Chords for Matthew - Johnny McEvoy

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_ _ _ _ _ What are you thinking _ of, [F#] Matthew, my friend, _ as [C#] you sit in your room [G#] all alone?
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_ _ _ You can see the bright lights in [F#] the city below, _ _ in [C#] the place where you once called your home.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] And I'm sure you can still [Fm] hear the laughter and noise [A#m] of your kids as they run and [G#] they play.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] And you thought you were doing the [A#m] best that you [F#] could, _ _ but [C#] it just didn't [G#] work out _ that way.
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[F#] Just didn't work out, _
[C#] just didn't work out, _ [D#m]
just didn't [G#] work out that [C#]
way.
_ _ _ _ [F#] You thought you were _ doing [C#] the best that you could, _ but [G#] it just didn't work out that [C#] way.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And your mother's long gone, _ and [F#] your father's too, _ _ [C#] and there's times that you [F#] wish you [G#] were dead.
_ _ _ _ [A#] And [C#] this morning the nurse took your [F#] whiskey away, _ _ [C#] and she said you're not [D#] right in the [C#] head.
_ _ _ _ [F#] And when your wife _ calls, you [C#] can't think of her name, _ [A#m] and her visits get [F#] shorter each [G#] _ day.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] And you wish in your heart you [F#] could walk out that door, _ _ but [C#] it just _ [G#] doesn't work out that way.
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Just didn't work [F#] out, _ [C#] _
just didn't work out, _ [D#m] _
just [G#] didn't work out [C#] that way.
_ _ [C#] _ You [F#] thought you were [D#] doing [C#] the best that you could, _ _ [G#] but it just didn't work out that [C#] way. _
_ _ _ _ I can see you've been thinking _ _ [F#] again of the past, and the [C#] place where the tall cedar _ [G#] grows. _
_ _ You remember the evening _ you [F#] planted the tree, _ and [G#] I'm sure _ that nobody _ else does. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ And [F#] it grew to the sky _ [C#] as the years drifted by, _ [A#m] and I'm sure [F#] it's still standing _ _ [G#] today. _ _
_ _ _ _ But [C#] Matthew, it's somebody _ _ [F#] else's tree now, _ _ cause [C#] it just _ didn't work out that way.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Just didn't work out, _ [C#] just didn't work out, _ [D#m] _ just didn't [D#] work out that [C#] way. _
_ _ _ [F#] You thought you were doing [C#] the best that you could, but it [G#m] just didn't work out _ [C#] that way. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So close your eyes, Matthew, _ say [F#m] goodnight to the world.
_ _ There's a better [C#] one waiting for you.
_ [G#] _ _ _ Your time here is over, it's [F#]
time to move on.
_ _ [C#] There's nothing here left you can do.
_ _ _ _ [F#] But you could have moved mountains _ [C#] and danced on the moon.
_ [A#m] You could have turned [D#m] night _ [G#] into day.
_ _ _ And [C#] you thought you were doing [F#] the best that you could, _ _ but [C#] it just _ didn't [G#] work out that [C#] way. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Just didn't work [A#] out, _
[C#] just didn't [A#m] work out, [D#m]
just didn't [G#] work out [C#] that way.
_ _ _ _ [F#] You thought you were _ doing [C#] the best that you could, _ [D#m] but it just didn't [G#] work out [C#] that way. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Just didn't work out, _ [C#] just [A#m] didn't work out, _ [D#m] just didn't [G#] work out that [C#] _ way. _
_ _ You [F#] thought you were _ doing [C#] the best that you could, [A#m] _ _ _ but [G#] it just _ _ didn't work out _ that way. _ _ _ _ _
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