...MAN NO SOBER... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
Em F#m Bm A (x2)
Bm G Em A
Woooh!
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Verse 1:
Bm G Em A
The drunkard he staggers around,
Bm G Em A
The alleys of, cities and towns.
Bm G
His sorrows he tries to drown,
Em A
So-lution, so-lution,
Bm G
So-lution to his problems,
Em A
So-lution to his problems;
Bm G
Can never be found.
Em A
Booze is what he chooses.
Bridge 1:
Em
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy,
A Bm G
He drinks too much whiskey.
Em
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy,
A Bm
He drinks too much.
G Em A
A Mr Winehead stagger deh,
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm
Booze is what he choose,
G
Watch him how he topples over.
Chorus 1:
Bm G Em A, Em
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Break:
Bm G
In and out of discotheques,
Em A
In and out of wine bars.
Bm G
Burned out shell; looks a wreck,
Em A
Got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm
Greets bartenders,
G
Drinks firewater,
Em A
Dance bossanova.
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Bm
Greets bartenders,
G
Drinks firewater,
Em
Dance bossanova;
A
He topples over.
Chorus 2:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober,
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bridge 2:
Em
Man no sober,
A
Man no sober,
Bm
Man no sober.
Em
Gypsy he's tipsy,
A
He drinks too much.
Bm G, Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm
Booze is what he choose,
G Em, Bm G
Watch him how he topples over.
Em A
With A...with A,
Bm G
With a bottle in his hand.
Em A
Hang-over.
Bm G
In and out of discotheques,
Em A
In and out of wine bars.
Bm G
Burned out shell; looks a wreck,
Em A
Got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm
Greets bartenders,
G
Drinks firewater,
Em A
Dance bossanova.
Bm
Greets bartenders,
G
Drinks firewater,
Em
Dance bossanova;
A
He topples over.
Bm
Greets bartenders,
G
Drinks firewater,
Em A
Dance.
Coda:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em,
A
Watch him how he topples over;
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em,
A
Watch him how he topples over.
(Repeat to Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
