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When A Man Gets Down chords by The Waifs

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Verse 1
(G major) When a (C major) man gets down, (G major)
(D major) he goes out on the town (G major)
And he won't (C major) come home until the
(G major) whole damned night is (D major) over
And when that (C major) man's out on the town, (G major)
he starts (D major) looking around (G major)
For a pretty (C major) face with a
(G major) sympathetic shoulder (D major)
Verse 2
But he won't (E minor) talk to me (G major)
He won't (E minor) talk to me (G major)
He won't say (E minor) nothin' that (G major) might
get (D major) him in trouble
He won't (E minor) talk to me (G major)
He won't (E minor) talk to me
(G major) He'd rather sink (E minor) his lips right
(G major) back into the bottle (D major)

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Verse 3
When that (C major) man comes home (G major)
as the sun (D major) doth rise (G major)
She (C major) cries it out until her (G major) tired
eyes are swollen (D major)
And when that (C major) man lay's down, (G major)
in the bed (D major) she made (G major)
He (C major) hides his face deep (G major) under
the cov (D major) ers
Verse 4
But he won't (E minor) hold me
(G major) It's not where he (E minor) wants to be (G major)
Yet she says (E minor) she loves him (G major)
over and (D major) over
He won't (E minor) hold me (G major)
It's not where he's (E minor) meant to be (G major)
He can try (E minor) but in his (G major) heart he knows it over (D major)
(C major) (G major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 5
She sits and (C major) cries it (G major) out,
but she don't call (D major) no one (G major)
She don't (C major) want the girls to (G major) know
all of their busi (D major) ness
'Cause they (C major) fall apart (G major)
every month (D major) or two (G major)
Ad it's (C major) all good until the storm
(G major) clouds shadow (D major) over
Verse 6
I wanna wake (E minor) him up (G major)
I wanna shake (E minor) him down (G major)
Show him we (E minor) can get to the (G major) place
back where we star (D major) ted (E minor) (G major)
But (E minor) (G major) he's gotta talk (E minor) (G major) to (E minor) (G major) (E minor) me (G major)
Outro 1
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(E minor)
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