Man of the Earth
The Stranglers - Man Of The Earth
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
MAN OF THE EARTH
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
Date of Transcription: 12th August 2002
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(intro/main riff)
E|--2-------2-------2-------2--------|
B|----3-------1-------0-------1------|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
(riff 1) (riff 2)
E|----------------| E|----------7--8--|
B|-5--6--8--------| B|-5--7--8--------|
G|----------5--7--| G|----------------|
D|----------------| D|----------------|
A|----------------| A|----------------|
E|----------------| E|----------------|
G C (w/riff 1)
The city blues they strike again
G Em (w/riff 2)
Another worker drops his pen
F G
He wants to be done and out on the run
F G
Away from the curse, he'd swap all his worth
D (w/main riff)
To be a man of the earth
G C (w/riff 1)
For 2 or 3 weeks of the year
G Em (w/riff 2)
An Easter bunny brings Christmas cheer
F G
He's out of his head and toasting the dead
F G
And feeling much worse, he'd swap all his worth
D (w/main riff)
To be a man of the earth
To swap all his worth, to be a man of the earth
Em G C G
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
C G D (w/main riff)
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
G C(w/riff1)
The wife and kids are already there
G Em(w/riff2)
They're polishing his wicker chair
F G
It's looking so bleak at the end of the week
F G
He'll be needing a nurse, he'd swap all his worth
D(w/main riff)
To be a man of the earth, a man of the earth
Em G C G
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
C G D (w/main riff)
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
Repeat chords F and G over "man of the earth" ad libs until fade.