[Intro]
[G]  [Am]  [Bm]  [C]  (x2)

[Verse 1]
[G]               [Am]              [Bm]              [C]
Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands
            [G]              [Am]             [Bm]              [C]
When I'm over hearing elder ladies as the rumours start to fly
                       [G]                 [Am]              [Bm]
You can hear 'em in the schoolyard, in a scrapyard, in a chip shop,
     [C]                [G]                  [Am]               [Bm]              [C]
in a phone box, in the pool hall, at the shoe store, every corner turned around

[Verse 2]
                  [G]                    [Am]             [Bm]                  [C]
It started with a schoolgirl, who was running, running home to her mum and dad
                      [G]               [Am]                [Bm]              [C]
She told them she was playing, in the change room of her local football side
                     [G]                    [Am]                            [Bm]
They said tell us again, so she told them again, they said tell us the truth they
                  [C]
found it hard to believe
                    [G]                     [Am]                     [Bm]
cause he taught our steve, he even trained me, taught uncle John who's a father of
[C]
three

[Chorus 1]
            [Am]                 [Bm]              [C]
But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
        [Am]                  [C]      [D]
It only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees, a thousand trees

[Verse 3]
                  [G]                 [Am]                       [Bm]                [C]
You see it in the classroom, in the swimming pool, where the matchstick men are made
       [G]                  [Am]                  [Bm]                [C]
In the scouts hall, at the football, where the wise we trust are paid
                  [G]                         [Am]
They all honour his name, he did a lot for the game
[Bm]
He got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
              [G]                  [Am]                           [Bm]
But now there ripping them down, stamping the ground, picture gathers dust
                     [C]
behind the bar in the lounge

[Chorus 2]
            [Am]                  [Bm]            [C]
But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
        [Am]                  [C]      [D]
It only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees, a thousand trees

[Bridge]
[D]          [C]
Wake up, smell the rain
[D]          [C]
Shake up he's back to stay
[D]             [C]
He hasn't been on a holiday
[D]                 [Am]       [C]                 [D]
His growing seeds don't believe why he's been, yeaah
 [G]   [Am]   [Bm]   [C] (x2)

[Verse 4] (Mellow/Acoustic Feel)
            [G]             [Am]         [Bm]              [C]
Away in the schoolyard, change room, playing fields bathroom
[G]           [Am]             [Bm]             [C]
Phonebox, office box, every corner turned around,
                       [G]                  [Am]
They keep doubting the flame, tossing the blame,
            [Bm]                    [C]
He got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates,
        [G]                   [Am]
But now there ripping them down, stamping the ground,
[Bm]                      [C]
Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge

[Chorus 3]
            [Am]                  [Bm]            [C]
But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches,
        [Am]                  [C]      [D]
It only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees.