Bad Company – Rhythm Machine (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bad Company (From the 1979 Album DESOLATION ANGELS) [Intro] D C [Chorus]
D
I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I mean

D
I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I mean
[Verse 1]
      G
I got time, running through my head in bed

  D
Instead of sleep, I get licks instead

      A#                              D
I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I mean
[Chorus]
D
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can

D
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can
[Verse 2]
        G
I get a fat backbeat, instead of food when I eat

    D
The ticking of a clock gets me out of my seat

      A#                    D
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can
[Interlude] Bm G7 Bm G7 N.C. [Guitar Solo] D [Bridge]
D
I heard "Crosscut Saw" before I was four

D
"Smokestack Lightning" had me crawling across the floor

D
The Beach Boys didn't get me, but Fats Domino did

D
I've been keeping time ever since I was a kid

      G7                                   D7
I'm a music machine, don't you know what I mean?

    G7                                   D N.C.
I'm rhythm machine, he knows what I mean, -owe!
N.C. Boom boom
     Bm     G
Yeah, yeah

Bm             G  N.C.
Yeah, yeah-eah....
[Interlude] D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 D7 [Chorus]
      G7
I'm a rhythm machine

  D7
I'm a rhythm machine

      G7
I'm a rhythm machine

          D7
Don't you know what I mean?

      G7
I'm a music man

           D7                            G
Yeah and I play the blues whenever I can
[Outro]
G
 Hey, play the blues then

D7   G          D7
 Oh, yeah, yeah

                             G7
Play it for kings and queens

          D7                G7
Yeah, yeah, I'm a music man

      D7             G   D
I'm a rhythm machine......