Loudon Wainwright III – One Man Guy (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G [Verse 1]
G                                            C         D     G
People will know when they see this show the kind of a guy I am

G                                            C                      D
They'll understand just what I stand for and what I just can't stand

C               D                               C            D
  They'll perceive what I believe in and what I know is true

            G                                   C               D
And they'll recognize I'm a one man guy, always was through and through
[Chorus]
            G                  C
Yeah, I'm a one man guy in the morning

        G                C
I'm the same in the afternoon

G                     C                G                    C
 One man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune

G                C           G                     C  C/B
  One man guy, a one man guy, only kind of guy to be

  Am                 C                 D         G    C
A one man guy, I'm a one man guy, and a one man is me

            G     C   Cadd9
I'm a one man guy
[Verse 2]
G                                       C                 D         G
People meditate, hey that's just great, trying to find an inner you

G                                            C                               D
And people depend on family and friends, and other folks to pull them through

C                        D               C                       D
  I don't know why I'm a one man guy, or why this is a one man show

         G                                       C                        D
But these three cubic feet of bone and blood and meat are what I love and know
[Chorus]
             G                  C
'Cause I'm a one man guy in the morning

        G                C
I'm the same in the afternoon

G                     C                G                     C
 One man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune

G                C           G                     C  C/B
  One man guy, a one man guy, only kind of guy to be

  Am                 C                 D         G    C
A one man guy, I'm a one man guy, and a one man is me

            G     C  Cadd9
I'm a one man guy
[Verse 3]
          G                                        C    D           G
I'm gonna bathe and shave and dress myself and eat solo, every night

G                             C                D    Dsus
Unplug the phone, sleep alone, stay way out of sight

C                 D      C                      D
  Sure it's kinda lonely, yeah, it's sorta sick

      G                           C               D    Dsus   D
Bein' your own one and only, is a selfish, dirty trick
[Chorus]
          G                  C
But I'm a one man guy in the morning

        G                C
I'm the same in the afternoon

G                     C                G                     C
 One man guy when the sun goes down, I whistle me a one man tune

G                C           G                     C  C/B
  One man guy, a one man guy, only kind of guy to be

  Am                 C                 D         G    C
A one man guy, I'm a one man guy, and a one man is me

              G
I'm a one man guy