Meanest man chords by
Billy Bragg

N/A

Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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If the folks next door to
me weren't so good
I'd do all the mean things
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anybody could
I'd drink and I'd gamble
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and I'd louse around
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I'd be the meanest man in
this whole town
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Verse 2
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If I hadn't seen the light in
that old lady's eyes
I'd try to be a man you
would hate and despise
I'd rave and I'd rant and
I'd scream and yell
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And I'd chase my neighbors
from here to hell

Verse 3
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If I hadn't heard those kids
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laugh playing games
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I'd have nervous fits, I'd go insane
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I'd turpentine cats and tin can dogs
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I'd smother people to death inside

Interlude 1

of hollow logs

If the

Verse 4
people around me wasn't so nice
I'd freeze my heart into a cake of ice
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Steal money from soldiers
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and working folks too
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I'd lend you a dollar and
take back two
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Verse 5
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If my wife didn't kiss me
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the way she does
I'd carry four or five daggers
and three or four guns
I'd shoot craps and ramble
and hang out late
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I'd steal baby buggies
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and Cadillac Eights

Verse 6
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If my friends didn't write
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me those letters I get
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I'd be a dictator, the worse one yet
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I'd be the only smart bird,
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you'd all be fools
Send you all away to war and I'd stay home and
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rule

Interlude 2

Verse 7
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If it wasn't for them songs
I hear you all sing
I'd put a crown on my dome
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and I'd say I'm your king
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I'd kidnap some and blackmail others
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I'd peddle black market stuff
and rob sisters and brothers
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If  it

Verse 8
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weren't for your talking
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I hear on the street
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I'd be the orneriest man
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that you ever did meet
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I'd preach the gospel of hate
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and I'd drink your blood
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D D 
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But I can't be this bad because
my folks are too good
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No I can't be this bad because my folks are too good

Outro 1
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