Matchbox tab by Carl Perkins
Guitar tabs
MATCHBOX As recorded by Carl Perkins (From the 1957 Album DANCE ALBUM) Words and Music by Carl Lee Perkins Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Perkins - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jay Parkins - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=180(8=s8) A 4/4 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----| |-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----| |-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----| |-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0-----3p0-|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Chorus
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-----0-0-----||-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0------|
|-----3p0-----3p0-||-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0-----3p0--|
D7 A
E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------|
|--------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------|
|-2-2----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2---2-2-2-4-2--|
|-0-0-2--3--4--|-----------------|-----------------|-0---4------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|-----------------|--------------|-2-2---2-2-2---2--|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2---2-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|---2----------|-2-2---2-2-2---2--|
|-------------4---|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|---2----------|-0---4-------4----|
|-----------------|-0---4-------4---|-0---2--3--4--|------------------|
1st Verse
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-------0-------||-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----3-------3---||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|------------------|
Chorus
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-||-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|------------------|
Guitar Solo
A
E E E E E E E E Q q Q Q
|-----------------||--------------------|
|-----------------||-----/5---/5\-------|
|-----------------||--------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----||--------------------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-||--------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------------|
|-----------5-5---||--------------------|
|-----------6-6---||--------------------|
|-2-2-----2-------||-2-2-------2--2-----|
|-0-0-3-4-0-------||-0-0--3-4--0--0-3-4-|
|-----------------||--------------------|
|--3--|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|-----/5-----------|---5------------------|
|--------7-5---5-7-|-8---8p7p==6-5---5-7--|
|------------7-----|---------------7------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2------2-2-----|-2-2---------2-2------|
|-0-0--3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3---4---0-0-3-4--|
|------------------|----------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E S E. E S S E E E E
|-----5-8b8.5-5-------|----------------------|
|-5-x-----------7-5---|----------------------|
|-------------------7-|-7-5------5h7p5---5-7-|
|---------------------|--------7-------7-----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-2----2-------2-2-----|
|-2-2---------2-2-----|-0----0-3-4---0-0-3-4-|
|-0-0-3-4-----0-0-3-4-|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
A
E E a Q E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|---5---------------|----------------------|
|-8---8s7---5---5---|-----------------5----|
|-------------7---7-|-(7)-5h7p5---5-7---7--|
|-------------------|-----------7----------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-------2-2-----|----------------------|
|-0-0---3-4-0-0-3-4-|--2--2-------2-2------|
|-------------------|--0--0---3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-------------------|----------------------|
E
S S E E a E +E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---5-[5]-----------|
|-----------------5-7-5-|-8-----------5---5-|
|-5h7p5---5h7-(7)-------|---------------7---|
|-------7---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-2---2--------2--2-----|-------------------|
|-0---0-3---4--0--0-3-4-|-2-2-------2-2-----|
|-----------------------|-0-0--3--4-0-0-3-4-|
D A
E E e E E E E a E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----5-------------|-------------------|
|-7-8-----7-5-------|-----------7-5-7-0-|
|-------7-----7-5h7-|-(7)---5-7---------|
|-------------------|-----7-------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------2-2-2-----|-------------------|
|---------0-0-0-----|--2--2-----2-2-----|
|-2-2---------------|--0--0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-------------------|
2nd Verse
A
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5tr7-----5tr7-(5tr7)---5---||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
|--------7-------------7-----||-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W W
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-2----2---------2-----2-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-3-4-----0-----0-3-4-||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
Chorus
A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----||-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-||-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-2---|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4---------|
Guitar Solo
A A
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------5-8-5----|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----/5---/5\-------|-----/5-7-------8--|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----||--------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-2-2-------2--2-----|-2-2------2-2------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0-0--3-4--0--0-3-4-|-0-0--3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E +E a Q E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-5-------------5-|-----------------------|
|---7-5---5-7-8---|-7s9-7-5---------------|
|-------7---------|---------7-(7)-5h7-----|
|-----------------|---------------------7-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|---2-2------2----2-----|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|---0-0-3-4--0----0-3-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
D
a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-5-7-5-----------|
|-----------------5-7-|-------7-5---5---|
|-5h7p5---5-(5)-7-----|-----------7---7-|
|-------7-------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---2-2------2--2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|
|---0-0-3-4--0--0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
A E
|--3--|
+E S S E E E E E E E E E E a E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------8--|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-5---5------------|
|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-7-8-|---8---7-5--------|
|-(7)-5h7p5-5---5-7-0-|-------5---5h7-(7)-------|-----------7-5----|
|-------------7-------|---------7---------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|--2--2-------2-2-----|-2---2----------2--2-----|------------------|
|--0--0---3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0---0---3---4--0--0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
A
+E S S E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E
|-(8)---5-------------|---------------------|
|-----x---8-----------|---------------------|
|-----------9-7-x-5---|-------------------5-|
|-------------------7-|-(7)-0h7p5---7-----7-|
|---------------------|-----------7---0-0---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--2--2-------2-2-----|
|--2--2-------2-2-----|--0--0---3-4-0-0-3-4-|
|--0--0---3-4-0-0-3-4-|---------------------|
Chorus
A
Gtrs I, II
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----x-------------||------------------|
|-----x-------------||------------------|
|-(5)-------2-2-----||------------------|
|-(7)-------2-2-----||-2-2-----2-2------|
|-----------0-0-----||-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-------3p0-----3p0-||------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|
|--2--2-----2-2-----||------------------|
|--0--0-3-4-0-0-3-4-||------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4--|
D A A7
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E a Q. q q E E E E Q Q +W
|-----------------|--------------------|------------5--|-(5)----*|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------2-------|--------*|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----2--------------|-------2----6--|-(6)----*|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|------------0---1---|-2-2-4---------|--------*|
|-----------------|---3h4--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q +W
|-----------------|--------------------|------------0--|-(0)----*|
|-----------------|--------------------|------------2--|-(2)----*|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2---2------2-2-----|-2-2---2----0--|-(0)----*|
|-0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|-2---2------2-2-----|-2-2---2----2--|-(2)----*|
|-----------------|-0---0------0-0-----|-0-0---0----0--|-(0)----*|
|-----------------|--------3p0-----3p0-|-----3---------|--------*|
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
- 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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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