Motel Matches
Elvis Costello Key
Am
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C C
Somewhere in the distance I can hear
F
„Who Shot Sam?"
G G
This is my conviction, that I am an
C
innocent man
C C/B D E F
Though you say I'm unkind
F F
I'm being as nice as I can
Chorus
Am Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches
Am F
I struck lucky with motel matches
G F
Falling for you without a second look
G F
Falling out of your open pocketbook
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
Instrumental
C C/B D E F
F E D
Verse 2
C F
I wake with the siren in an Emergency
G
Though your mind is full of love
G C
In your eyes there is a vacancy
C C/B D E F
And you know what I'll do
F F
When the light outside changes from red to blue
Chorus
Am Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches
Am F
I struck lucky with motel matches
G F
Falling for you without a second look
G F
Falling out of your open pocketbook
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
Instrumental
C C/B D E F
F E D
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
C C/B D E F
F E D
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
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