Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me,
Gm A7aug Dm
You been here seven years longer than me.
Gm A7aug Dm
Don't you know you're 'sposed to be the man?
Gm A7aug Dm
Not pale in com-parison to who you think I am.
Gm A7aug Dm
You always wanna talk it through; I don't care!
Gm A7aug Dm
I always have to comfort you, when I'm there.
Gm A7aug Dm
But that's what I need you to do; stroke my hair.
F6 G9
'Cos I've forgotten all of young love's joy,
F6 G9
Feel like a lady, but you my lady boy.
Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me,
Gm A7aug Dm
But instead you're longer than frozen turkey.
Gm A7aug Dm
Why'd you always put me in con-trol?
Gm A7aug Dm
All I need is for my man to live up to his role.
Gm A7aug Dm
Always wanna talk it through; I'm O-K.
Gm A7aug Dm
Always have to comfort you, every day.
Gm A7aug Dm
But that's what I need you to do; are you gay?
F6 G9
'Cos I've forgotten all of young love's joy,
F6 G9
Feel like a lady, but you my lady boy.
Gm A7aug Dm
He said; "the respect I made you earn,
Gm A7aug Dm
Thought you had so many lessons to learn".
Gm A7aug Dm
I said; "you don't know what love is; get a grip!
Gm A7aug Dm
Sounds as if you're reading from some other tired script".
Gm A7aug Dm
I'm not gonna meet your mother, any-time.
Gm A7aug Dm
I just wanna grip your body, over mine.
Gm A7aug Dm
Please tell me why you think that's a crime.
F6 G9
'Cos I've forgotten all of young love's joy,
F6 G9
Feel like a lady, but you my lady boy.
Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me,
Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me.
Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me,
Gm A7aug Dm
You should be stronger than me.
Gm A7, Dm7 (x8)
Gm A7aug Dm F6 G9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
Lent you Out-si -daz, and my new Badu.
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
While I was thinking, I didn't have a clue.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
Tough to sort files, with your voice in my head.
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
So then I bribed you downstairs, with a Marlboro Red.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
And although my pride, yeah, is not easy to dis-turb,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
You sent me flying, when you kicked me to the kerb.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
With your battered jeans, and your Beasties tee,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
Now I can't work like this, with you next to me.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
And although he is no -thing, in the scheme of my years,
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
It just serves to bludgeon, my futile tears.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
And I'm not used to this; I observe, I don't chase.
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
But now I'm sick with conse-quences, thrust in my face.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
And although my pride, yeah, is not easy to dis-turb,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
You sent me flying, when you kicked me to the kerb.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
With your battered jeans, and your Beasties tee,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
Now I can't work like this, with you next to me.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
His message was bru-tal, but the delivery was kind.
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
Maybe if I get this down, I'll get it off my mind.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm
It serves to con-dition me, and smoothen my kinks,
Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 A7aug Dm
Despite my frus-tration, for the way that he thinks.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
And although my pride, yeah, is not easy to dis-turb,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
You sent me flying, when you kicked me to the kerb.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
With your battered jeans, and your Beasties tee,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
Now I can't work like this, with you next to me.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
And although my pride, yeah, is not easy to dis-turb,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
You sent me flying, when you kicked me to the kerb.
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
With your battered jeans, and your Beasties tee,
Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
Now I can't work like this, with you next to me.
Gm7 Am7 A7aug Dm Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Em7b5 Cm/F Ebmaj7 Dm7b5 G7/D Cm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dmaj7 E9
Her name is Cherry, we've just met,
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
But al-ready she knows me better than you.
Dmaj7 E9
She under-stands me, after eighteen years,
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
And you still don't see me like you ought to do.
Em9 A7
Maybe we could talk 'bout things,
Dmaj7
If you was made of wood and strings.
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
While I love her every sound, I dunno how to tune you down.
Em9 A7
You're so thick and my patience thin,
Dmaj7
So I got me a new best friend.
Em9 A7 Dm7
With a pickup that puts you to shame; and cherry is her name.
Dmaj7 E9
And when I'm lonely; Cherry's there,
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
And she plays along while I sing out my blues.
Dmaj7 E9
I could be crying and you don't care,
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
You won't call me back; you're stubborn as a mule.
Em9 A7
Maybe we could talk 'bout things,
Dmaj7
If you was made of wood and strings.
Em9 A7 Dmaj7
You might think I've gone too far;
Em9 A7 Dmaj7 (n.C)
I'm talking 'bout my new guitar.
Dmaj7 E9 Em9 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: Eb)
C6 B7#9
You're just a little boy, underneath that hat,
C Aaug7 A7b9
Dm7 Fm7
You think everything gets handed to you free.
Em7 A7sus4 A7b9
But it's not that ea-sy, no.
Dm9 G7b9
I gotta know you now; we may never meet again.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now, and then.
C6 B7#9
My girl says I'm too sensi-tive to ride with you,
C Aaug7 A7b9
Dm7 Fm7
Yes, I'm perceptive, so when I've done with you;
Em7 A7sus4 A7b9
You'll wish your head back the way it were, as you were.
Dm9 G7b9
I gotta know you now; we may never meet again.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now, and then.
Dm7 Fm7
Oh, I'm not ruling you out, I'm just in doubt,
Em7 A7sus4 A7b9 (n.C)
As to what you say you're all a-bout, yeah.
Dm9 G7b9
I gotta know you now; we may never meet again.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now, and then.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now, and then.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now; we may never meet a-gain.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now; we may never meet a-gain.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now; we may never meet a-gain.
Cmaj9 Gaug Cmaj9 Gaug
I gotta know you now; we may never meet a-gain.
Cmaj9 Gaug, Cmaj9
(Repeat to Fade)
C6 B7#9 C Aaug7 A7b9 Dm7 Fm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Em7 A7sus4 Dm9 G7b9 Cmaj9 Gaug
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
When you walk in the bar, and you dressed like a star,
C Bm G
Rockin' your F me pumps.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
And the men notice you, with your Gucci bag crew,
C Bm G
Can't tell who he's lookin' to.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
'Cos you all look the same; every-one knows your name,
C Bm G
And that's you whole claim to fame.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
Ne-ver miss a night, 'cuz your dream in life,
C Bm G
Is to be a foot-ballers wife.
Am D
You don't like players, that's what you say-a,
G C
But you really wouldn't mind a million-aire.
Am D
You don't like ballers, they don't do nothing for ya,
G C
But you'd love a rich man, six feet two or taller.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
You're more than a fan, look-in' for a man,
C Bm G
But you end up with one-night-stands.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
He could be your whole life, if you got past one night,
C Bm G
But that part never goes right.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
In the morning you're vexed, he's onto the next,
C Bm G
And you didn't even get no taste.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
Don't be too up-set, if they call you a skank,
C Bm G
'Cos like the news; every-day you get pressed.
Am D
You don't like players, that's what you say-a,
G C
But you really wouldn't mind a million-aire.
Am D
You don't like ballers, they don't do nothing for ya,
G C
But you'd love a rich man, six feet two or taller.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
You can't sit down right, 'cos you jeans are too tight,
C Bm G
And your lucky it's ladies night.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
With your big empty purse, every week it gets worse,
C Bm G
At least your breasts cost more than hers.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
So you did Mia-mi, 'cos you got there for free,
C Bm G
But somehow, you missed the plane.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
You did too much E; met somebo-dy,
C Bm G
And spent the night getting caned.
Am D
Without girls like you, there'd be no fun;
G C
We'd go to the club, and not see any-one.
Am D
Without girls like you, there's no night-life,
G C
All those men just go home to their wives.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
Don't be mad at me, 'cos you're pushing thir-ty,
C Bm G
And your old tricks no longer work.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6
You should have known from the job, that you always get dumped;
C Bm G
So dust off your fuck me pumps.
Bsus4 Bm7 Dm Fm6 C Bm G Am D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 Cmaj7
I couldn't resist him,
Cmaj7 C#maj7
His eyes were like yours,
Dmaj7 F#m7b5 B9
His hair was exactly the shade of brown.
Em7 Em7b5
He's just not as tall, but I couldn't tell;
Dmaj7
It was dark and I was lying down...
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 Cmaj7
You are everything,
Cmaj7 C#maj7
He means nothing to me,
Dmaj7 F#m7b5 B9
I can't even remember his name.
Em7 Em7b5
Why you so upset? Baby, you weren't there,
Dmaj7 A7sus4 A7
But I was thinking of you when I came.
F#m7 B9 E9
What do you ex-pect? You left me here, alone.
A6 A7
I drank so much and needed to touch.
F#m7 B9 E9
Don't over-react; I pretended he was you.
