Bread – The Guitar Man (Ukulele)

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Chords

(Intro 2x) G C D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
G                       C                           D         Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Who draws the crowd and plays so loud baby it’s the guitar man

G                       C                           D         Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Who's going to steal the show you know baby its the guitar man
CHORUS I
       Em                    C
He can make you love, he can make you cry

        Em                       A
He will bring you down and he'll get you high

Cmaj7                     Bm7
Something keeps him going miles and miles a day 

    Am7                  D         Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
to find another place to play

G                     C                              D        Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Night after night who treats you right baby it’s the guitar man

G                  C                       D         Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Who's on the radio you go to listen to the guitar man
CHORUS II
        Em                    C          
When he comes to town and you see his face

        Em                      A
And you think you might like to take his place

Cmaj7                        Bm7
Something keeps him drifting miles and miles away 

Am7                        D
searching for the songs to play
(Bridge)
         Am            Am(maj7)      Am7               D Dsus4 D
Then you listen to the music and you like to sing along

    G               D/F#           Em
You want to get the meaning out of each and every song

        Am              Am(maj7)
And you find yourself a message and some

Am7                D       Dsus4 D   E     C
words to call your own and take them home
(Guitar Solo over intro chords)
       Em                    C
He can make you love, he can get you high

        Em                    A
He will bring you down and he may make you cry

Cmaj7                           Bm7                  Am7
Something keeps him moving, but no one seems to know what it

                  D
is that makes him go.

         Am              Am(maj7)        Am7                  D Dsus4 D   
Then the lights begin to flicker and the sound is getting dim.

    G               D/F#           Em                      
The voice begins to falter and the crowds are getting thin

       Am             Am(maj7)         Am7
But he never seems to notice he's just got to find

D       Dsus4 D  E       C          E     C         E
another place to play….........Fade away…..….got to play….

C        E    C          E     C         E 
……..fade away………….Got to play…………...Fade away