Grown Man chords by
Loudon Wainwright Iii

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Key: G major•

Verse 1
G G 
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You got a grown man for a boyfriend,
C C 
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So you better treat him
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just like a baby.
D D 
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He's a saint on Sunday,
C C 
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he's a bum on Monday;
Am Am 
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D D 
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The rest of the week he's just crazy.

Verse 2
G G 
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He's unpredictable, like an animal,
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Proud as an eagle,
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big and strong like a  bear;
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He's a  snake and a frog,
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Am Am 
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he's a pig and a dog;
There's a menagerie that's
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living in there.

Verse 3
G G 
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You'll be his princess--forever after,
after, yes--
C C 
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If you keep acting like
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you're always sixteen.
D D 
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He is the king,
C C 
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Am Am 
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ruling the kingdom's his thing;

Interlude 1

Just remember his mother is queen.

D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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G

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C

C

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Verse 4
A A 
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Sometimes he fools around
when he goes out of town
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But sooner or later he's
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bound to get caught.
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He loves coming home,
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but then he has to roam;
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Mr. Ambivalence is the
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guy that you've got.

Verse 5
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He's got some problems--no,
you you can't solve them--
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He's got some goblins that he
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can't exorcise.
E E 
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Mostly he wants to cry,
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he's afraid to die,
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But he's living life like it's a booby

Interlude 2

prize.

E

E

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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G

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D

D

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C

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Am

Am

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D

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Verse 6
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He wishes he were young,
a little better hung,
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And he's paranoid you feel that way too;
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D D 
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So reassure him, you'll never cure him,
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E E 
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But he still needs his daily dose of you.

Verse 7
E E 
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You got a grown man for a boyfriend,
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A A 
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So you better treat him just like a baby.
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E E 
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Yeah, he's a saint on Sunday,
D D 
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he's a bum on Monday;
Bm Bm 2
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The rest of the week...
E E 
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He's asleep on Sunday,
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Bm Bm 2
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he's a beast on  Monday;
Rest of the week...
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He's blue on Sunday,
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Bm Bm 2
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and he's manic on  Monday;
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A A 
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Rest of the week he's just crazy.

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