James Taylor – Mean Old Man (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G11
Cmaj7 G11 On my own Cmaj7 G11 How could I have known? Cmaj7 Bm9 E7 Amaj9 Imagine my surprise Ebmaj7 Bb11 Just a fool Ebmaj7 Bb11 From a tree full of fools Ebmaj7 Dm11 G13 Cmaj7 Who can't believe his eyes Bm11 E7 E13 Imagine my surprise
[Verse]
G7b5 F#7b9 'Cause I was a mean old man Bm7 E7 I was an ornery cuss C#m7 A7#5 I was a dismal Dan Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 I made an aw - ful fuss G#m7b5 C#7 Ever since my life began F#m7 Dmaj7 Man, it was ever thus Gmaj7 B7#5 Dmaj7/E G#7#5 I was a nasty tyke who was hard to like
[Verse]
G7b5 F#7b9 I had to misbe - have Bm7 E7 I did things in reverse C#m7 A7#5 Refused to wash or shave Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 I was horrid to my nurse G#m7b5 C#7 I got back what I gave F#m7 Dmaj7 Which only made me worse Gmaj7 B7#5 I had to have my way Dmaj7/E G#7#5 Cmaj9 G11 Which was bleak and gray, oh dear Cmaj7 G11 Living in here Cmaj7 Bm9 E7 Amaj9 A6 One hundred years of rain Ebmaj9 Bb11 Such a drag Ebmaj9 Bb11 This riches to rags Ebmaj7 Dm11 G13 Cmaj7 And just myself to blame Bm11 E7 E13 A dirty low-down shame
[Instrumental]
G7b5 F#7b9
Bm7 E7
C#m7 A7#5
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
G#m7b5 C#7
F#m7 Dmaj7
Gmaj7 B7#5
Dmaj7/E G#7#5 (x2)
Cmaj9 G11 Silly me Cmaj9 G11 Silly old me Cmaj7 Bm9 E7 Amaj9 A6 Somewhere outside my mind Ebmaj9 Bb11 Clever you Ebmaj9 Bb11 Walking me through Ebmaj7 Dm11 G13 Cmaj7 Willing to lead the blind Bm11 E7 E13 All in the nick of time
[Verse]
G7b5 F#7b9 Who gets a second chance? Bm7 E7 Who gets to have some fun? C#m7 A7#5 Who gets to learn to dance Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 Before his race is run? G#m7b5 C#7 Who gets to shed his skin? F#m7 Dmaj7 Who comes up born again? Gmaj7 B7#5 Who was a mean old man Dmaj7/E G#7#5 G7b5 F#7b9 F7#5 E7 'Til you turned him into a gol - den retriever Amaj9 Puppy dog. Who's a good boy?