A6 A7
You wouldn't want me to be lonely.
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C#maj7
How do I put it so you understand?
Dmaj7 F#m7b5 B9
I didn't let him hold my hand.
Em7 Em7b5
But he looked like you, yes, he looked like you,
Dmaj7 F#m7b5 B9
No, he wasn't you...
Em7 Em7b5
But you can still trust me; this ain't infidelity.
Dmaj7 F#m7b5 B9
This ain't cheating; you were on my mind.
Em7 G/A A13 Dmaj7
Yes, he looked like you; but I heard love is blind.
Dmaj7 C#maj7 Cmaj7 F#m7b5 B9 Em7 Em7b5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F#m7 E9 A7sus4 A7 A6 G/A A13
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
C/D
Gmaj7 Am7
There I go, there I go, there I go, there I go,
C/D Daug Gmaj7
Pretty baby, you are the soul; snaps my control.
Bm7
Such a funny thing,
A#m7 Am7
But every time you're near me I never can behave.
D7
You give me a smile and I'm wrapped up in your magic.
Bm7 E7b9
There's music all a-round me,
Am7 D7b9 Gmaj7
Crazy music; music that keeps calling me so...
Gmaj7 Am7
Very close to you; turns me into your slave,
Daug
Come on and do with me; any little thing that you want to.
Gmaj7
Anything, baby; just let me get next to you.
Bm7 A#m7 Am7
So am I insane, or do I really see Heaven in your eyes?
D7
Bright as stars that shine up above you,
Gmaj7 G7
In the clear blue sky; how I worry bout you.
Am7
Just can't live my life without you,
D7 Gmaj7
Baby, come here; don't have no fear.
Am7
Oh, is there a wonder why,
D7 Gmaj7
I'm really feeling in the mood for love? So tell me;
C#m7b5 F#7b9 Bm E7
Why, stop to think about this weather, my dear?
A7
This little dream might fade away.
D7 D7#9
There I go talking out of my head again. Baby, won't you;
Gmaj7
Come and put our two hearts together,
Am7
That would make me strong and brave.
C/D Daug Gmaj7
Oh, when we are one; I'm not a-fraid, I'm not afraid.
Bm7 A#m7 Am7
If there's a cloud up a-bove us, come on and let it rain,
C/D D7
I'm sure our love together would endure a hurri-cane.
Gmaj7
Ooh my baby, won't you please let me love you?
And get a release from this awful misery.
Am7 Gmaj7
What is all this talk about loving me my sweet?
Am7 D7 Gmaj7
I am not a-fraid, not any-more, not like be-fore. Don't you understand me?
C#m7b5 F#7b9 Bm E7
Now baby, please, pull yourself to-gether, do it soon;
Am7
My soul's on fire; come on and take me,
D7 D7#9
I'll be what you make me, my darling.
Am7 Daug
Oh baby, you make me feel so good, let me take you by the hand.
Gmaj7 Daug7 Gmaj7
Come let us visit out there, in that new promised Land.
Bm7 A#m7 Am7
Maybe there we can find a good place to keep a lovin' state of mind?
D7#9
James Moody, would you come on hit me?
Gm9
You can blow now if you want to; I'm through...
C#m9 G#m7 Dmaj7, F#m G#7,
C#m9 G#m7 Dmaj7, G#aug7
C/D Am7 Daug Gmaj7 Bm7 A#m7 D7 E7b9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
D7b9 C#m7b5 F#7b9 Bm E7 A7 D7#9 Gm9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
C#m9 G#m7 Dmaj7 F#m G#7 G#aug7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
A/B B7#11
Emaj7 A9 G#m7 E/G#
There is no greater love, than what I feel for you.
F# F#m7 F#m7/B B7#11
No sweeter song, no heart so true.
B7#11 Emaj7 A9 G#m7 E/G#
There is no greater thrill, than what you bring to me.
F# A/B Emaj7
No sweeter song, than what you sing, sing to me.
Ebm7b5 G#7 C#m Ebm7b5 G#7 C#m
You're the sweetest thing, that I... have ever known.
F#9 F#m7 B9
And to think that you are mine alone, you are mine alone.
Emaj7 A9 G#m7 E/G#
There is no greater love, in all the world, it's true.
F# B9 Emaj7
No greater love, than what I feel for... you.
A/B B7#11 Emaj7 A9 G#m7 E/G# F#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F#m7 F#m7/B Ebm7b5 G#7 C#m F#9 B9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: Cm)
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dmaj7
Every thing is slowing down; river of no return.
Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 D7#9
Reco-gnise my every sound, there is nothing new to learn.
You'll never get my mind right, like two ships passing in the night,
Gm
In the night, in the night.
Am7b5 D7#9
Want the same thing where we lay, otherwise mines a different way,
Gm
A different way from where I'm going.
Oh, it's you again, listen; this isn't a reunion;
Gm
So sorry if I turn my head.
Am7b5 D7#9
Yours is a familiar face, but that don't make your place safe,
Gm
In my bed, my bed, my bed.
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 (x3), Dmaj7 D7#9
Am7b5 D7#9, Gm (x4)
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 (x2)
Verse 3:
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dmaj7
Every thing is slowing down; river of no return.
Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 D7#9
Reco-gnise my every sound, there is nothing new to learn.
You'll never get my mind right, like two ships passing in the night,
Gm
In the night, in the night.
Am7b5 D7#9
Want the same thing where we lay, otherwise mines a different way,
Gm
A different way from where I'm going.
Oh, it's you again, listen; this isn't a reunion;
Gm
So sorry if I turn my head.
Am7b5 D7#9
Yours is a familiar face, but that don't make your place safe,
Gm
In my bed, my bed, my ba ba dee dee bed.
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7 (x3), Dmaj7 D7#9
Am7b5 D7#9, Gm (x4)
Dmaj7 Ebmaj7, Dmaj7 D7#9
(Fade)
Am7b5 D7#9 Gm Dmaj7 Ebmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Am, Em (x2)
Verse 1:
Am Em7
Your neighbours were screaming, I don't have a key for downstairs.
A#maj7 Bm7b5 E7
So I punched all the buzzers, hoping you wouldn't be there.
Am Em7
So now my head's hurting, you say I always get my own way..
A#maj7
But you were in the shower, when I got there,
C#m7b5 F#7#9
Bm7 F#m7 Gm7 C7 F#7b9sus4 F#7b9
'Cos you were, so beautiful, be -fore to-day.
Bm7 F#m7 Gm7 C7 Am7b5 D7b9
But then I heard what you got to say; man, that was ugly.
Gmaj7
The Mos-chino bra you bought me last Christmas;
C7
(Put it in the box, put it in the box).
Gmaj7
Frank's in there, and I don't care,
C7
(Put it in the box, put it in the box).
Gmaj7 F#7 Fmaj7 C/D
Just take it, take the box... take the box.
Em Em7, E7#9
Verse 2:
Am Em7
I came home this evening and nothing felt like how it should be.
A#maj7 Bm7b5 E7
I feel like writing you a letter, but that is not me; you know me.
Am Em7
Feel so fucking angry; don't wanna be re-minded of you.
A#maj7
But when I left my shit in your kitchen,
C#m7b5 F#7#9
Bm7 F#m7
Mr False Pretence; you don't make sense,
Gm7 C7 F#7b9sus4 F#7b9
I just don't know you.
Bm7 F#m7
But you make me cry; where's my kiss goodbye?
Gm7 C7 Am7b5 D7b9
I think I love you.
Gmaj7
The Mos-chino bra you bought me last Christmas;
C7
(Put it in the box, put it in the box).
Gmaj7
Frank's in there, and I don't care,
C7
(Put it in the box, put it in the box).
Gmaj7 F#7 Fmaj7 C/D
Just take it, take the box... take the box.
Am Em Em7 A#maj7 Bm7b5 E7 C#m7b5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F#7#9 Bm7 F#m7 Gm7 C7 F#7b9sus4 F#7b9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Am7b5 Gmaj7 F#7 Fmaj7 C/D E7#9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dmaj7 Bm6, Bmaj7 G#m6 (x4)
Verse 1:
Bm7 Am7
Today, my bird flew away; gone to find her big Blue Jay.
Bm7 Am7 C9
Starlight before she took flight, I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland every night.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
I sang a lullaby every night, sang for my Ava every night.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Bm7 Am7
With dread, I woke in my bed, to shooting pains up in my head.
Bm7 Am7 C9
Lovebird, my beautiful bird, spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard.
Bm7 C9
She spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard.
