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PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN
As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1968 Album PICTURESQUE MACHTSTICKABLE MESSAGES)
Words and Music by Francis Rossi
Transcribed by Slowhand
D F C G
x x 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 x 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 4 3 3
A Bb
x 0 2 2 2 0 x 1 3 3 3 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=97
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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D F C G
Gtr II
H H H H
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/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10--10-10-10-10-8-8-8-|-/12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
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D D
H H H H
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/ / / /
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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Verse
D F C G D F C G
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W 3x
||---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||---------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
Pre-Chorus Chorus
$
D D G A D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E S S E Q E E S S E Q W E E S S E Q Q
|---------7-8p7-8-|-7----7-8p7-8-7--|-------------|---7-8p7-8-7------|
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To Coda
G A D G A D F
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W E E S S E Q Q W W
|-------------|---7-8p7-8-7-----|-------------|--------------|
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C G D F C G D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W E E S S E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---7-8p7-8-7-------|
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D
Q Q Q Q W W
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/ / / /
E E S S E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---7-8p7-8-7-----|-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-|-/12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-|
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W W
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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D F C G
Gtr II
H H H H
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/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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D D
H H H H
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/ / / /
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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Bridge
Bb F C C
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W H E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E
|----------------|--------------|-------3S5-5-6-5-6-|---3---3S5-5-5-6p5h6-|
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D.S. al Coda
Bb F A D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|-5-5-------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5-5------------|-7-7---7-8-7-5-7-|
|--------------|--------------|-6-6---7-6-4-6--|-7-7-------------|
|--------------|--------------|-7-7------------|-----------------|
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Interlude
&
F C G D F C G
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
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D F C G
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W
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/ / / / / / / /
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W W
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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D F C G
H H H H
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/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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D F C G
H H H H
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/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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