------|----------------------| |--------------------------||-------------|-------------|----------------------| | | Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-2-------2-----2--2--2----||-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|--0--0--0-----0-------| |-3-------3-----3--3--3----||-3--3--3--3--|-1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1-----1-------| |-2-------2-----2--2--2----||-3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--2--|--0--0--0-----0-------| |-0-------0-----0--0--0----||-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--2--2--2-----2-------| |--------------------------||-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3-----3-------| |--------------------------||-------------|-1--1--1--1--|----------------------| Bb F A N.C. ~~ |--3--| Q Q S E S E E E W W H S S S S Q |-------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------| |----------10-10-11-10-11-|-------------|-------------|-------2-3-2-0-2--| |-12----------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------| |-------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------| |-------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------| |-------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------| | | Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q H |--0--0--0--------0-------|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-0--0-------------| |--1--1--1--------1-------|-3--3--3--3--|-1--1--1--1--|-2--2-------------| |--0--0--0--------0-------|-3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2-------------| |--2--2--2--------2-------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-2--2-------------| |--3--3--3--------3-------|-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--3--3--|-0--0-------------| |-------------------------|-------------|-1--1--1--1--|------------------| Chorus D N.C. G A D G A

H S S S S Q W H E E S S E

Q Q H |------------------||--------------|---------7-8-7-8-|-7-------------| |-------7-8-7-5-7--||--------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------------||--------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------------||--------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------------||--------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------------||--------------|-----------------|---------------|

| | Q q H Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-2--2-------------||-3--3--0-0-0--|-2--2--2-2-2-----|-3--3--0-0-0---| |-3--3-------------||-0--0--2-2-2--|-3--3--3-3-3-----|-0--0--2-2-2---| |-2--2-------------||-0--0--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-----|-0--0--2-2-2---| |-0--0-------------||-0--0--2-2-2--|-0--0--0-0-0-----|-0--0--2-2-2---| |------------------||-2--2--0-0-0--|-----------------|-2--2--0-0-0---| |------------------||-3--3---------|-----------------|-3--3----------| D G A

H E E S S E

Q Q H |---------7-8-7-8-|-7------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------|

| | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-2--2--2-2-2-----|-3--3--0-0-0--| |-3--3--3-3-3-----|-0--0--2-2-2--| |-2--2--2-2-2-----|-0--0--2-2-2--| |-0--0--0-0-0-----|-0--0--2-2-2--| |-----------------|-2--2--0-0-0--| |-----------------|-3--3---------| | | Gtr III | W W |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|--------------|

^D W ^F ^CW ^G |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|

| | Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |--2---2------1----1---1---|-0--0------3----3---3-----| |--3---3------1----1---1---|-1--1------0----0---0-----| |--2---2------2----2---2---|-0--0------0----0---0-----| |--0---0------3----3---3---|-2--2------0----0---0-----| |-------------3----3---3---|-3--3------2----2---2-----| |-------------1----1---1---|-----------3----3---3-----| | | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3---| |-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3---| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|

^DGtr II ^F ^C ^G Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |--2---2------1----1---1---|-0--0------3----3---3---| |--3---3------1----1---1---|-1--1------0----0---0---| |--2---2------2----2---2---|-0--0------0----0---0---| |--0---0------3----3---3---|-2--2------0----0---0---| |-------------3----3---3---|-3--3------2----2---2---| |-------------1----1---1---|-----------3----3---3---|

| | Gtr III | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-| |-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------|

^D Q Q ^F E E Q ^CQ Q ^G E E Q |--2---2------1----1---1---|-0--0------3----3---3---|| |--3---3------1----1---1---|-1--1------0----0---0---|| |--2---2------2----2---2---|-0--0------0----0---0---|| |--0---0------3----3---3---|-2--2------0----0---0---|| |-------------3----3---3---|-3--3------2----2---2---|| |-------------1----1---1---|-----------3----3---3---||

| | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|| |-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-|| |--------------------------|------------------------|| |--------------------------|------------------------|| |--------------------------|------------------------|| |--------------------------|------------------------|| Interlude

^DGtr

N.C.

I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|

| | Gtr II | Q Q H W |--2-------------------|-------------------------| |--3-------------------|-------------------------| |--2-------------------|-------------------------| |--0-------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E |-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| | | W W |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|--------------------------|| Outro

^D Q Q ^F E E Q ^CQ Q ^G E E Q |--2---2------1----1---1---|-0--0------3----3---3---*| |--3---3------1----1---1---|-1--1------0----0---0---*| |--2---2------2----2---2---|-0--0------0----0---0---*| |--0---0------3----3---3---|-2--2------0----0---0---*| |-------------3----3---3---|-3--3------2----2---2---*| |-------------1----1---1---|-----------3----3---3---*|

| | Q E S S +S E S E E Q E S S +S E S E E |-10--10---5-(5)-5---5-5-5-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-*| |-10--10---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-|-8--8---3-(3)-3---3-3-3-*| |--------------------------|------------------------*| |--------------------------|------------------------*| |--------------------------|------------------------*| |--------------------------|------------------------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Status Quo - Pictures of matchstick men