Match Stalk Men

C He painted salford Smokey tops, AM On Cardboard boxes from the shops. A A7 DM And parts of ancolts where I used to play. F I’m sure he once walked down our street, C cause he painted kids who had nout on their feet, G C The clothes he wore had all seen better days, C Now they said his works of art where dull, AM No room about the wall was full, A A7 DM But Lowry didn’t care much anyway, F They said he just paints cats and dogs. C And Match stalk men in boots and clogs, G C And Lowry said that’s just the way they’ll stay, C F And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, G C He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs, F And now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates, G C To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, C Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin, AM When London started calling him, A A7 DM To come on down and wear the old flat cap, F They said tell us all about your ways, C And all about them salford days, G C Is it true you’re just an ordinary chap. C Now Lowry's hand upon the wall, AM Beside the greatest of them all, A A7 DM And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow, F This tired old man with hair like snow, C Told northern folk its time to go, G C The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow, C F And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, G C He left us kids on the corner of the streets with the clogs, F Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates, G C To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs, Repeat 2nd chorus