The Easybeats – Hp Man (Guitar)

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***Huge thanks to martink12au for creating the Riffs for this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 21st Mar. 2023 Recorded as a demo in 1968 and then released as B side to ‘Peculiiar Hole In The Sky’ by their original record company to co-inside with their final Australian tour in 1969. Define: These Riffs have been written to suit the eye and brain. To hear it played and Spaced out properly see - https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-easybeats/hp-man-guitar-pro-4696361
  Em Riff 1                              D Riff 1
 (Em)                                   (D)
e|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|-3---------------|----------/7-----|
G|0---0---0---------|-------------------|-2---2---2---2---|-2--4--5--/7--5--|
D|2---2---2---2-----|---2-------2-------|-0---2---4---5---|-0--0--0---0--0--|
A|2---2---2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|0---0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|

   Em Riff 2                             D Riff 2
   Em*                                   D*
e|-15--14--12-14-15-|-14--12--14-15--14-|14-12-10--12--14-|12--10--12--14---|
B|-12--12--12-12-12-|-12--12--12-12--12-|10-10-10--10--10-|10--10--10--10-R-|
G|-12---------------|----------------11-|-----------------|---------------E-|  
D|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------S-|
A|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------T-|
E|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Am6/F# 2x2212
C      x35553
Please Note: This song is sung in a strong Australian accent & only 1 of the guitars has been tabbed.
********************************************* [Intro] (Em) (D) Em* D* Em* D* [Verse 1]
G
Me, got a wife, got a car

C                   C/G
Got two lovely kids all freckles and fun

G
Me, got a 'ome, a lovely 'ome

    C             C/G
Back garden where I lay in the sun

Am6/F#     Am
But what I got I ain’t got the

Em
things I haven’t got

B7
The things I haven’t got

    C    A   Em
are his
[Verse 2]
G
She, as a wife, all my life

        C
Made me buy things I don’t want to buy

G
She, is a drag of a nag

       C
And my wages just don’t match her eye

Am6/F#   Am         Em
But what she got we ain’t got

Em
And I don’t understand

B7
He who’s really got them is the

C       A
HP Man
[Chorus]
(Em)
HP man, happy smilin’ man like

(D)
Me (da da da da da da da)

Em*
HP man bucket full of jam

D*
AL.L. M.I.N.E.
[Verse 3]
G
Thinks as the queen and the duke

        C
Got what we got

C
On the monthly splash

G
No not a hope it’s a joke

         C                         A
‘Cos what they got’s really made of mash
[Chorus]
(Em)
HP man happy smilin’ man like

(D)
Me (da da da da da da da)

Em*
HP man bucket full of jam

D*
AL.L. M.I.N.E.
Em* D* Em* D* [Chorus]
(Em)
HP man happy smilin’ man like

(D)
Me (da da da da da da da)

Em*
HP man bucket full of jam

D*
AL.L. M.I.N.E.
[Coda]
Em*
HP man

D*
HP man

Em*
HP man

D*
HP man

Em*
HP man

D*
HP man

Em*
HP man

D*
HP man

Em*
Hp Man

D*
Hp Man

Em
Da da da da da da