Matthew Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Works the [G]night shift at the depot
With a pistol and a [D]light
And he [G]guards them rusted missiles
Countin' [D]whitetail to pass the [G]time
And he’s worked there for a long while
Since he came home from over[D]seas
Helpin' [G]Kilcorn fight the good fight
And bring [D]Baghdad to its [G]knees

[Bridge 1]
And it was [D]hotter than the [G]mountain
But it [D]weren't so he couldn't [G]stand
And it weren't so much the heat wave
Nearly [D]as much as all the [G]sand

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
Now his [G]daddy, he's a lockman
With a good leg and a [D]fake
That he [G]got off of a buddy
And a [D]shitshot that he [G]made
And he worked them hands to splinters
And he raised them youngins [D]right
On a [G]little bit of scripture
And an [D]acreage of para[G]dise

[Bridge 2]
And he'd [D]go out on the [G]weekends
And he [D]played like Clarence [G]White
Clarence, but had a real job
Picked the [D]guitar when there was [G]time

[Solo 1]
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[Verse 3]
Keeps a [G]trap line in the winter
Keeps a line wet in the [D]spring
On a [G]lock wall fishin' muskie
With his [D]eldest and [G]Steve

[Bridge 3]
And they [D]swap tales about their [G]raisin'
And they [D]tell the office [G]lies
And they go home when they've the notion
And the [D]muskie quit bit[G]in'

[Outro 1]
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