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

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

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

[Chorus]
            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 hasnt been on a holiday
D                 Am       C                 D
His growing seeds dont believe why he's been, yeaah

G   Am   Bm   C (x2)

[Verse 4] (mellow)
            G             Am         Bm             
Away in the schoolyard, change room, playing fields 
 C
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]
            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 treees.