Chords for Matchstalk cats and dogs

[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He painted _ sulphured smokey tops on [A] cardboard boxes from the shop
And parts of Angcolt's where I used [Dm] to play _ _ _ _ _
I'm sure he once walked down our street
[C] Cos he painted kids he hung out on the street
[G] The clothes he wore had all seemed better [C] days
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Now [C] they said his works of art were dull
[Am] No room all that the walls are for
But Lowry _ didn't care much [Dm] anyway
_ _ They _ _ _ said he just paints cats and dogs
[C] And matched-up men in boots and clogs
[G] And Lowry said that's just the way [C] they'll stay
_ _ And he painted matched-up men and matched-up cats [Dm] and dogs
_ He _ painted [G] kids on the corner of the street that were [C] sparking clogs
_ _ _ _ [Am]
Now [C] he takes his brush and he waits _
_ [Dm] outside them factory gates
To [G] paint his matched-up men and matched-up cats [C] and dogs _ _ _ _ _
Now canvas and brushes were wearing thin
[Am] When London started _ calling him
[A] To come on down and wear the old [Dm] flat cap
_ _ _ _ [D]
They said tell [Am] us all [Dm] about [Am] your ways
[C] And all about them sulphured days
[G] Is it true you're just an ordinary [C] chap?
_ _ [G] _ And he [C] painted matched-up men and matched-up cats [Dm] and dogs
_ _ _ He [G] painted kids on the corner of the street that were [C] sparking clogs _ _ _
Now he takes his brush and he waits _
_ [Dm] outside them factory gates
To paint [G] his matched-up men and matched-up cats [C] and dogs _ _ _ _ _
Now Lowry's hung upon the wall [Am] beside the greatest of them all
[A] And even the Mona Lisa takes [Dm] a bow
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
[D] This tired [Am] old man [D] with air [Am] like snow
[C] Told northern folk it's time to go
[G] The fever came and the good Lord mopped [C] his brow
_ _ [G] _ And he left [C] his matched-up men and matched-up cats [Dm] and dogs
_ _ _ He left [G] his kids on the corner of the street that were [C] sparking clogs _ _ _
Now he takes his brush and he waits _ _
_ [Dm] outside them factory gates
To paint [G] his matched-up men and matched-up cats [C] and dogs
_ _ And he left his [D] matched-up men and matched-up cats [Em] and dogs
_ He _ left [A] his kids on the corner of the street that were [D] sparking clogs
_ _ _ Now he takes his brush and he waits _ [Em] outside them factory gates
To paint [A] his matched-up men and matched-up cats [D] and dogs
_ And he left his matched-up men and matched-up cats [Em] and dogs
_ _ _ He left [A] his kids on the corner of the street that were sparking [D] clogs
_ _ _ Now he takes his brush and he waits _ [Em] outside them factory gates
To paint [A] his matched-up men _ _ _ [D] and matched _ -up cats and dogs
And he left his matched-up men and matched-up _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ cats and dogs
He left [A] his kids on the corner of the street that were sparking [D]
clogs _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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