Ballad Of A Thin Man

PIANO C+2 CHORDU Sim

[Verse]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand

|C/G |D7/F# |

You see somebody naked and you you say who is that man?

|F |Dm |

You try so hard but you Don't understand

|C Em |Am |

Just what you will say when you get home Be-

|C Em |Am |

-cause something is happening here but you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

Do you? Mister Jones


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[Verse 2]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

You raise up your head and you ask "is this where it is?"

|C/G |D7/F# |

And somebody points to you and Says, "It's his"

|F |Dm |

And you say "what's mine" and somebody else says "well, what is?" and you

|C Em |Am |

Say, "Oh my god am I here all a - lone?" But

|C Em |Am |

Something is happening and you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

Do you? Mister Jones


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[Verse 3]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek

|C/G |D7/F# |

Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak

|F |Dm |

and says, "how does it feel to be such a freak?" and you say "im-

|C Em |Am |

-possible" as he hands you a bone And

|C Em |Am |

something is happening here but you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

do you? Mister Jones


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[Verse 4]


|Am |C/G |

You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks to

|F |Am |

Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination

|Am |C/G |

But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you

|F |Dm |

To all give a check to Tax-deductible charity organi-

|G7 |G7 |

-zations Ahhhhhh..........



[Verse 5]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

You've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks

|C/G |D7/F# |

With great lawyers you have dis - cussed lepers and crooks

|F |Dm |

You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books

|C Em |Am |

You're very well read it's well known But

|C Em |Am |

something is happening here and ya don't know what it is

|F |Am |

do you? Mister Jones


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Well the


[Verse 6]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

sword swallower he comes up to you and then he kneels

|C/G |D7/F# |

He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels and

|F |Dm |

without further notice he asks you how it feels and he says

|C Em |Am |

Here is your throat back thanks for the loan

|C Em |Am |

and you know something is happening but you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

do you? Mister Jones


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[Verse 7]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "now"

|C/G |D7/F# |

and you say "for what reason" and he says "how?"

|F |Dm |

and you say "what does this mean?" and he screams back "you're a cow"

|C Em |Am |

Give me some milk or else go home and you

|C Em |Am |

know something's happening but you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

do you? Mister Jones


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Well...


[Verse 8]


|Am |Eaug/Ab |

You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown

|C/G |D7/F# |

You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground

|F |Dm |

There oughtta be a law a - gainst you comin' around You

|C Em |Am |

Should be made to wear ear phones

|C Em |Am |

Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is

|F |Am |

do you? Mister Jones



[Outro]


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