This song was originally done by Status Quo but I figured it out listening to the Camper Van Beethoven version. I used to play this with a band and it usually got a decent response from the audience. If you don't have a violin to play the solo lines try a heavy distortion/wah pedal combo. Listen to the tune some to make sure you get the right rhythms because it is not always straight forward.
E---------------------------------------------------------------- B--1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------ A---------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- Do the intro once just with the line, then the chords come in for the second time, You can just hold a D chord for the second half of the intro line if you prefer. The first verse comes in and is played on top of those four chords in the same rhythm
D F C G x5 When I look up to the sky I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow, (yellow). Rush home to bed, I shake my head, I see your face underneath my pillow (pillow). I wake the next morning, tired still yawning, I see your face looking through my window. [Hold a D here to go into the chorus]
Chorus G G A A D x3 Pictures of Matchstick Men and you Images of Matchstick Men and you All I ever see is them and you
D F C G w/intro x2 intro byitsel once intro with chords once Middle section B F C+(little riff you can figure out) Windows echo your reflection, whenI look in your direction, now B F D :one stroke followed by rest: Fake faces haunting me, Your face just won't leave me, alone.
Chorus
Out with chords from verse, solo over it if you want, background vocals as follows-
You are.... Your in the sky Your with the sky You make men cry
