#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE----------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# CHARMLESS MAN (capo second fret) (intro) E, G, E, G G, Bm, Am, Am7, Bm, Am Am7 (2x) D7, C7, G G D Em I met him in a crowded room G D Em Where people go to drink away their gloom Am Em C He sat me down and so began G D G The story of a charmless man G D Em Educated the expensive way G D Em He knows his claret from his beaujolais Am Em C I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray G D G But then nature didn't make him that way He went.... G D E shalalala la lala (2x) G E G He thinks his educated airs E G Those family shares Bm Am Am7 Will protect him Bm Am Am7 That we'll respect him D7 E G He moves in circles of friends E G Who just pretend Bm Am Am7 That they like him Bm Am Am7 He does the same to them D7 And when you put it all together C7 G There's the model of a charmless man lalala...... He knows the swingers and their cavalry Says he can get in anywhere for free I began to go a little cross-eyed And from this charmless man I just had to hide lalala......... He talks at speed He gets nose bleeds He doesn't see His days are tumbling Down upon him And yet he tries so hard to please He's just so keen For you to listen But no-one's listening And when you put it all together There's the model of a charmless man G D E G D E Am C D G C G He thinks his educated airs Those family shares Will protect him That you'll respect him And yet he tries so hard to please He's just so keen For you to listen But no-one's listening And when you put it all together There's the model of a charmless man G D E lalalallalalala (3x) G D lalalallalalala C D lalalallalalala C D7 G lalalallalalala CHARMLESS MAN A e -------------------------------------------------- B -----8b------5----------------8b------5----------- G --6-------x--6----7h6p7----6----------6----7h6p7-- D --7-------x-------7--------7-------x-------7------ A -------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------- Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh Ooo-ooo-ooh D A D e ----------------0-------------------------0------- B -----8r-8b---2--2----3-----3p2h3p2-----2--2----3-- G --6----------2-------2-------------2---2-------2-- D --7----------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------- E E |--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-- |----3p2h3p2-----5----5----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-- |------------2---4----4----|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-- |--------------------------|-------------------------- |--------------------------|-------------------------- |--------------------------|-------------------------- (Piano backing only, lyrics below) F 6x |--8---8---8---8---8---8---8-----||--------------------|| |--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----||--------------------|| |--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----||*------------------*|| |--------------------------------||*------------------*|| |--------------------------------||--------------------|| |--------------------------------||--------------------|| (w/ piano backing only) I met him in a crowded room Where people go to drink away their gloom He sat me down and so began The story of a charmless man | Verse | A Cm/5+ F# Repeat 1x ||---------5---------------|---------------------2-----|| ||---------5---------------|--2---------------2--------|| ||*--6--6--6----5--5--5----|--3--3-4-3-----3----------*|| ||*--7--7--7----6--6--6----|--4--4-4-4--4-------------*|| ||---7--7--7----6--6--6----|---------------------------|| ||---5--5--5----4--4--4----|---------------------------|| 1. Educated the expensive way 2. He knows his Claret from his Beaujolais B5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 D5 |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |--4--4--4----6--6--6----|--7--7--7----9--9--9----|-------------7--7--7----| |--4--4--4----6--6--6----|--7--7--7----9--9--9----|--7--7--7----7--7--7----| |--2--2--2----4--4--4----|--5--5--5----7--7--7----|--7--7--7----5--5--5----| |------------------------|------------------------|--5--5--5---------------| I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray But then, nature didn't A5 |-----9h10p9-10p9-10p9~-------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--7--------------------------| |--7--------------------------| |--5--------------------------| make him that way (that way) Bridge : A Cm/5+ F# Repeat 1x ||---------5---------------|---------------------2-----|| ||---------5---------------|--2---------------2--------|| ||*--6--6--6----5--5--5----|--3--3-4-3-----3----------*|| ||*--7--7--7----6--6--6----|--4--4-4-4--4-------------*|| ||---7--7--7----6--6--6----|---------------------------|| ||---5--5--5----4--4--4----|---------------------------|| 1. Na na na na na na naah____ 2. Na na na na na na naah____ Chorus : A ||---------------------------| ||------8b------5------------| ||*--6-------x--6----7h6p7---| ||*--7-------x-------7-------| ||---------------------------| ||---------------------------| 1. He thinks he's educated, 2. circles of____ D |--------------------------|----------------0-------| |-----8b------5------------|-----8r-8b---2--2----3--| |--6----------6----7h6p7---|--6----------2-------2--| |--7-------x-------7-------|--7---------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| 1. airs those family shares Will protect him 2. friends Who just pretend that they like him A D E |-------------------0-------|---------------------------|| |----3p2h3p2-----2--2----3--|----3p2h3p2----------------|| |------------2---2-------2--|------------2-------------*|| |---------------------------|--------------------------*|| |---------------------------|----------------2----2-----|| |---------------------------|----------------0----0-----|| 1. that we'll respect him He moves in 2. He does the same to them E F |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8-----| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man | Bridge | | Verse | Lyrics: He knows the swingers and their cavalry Says he can get in anywhere for free I began to go a little cross-eyed And from this charmless man I just had to hide (away) | Bridge | | Chorus | Lyrics: He talks at speed, he gets nosebleeds He doesn't see (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) his days are tumbling Down upon him (Ooo-ooo-ooh) And yet he tries so hard to please He's just so keen (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) for you to listen (Ooo-ooo-ooh) But no one's listening And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man | Solo | A Cm/5+ ||---------5---------------| ||---------5---------------| ||*--6--6--6----5--5--5----| ||*--7--7--7----6--6--6----| ||---7--7--7----6--6--6----| ||---5--5--5----4--4--4----| F# Repeat 1X |-------------5----------||------------------------| |--2--6/---7-------------||--5--3-------7--5-------| |--3-------------6------*||--------4----------6----| |--4--------------------*||------------------------| |------------------------||------------------------| |------------------------||------------------------| |---------------------12----|--0--0--0----0--0----0--| |--9--7-----7----7/12-------|--0--0--0----0--0----0--| |--------7------------------|--6--6--6----5--5----6--| |---------------------------|--7--7--7----6--6----7--| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|| |----5--------------------|| |----6h7-6h7p6h7p6~-------|| |----7--------------------|| |-------------------------|| |-------------------------|| | Chorus | Lyrics : He thinks he's educated, airs those family shares (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) Will protect him (Ooo-ooo-ooh), that you'll respect him And yet he tries so hard to please He's just so keen (Ooo-ooo-wooo-ooo-ooh) for you to listen (Ooo-ooo-ooh) But no one's listening And when you put it all together, there's the model of a charmless man | Bridge | | Outro | A G# G F# F E A |------------------|---------------|---------------|--5----| |------------------|---------------|---------------|--5----| |------------------|---------------|---------------|--6----| |--7-7-7--6-6-6-6--|--5-5-5-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-2-2--|--7----| |--7-7-7--6-6-6-6--|--5-5-5-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-2-2--|--7----| |--5-5-5--4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-2-2-2--|--1-1-1-1-0-0--|--5----| nanana nanana nanananaah nananananana naah