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G I'm over here in
Am elder ladies
G as the rumors
C start to fly.
G Hear them in the school yard,
Am in the scrap yard,
G in the chip shop,
C in the phone
G box,.
in the pool
A hall, at the shoe
G store, every corner turned
C around.
G Standing with a school girl
A who was running,
G running home
C to her mom and dad.
Told them
G she was playing
A in the change room
G of the
C locker room from beside her.
Said tell
G us again, told
A him again, tell
G us the truth,
C he found it hard to believe.
cause he
G thought I was Steve, he
A betrayed me.
G Thought I could
C jive with a father of three.
Am Only takes one tree
F to make a
C thousand matches.
Am Only takes one match
F to
C burn a
G thousand _
A _ _ .
Bm _
C trees.
_
G _ _
A _ _ .
G _ _
C _ See it in
G the
A classroom, or the swimming pool,
G or the match
C that you never
G met.
At the
A scout's home, at the football,
G or the
C Wazoo trust.
Hey they
G all honor his name, did a lot for
A the
G game.
He had his name
C marked up above the sports
G ground gates.
And they're ripping
A them down, stamping
G the ground.
He took
C all his best in the
Am bar, no longer takes one tree.
F To
C make a thousand matches, only
Am takes one match.
F To
C burn a thousand
G _ _
A _ .
_
G C trees, _
G thousand _
Am _ .
_
G C trees.
_ _
D _ Wake up,
F C smell the
D rain, check
F out his
C back.
He said _
D he hasn't been
F on a _
C holiday.
_
D _ Growing
F seeds, don't
C believe, while
G he's
Am been
Em.
away.
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G _
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G _ _ _
Am _ _ .
G _ _
C _
G _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ In the school yard, change room, playing
C fields,
G bathroom, phone box, office blocks.
Harness
C turned around, he
G died in the flame, tossing the blame.
Got his name marked
C up above the
G sports ground gates.
Now they're ripping him down, stamping the ground.
He took all his
C best in the bar, no
Am longer takes one tree.
F To make
C a thousand matches,
Am only takes one match.
F To
C burn a
G thousand _
Am _ _ .
G trees,
C _
G thousand _
Am _ _ .
G trees.
C _ _
G _
Am Thousand trees,
G _ _
C _
G thousand _
A _ _ .
G C trees.
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