Lindisfarne – The Man Down There (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[INTRO:] A Asus4 A Asus4 A [VERSE 1:]
           D           C6         G         A7
Though the trinkets of glory have fallen my way

D         C          G         A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
I haven't got what I had yesterday

D         C           G        A
I have forgotten what I had to say

     D           C        G   A
It's one for the man down there__

D           C        D    G D
One for the man down there
[VERSE 2:]
                  C6        G           A7
Although it's not new, it's been said before

D              C             G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
While I'm just sitting, I'll say it once more

   D           C        G          A7
As soon as you sign it, it becomes law

    D            C        G   A
One more for the man down there__

    D            C        D    G D
One more for the man down there
[VERSE 3:]
         C6          G           A7
And as I try to look life in the face

D            C            G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Forced to partake in this whole human race

    D            C            G             A
You look for your money, it's gone, left no trace

     D           C        G   A
It's gone to the man down there__

     D           C        D    G D  G C G  D G D  G
It's gone to the man down there
[BRIDGE:]
             C                Cm        G
The man down there says he'll take good care of you

             C                  A               G
By this time next week you'll hold the sun___

          C       Cm               G
He will remove___ all the pain and misery

               C                A
One day you'll look, see you're gone
[VERSE 4:]
          D           C6         G           A7
Well, the boss-man is clever, he always will be

D         C       G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Behind it all I'm starting to see

D            C             G                A
He's getting rich from the likes of you and me

     D           C        G   A
It's all for the man down there__

     D           C        D    G D  G C G  D G D  G
It's all for the man down there
[OUTRO:] (## fade to end on A ##)
             C                Cm        G
The man down there says he'll take good care of you

               C   N.C.         A
One day you'll look, see you're gone____