At Least You Left The Matches

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Date: 12/2/2023
From: Johnny Nichols
Subject: k/kershaw_sammy/at_least_you_left_the_matches.crd

Song:    At Least You Left The Matches
Artist:  Sammy Kershaw
Album:   Labor of Love

[Intro]
 G Em C D

[Verse 1]
 G
 We met at the Broken Spoke
 Em
 restaurant and lounge
   C
 I lit your cigarette
        D7                 D
Then you wrote your number down
       G
On the inside of a matchbook
         Em
that was laying on the bar
      C
And a fire started burning
D7       D      G
somewhere in my heart

  G
I didn't see it coming
        Em
guess I didn't read the signs
       C
I just never thought you'ld leave me
D7             D
after all this time
    G
But today when I came home
           Em
my key was hollow in the door
          C
There was nothin' but a worn out
        D7      D      G
book of matches on the floor

[Chorus]
             C
You took the bed
             D7              D
you took the dishes and the car
             G
You broke my trust
             D7              D
and you took advantage of my heart
                C
And you left me here
            Em                  D
with empty rooms and walls with holes
               C
and scares and scratches
     Em                   D                C
If I find the strength to burn your memory down
D7  D                 G
At least you left the matches

[Verse 2]
    G
The colors old and faded
    Em
the covers worn and stained
          C
But I can still make out the numbers
        D7                D
and the heart beside your name
      G
Until tonight they'd only
      Em
lit a single cigarette
    C
Now one-by-one I'm striking them
   D          G
to help me to forget
    Em        D             C
And everybody at the Broken Spoke
              Em               D           C
Well they all thought my crazy story was a joke
            Em             D
Now they're all out in the parking lot
C
staring at the smoke

[Chorus]
             C
You took the bed
            D7               D
you took the dishes and the car
              G
You broke my trust
             D7              D
and you took advantage of my heart
                 C
And you left me here
           Em                   D
with empty rooms and walls with holes
               C
and scares and scratches
         Em                    D                C
Now I've found the strength to burn your memory down
D7     D                  G
Oh, at least you left the matches
     Em                 D               C
Baby all that's left of our love now is ashes
D                      G
Thank God you left the matches

[Outro]
Em D7 G

Transcribed by:
       Johnny Nichols 12/2/2023