Matchmaker    (video)    (midi)

 

       C                                       Am

1. Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match,

     C7

    find me a find, catch me a catch,

       C                                      C7

    matchmaker, matchmaker look through your book

               F               G          C

    and make me a perfect match !

 

        C                                    Am

2. Matchmaker, matchmaker, I'll bring the veil,

     C7

    you bring the groom slender and pale.

       C                               C7

    Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be

            F         G     C

    the envy of all I see !

 

            Fm       Bb

    For poppa make him a scholar,

             D#                       Cm

    for momma make him rich as a king,

          Dm        G

    for me, well, I wouldn't holler

      Cm               C7                 Fm C#

   if he were as handsome as anything

 

       C                                       Am

3. Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match,

     C7

    find me a find, catch me a catch,

     C                                  C7

    night after night in the dark I'm alone,

          F                        G         C

    so find me a match of my own.

 

(middle part left out here)

 

       C                                      Am

4. Matchmaker, matchmaker you know that I'm

     C7

    still very young, please, take your time.

     C                            C7

    Up to this minute I misunderstood

           F                  G            C

    that I could get stuck for good.

 

              Fm      Bb

    Dear Yenta, see that he's gentle,

           D#                     Cm

    remember you were also a bride.

          Dm       G

    It's not that I'm sentimental,

Cm   C7               Fm  C#

   it's just that I'm terrified.

 

       C                                        Am

5. Matchmaker, matchmaker, plan me no plans,

    C7

    I'm in no rush, maybe I've learned.

        C                                C7

    Playing with matches a girl can get burned,

           F                Dm      F                   Dm

    so bring me no ring, groom me no groom,

       F             Dm    F                  G

    find me no find, catch me no catch,

         F                  G     G7     C

    unless he's a matchless match !

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (J. Bock / S. Harnick)