Bm7 C9
She just stopped singing.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Bm7 C9
(Repeat to Fade)
Dmaj7 Bm6 Bmaj7 G#m6 Bm7 Am7 C9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Cmaj7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: Bm)
Am G
Understand; once he was a family man.
Fmaj7 Am
So surely I would never, ever go through it first hand.
Am G
Emulate, all the shit my mother hated.
Fmaj7 Am
I can't help but demonstrate my Freudi-an fate.
Am G
My alibi for ta-king your guy,
Fmaj7 Am
History re-peats itself; it fails to die.
Am G
And animal aggres-sion is my downfall.
Fmaj7 Am
I don't care 'bout what you got; I want it all.
Am G
It's bricked up in my head, and shoved under my bed.
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am G
My destructive side, has grown a mile wide,
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am E7#9
What is it 'bout men?
Am G
I'm nurturing, I just wanna do my thing.
Fmaj7 Am
And I'll take the wrong man as naturally as I sing.
Am G
And I'll save my tears, for uncover-ing my fears.
Fmaj7 Am
For be-havioural patterns that stick o-ver the years.
Am G
It's bricked up in my head, and shoved under my bed.
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am G
My destructive side, has grown a mile wide,
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am G
Ooh, it's bricked up in my head, and shoved under my bed.
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am G
My destructive side, has grown a mile wide,
Am G
And I question myself again; what is it 'bout men?
Am G/A
What is it 'bout men?
Am G, Fmaj7 Am
(Repeat to Fade)
Am G Fmaj7 E7#9 G/A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Amaj7 F#m7, Bm9 E9
Amaj7 F#m7, Bm9 E7b9
Verse 1:
Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 E9
When I walk in your shoes, I understand a man confused.
Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 E9
There must have been, but I don't care, I feel the way your soul does there.
Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 E9
Darling, they empathise, looking through your bloodshot eyes.
Amaj7 Dmaj7
And I know you; you're so frustrated,
C#m7 F#7b9
Besides we all become what we once hated.
Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
Be-sides, nobody, can be that wise.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
You can only get, so much from someone else.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Amaj7 Dmaj7
You've got a degree, a-in philosophy,
C#m7 E9
So you think you're clever-er than me.
Amaj7 Dmaj7
But I'm not just some drama queen,
C#m7 E9
'Cos it's where you're at; not where you've been.
Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 E9
So what do you ex-pect from me, to hold your head a-bove the sea?
Amaj7 Dmaj7
And carry you even though you're bigger,
C#m7 F#7b9
'Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure?
Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
And anyway, we're still so young, and this isn't yesterday.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
You can only get, so much from someone else.
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9
I can't help you, if you won't help your-self.
Dmaj7 Cdim
You might be twenty five, but in my mind,
Amaj7 E/G# F#7
I see you as sixteen years old most the time.
Dmaj7 Cdim
And I'm just a child, and you're full grown,
Bm7 E9
And you are like nothing I've ever known.
Amaj7 F#m7, Bm9 E9, Amaj7 F#m7, Bm9 E7b9
(Repeat to Fade)
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm9 E9 E7b9 Dmaj7 C#m7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F#7b9 Bm7 E7 Cdim E/G# F#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: Cm)
Am D (x4)
Dm G (x4)
Am D (x3) Am (n.C)
Verse 1:
Am D Am D
At-tract me,
Am D Am D
'Till it hurts to concen-trate.
Am D Am D
Dis-tract me;
Am D Am D
Stop me doin' work I hate.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Just to show him how it feels; I walk past his desk in heels.
Am D Am D Am D Am D
One leg resting on the chair, from the side he pulls my hair.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Although I've been here be-fore,
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
He's just too hard to ig-nore.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Mascu-line, you spin a spell, I think you'd wear me well.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am (n.C)
Where's my moral parallel?
Am D Am D
It takes me,
Am D Am D
Half an hour to write a verse.
Am D Am D
He makes me,
Am D Am D
I-magine it from bad to worse.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
My weakness from the other sex, every time his shoulders flex.
Am D Am D
The way the shirt hangs off his back,
Am D Am D
My train of thought spins right off track.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Although I've been here be-fore,
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
He's just too hard to ig-nore.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Mascu-line, you spin a spell, I think you'd wear me well.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am (n.C)
Where's my moral parallel?
Am D Am D
His own style,
Am D Am D
Right down to his Diesel jeans.
