MATTHEW & SON       (Listen to sample)

 

    Dm         

1. Up at eight, you can't be late

            C                    Dm

    for Matthew & Son, he won't wait.

 

    Watch them run down to platform one

                 C                    Dm

    for the eight-thirty train to Matthew & Son.

 

  A           

Matthew & Son,  the work's never done,

                                           G

there's always something new.

         A                             

The files in your head, you take them to bed,

                                  G

you`re never ever through.

                             D             G         A         G       D-G-A-D-d

And they've been working all day, all day, all day.

 

                    Dm

2. There's a five minute break and that's all you take

              C                                   Dm

    for a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cake. + CHORUS

 

  Dm                                                 G                     Dm

3.    He's got people who've been working, for fifty years,

                                         G                                 Dm

    no one asks for more money, `cause nobody dares.

                                               G                                     Dm    - G

    even though they're pretty low and, their rent's in arrears.

        A                       G                       A

     Matthew & Son, Matthew & Son, Matthew & Son

       G                                                   D               G

    Matthew & Son, and they`ve been working all day,

          A          D  D-G-A-D

    all day, all day.                           

 

    (Cat Stevens)