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Charmless Man
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Hi, this is quite a good song to learn, in 4/4 timing standard tuning
Intro:
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1st Verse
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Chorus:
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|X-----------X-------------------|X-----------X---------------------|
|------------------------151412--|------------------------151412----|
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|-----b--b---------------------|------------------------------------|
|----12141214--------------------|----------------------------------|
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|--------------------14------12--|----12111211--------14------12----|
|--------------------------------|------------12--------------------|
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|--------------------------------|-----b----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1214---------b----------------|
|----12111211----1214----14------|----------------1214--------------|
|------------12------------------|0-----------0---------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------151412----|
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|----12111211--------14------12--|----12111211----1214----14--------|
|------------12------------------|------------12--------------------|
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|13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|
|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|
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Bridge:
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|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
2nd Verse:
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|--------------------------------|----5-------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
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|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------5---------------4-------|--------2---------------0-------|
|--------7---------------5-------|--------3---------------0-------|
|--------7---------------6-------|--------4---------------1-------|
|0---0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------4---4-----------|2---2---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------0---0-----------|
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|--------------------10----------|----9---------------------------|
|----------------5/7---------7/--|5-------------------------------|
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Solo:
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|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------7---12------|
|5---3---2---3---7---5---3---5---|9---7---5-7-5-------------------|
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|9---9---9---9---7---7-------5---|--------------------------------|
|10--10--10--10--7---7-------5---|--------10----------------------|
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Finale:
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|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|------------------------2-------|------------------------2-------|
|----------------4---------------|----------------2---------------|
|5---------------------------3---|--------3-----------------------|
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|--------------------2-----------|--------------------------------|
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|1-------1-------0---------------|--------------------------------|
Song Estructure:
Intro
Silence (X 7 measures)
1st Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Bridge
2nd Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
Finale
Now, the chords:
Intro: A
A
A
A - D
A - D - E
E - D
A G#m F#m
I met him in a crowlded room
A G#m F#m
Where people go to drink away their gloom
D C#m Bm
He sat me down and so began
A E A
The story of a charmless man
A G#m F#m
Educated the expensive way
A G#m F#m
he knows the claret from his beaujolais
D C#m Bm
I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray
A E A
But then nature didn't make him that way (he went)
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
A
He think's his educated airs
Those family shares
D
Will protect him
A D
That we will respect him
E A
He moves in circles of friends
who just pretend
D
that they like him
A D E
he does the same to them
E
And when you put it all together
D
that's the model of a charmless man
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
He knows the swingers and their cavalry
A G#m F#m
says he can get in anywhere for free
D C#m Bm
I began to go a little cross eyed
A E A
And from this charmless man I just had to hide (he went)
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
A
He talks at speed, he gets nose bleeds
He doesn't see
D
his days are tumbling
A D
Down upon him
E A
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen
D
for you to listen
A D E
but no one is listening
E
And when you put it all together
D
that's the model of a charmless man
Solo: A - G#m - F#m
A - G#m - F#m
D - C#m - Bm
A - E - A
A
He think's his educated airs
Those family shares
D
Will protect him
A D
That we will respect him
E A
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen
D
for you to listen
A D E
but no one is listening
E
And when you put it all together
D
that's the model of a charmless man
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
A G#m F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
A G#m
Na na na na na na
G F#m
Na na na na na na
F E A
Na na na na na na na
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