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Guide For The Married Man

Turtles

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                      "Guide For The Married Man"
                          (Williams-Bricusse)

Intro:

	G       C6/G
	/ / / /  / / / /	[3X]

Verse 1:

	G       C/G          G    C/G
	What we need in the world today
	      G             Eb      G
	Is a guide for the married man
	      G      C/G           G    C/G
	Some simple thing that in every way
	          G            B7      E
	Would provide for the harried man
	Dm               Em
	Help him not to worry
	   Dm            Em
	Assist him to relax
	 Dm                 C
	Help him slow his heart rate
	     F#            D
	And spare him cardiacs

Verse 2:

	Such a guide would in many ways
	Turn the tide for the married man
	Enable husbands to fill their days
	As only the married can
	Dm                Em
	Every man would praise it
	      F               D7
	It's such a splendid plan
	G       C/G            G          C/G
	Someday soon we shall point with pride
	         Eb                   G   C/G  G  C/G
	To the guide for the married man

Vocal interlude:

	Eb  Ab   Eb  Ab   Eb  Ab   Eb
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	D   G    D   G    D   A7   D
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3 [chords as per verse 1]:

	By the side of the married man
	'Tis the lady who shares his life
	You help the bride of the married man
	By removing the husband's strife
	Every wife who's truthful
	Who treasures married bliss
	Must keep her husband youthful
	What better way than this?

[key change to B]

Verse 4:

	B         E       B       E
	Each and every device we know
	          B            G       B
	Must be tried for the married man
	     B       E/B          B         E/B
	But who can question the debt he'll owe
	        B            D#7     G#
	To the guide for the married man
	F#m            G#m
	List things universal
	      F#m            F#
	From Pittsburgh to Japan
	B      E          B     E
	Every man can be satisfied
	        G                     B
	By the guide for the married man

Coda:

	B   E
	/ / / /  [repeat to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers