Matthew Mark Luke And John chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G+G            D MajorD
Come down and show us what's wrong

Verse:
            C majorC
When every word's been sung or spoken
  G+G          D MajorD
And bygone battles have been lost or won
            C majorC
When all is mended that once was broken
  G+G          D MajorD
Who crawled will surely run

Verse:
              C majorC
And when all our creeds and all of our deeds
  G+G        D MajorD
Are centred on each other's needs
          C majorC
When men depend on harmonies
  G+G         D MajorD
The world will have begun

Chorus:
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    G+G
Are you really real, do you love every one?
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G+G            D MajorD
Come down and show us what's wrong

Verse:
               C majorC
If the sins of the father are also the son's
   G+G             D MajorD
What chance do we have in this game
             C majorC
Everything's blacker, we argue with guns
   G+G           D MajorD
With money we burn and we maim

Verse:
                 C majorC
And is it all for a reason, this game without end
   G+G           D MajorD
To be rich, you have to have poor
                C majorC
And is feasting to famine, like sitting to standing
  G+G            D MajorD
Or is there a hole in god's door?

Chorus:
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    G+G
Are you really real, do you love every one?
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G+G            D MajorD
Come down and show us what's wrong

Instrumental:
D MajorD  C majorC G+G D MajorD x4

Chorus:
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and Paul
     G+G
Are your fingers in your ears, can you hear us at all
C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
   G+G            D MajorD
Come down and show us what's wrong