Am D Am D
Im-mo-bile;
Am D Am D
I can't think by any means.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Under-wear peeks out the top; I'll let you know where you should stop.
Am D Am D Am D Am D
From the picture my mind drew, I know I'd look good on you.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Although I've been here be-fore,
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
He's just too hard to ig-nore.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Mascu-line, you spin a spell, I think you'd wear me well.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am (n.C)
Where's my moral parallel?
(n.C) Dm G
Creative energy abused, all my lyrics go unused.
Dm G Dm G Dm G, Dm G
And when I clock black hair, blue eyes,
Dm G Dm G Dm G
I drift off; I fanta-sise.
Am D (x4)
Chorus 4:
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Although I've been here be-fore,
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
He's just too hard to ig-nore.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Mascu-line, you spin a spell, I think you'd wear me well.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Where's my moral parallel?
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
Although I've been here be-fore,
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am D
He's just too hard to ig-nore.
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Mascu-line, you spin a spell, I think you'd wear me well.
Am D Am D
(Amy, Amy, Amy),
Am D Am (n.C)
Where's my moral parallel?
Am D Dm G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: C#m)
Am7 D7 Gmaj7, E7sus4 E7,
Amaj7, Am7 D7 Gmaj7, E7sus4 E7
Verse 1:
Amaj7
Brother;
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
There's so much that I could never say to your face.
Amaj7
But by now,
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
You should know the world and all its ways; so find your place.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
How do I find words that do not condescend,
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E
When she bore you be-fore me?
Amaj7 Am7 D7
'Cos she doesn't need a child; she needs a friend.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
A son, not a sob sto-ry. (Ooh, ooh, hoo).
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
And your priority; it must be her.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
'Cos we'll never be the way we were. (Ooh, ooh, hoo).
Amaj7 Am7 D7 Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
She can't always be there, just to hold you down; our mother.
Amaj7 Am7 D7 Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
When you are at an age now, where life turns a-round, my brother.
Amaj7
Realise;
Am7 D7
That you don't have to answer to no man,
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
Re-sponsibility comes down to you.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
But how can I expect you to understand,
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
When you live life like you're so run through?
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
And your priority; it must be her.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
'Cos we'll never be the way we were.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
And your priority; it must be her.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
Now you must look out for her, the way she did for you.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
'Cos we'll never be the way we were.
Amaj7 Am7 D7
The way we were, we'll never be.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh).
Amaj7 Am7 D7
And your pri-ority it must be her.
Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7
(Ooh, ooh, hoo).
Amaj7, Am7 D7 Gmaj7, E7sus4 E7
(Repeat to Fade)
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 E7sus4 E7 Amaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
(Original Key: Cm)
Am7 D9 (x4)
Verse 1:
Am7 D9 G7b9 Am7
Every day I see you, my hands were made for you.
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Eaug7 Am7
And you always give me stress free point of view.
D9
Pick you up after school.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
(Mr. Magic), take a token, (Mr. Magic), of my love.
Cmaj7 E7 (n.C) (Am7)
(Mr. Magic), I see you through the smoke.
Am7 D9 (x2)
Verse 2:
Am7 D9 G7b9 Am7
Without you I'm misery, blue as a mi-graine.
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Eaug7 Am7
All the songs sound better when you're next to me.
D9
'Cos you come naturally.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
(Mr. Magic), take a token, (Mr. Magic), of my love.
Cmaj7 E7 (n.C) (Am7)
(Mr. Magic), I see you through the smoke.
Am7 D9 (x2)
Verse 3:
Am7 D9 G7b9 Am7
Laying on my bed, I reach over for you.
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Eaug7 Am7
And you so fresh, you even make the standards new.
D9
Burn the tip to get you through.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
(Mr. Magic), take a token, (Mr. Magic), of my love.
Cmaj7 E7 (n.C) (Am7)
(Mr. Magic), I see you through the smoke.
Am7 D9 (x2)
Am7 D9, G7b9 Am7, Gm7 C7, Fmaj7 Eaug7 Am7, D9
Chorus 4:
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
(Mr. Magic),
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
(Mr. Magic).
Cmaj7 E7 (n.C)
(Mr. Magic)...
Am7
Waiting for the smoke to clear.
D9 Am7 D9
I'm waiting for the smoke to clear.
Am7 D9 (x6), Am9
Am7 D9 G7b9 Gm7 C7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Fmaj7 Eaug7 Cmaj7 E7 Am9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
