Florida Man Chords

Blue Öyster Cult - Florida Man
 
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[Intro]
 
Am
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am                                          G
Should you ever settle down in the Sunshine State
 
Am                                   G
You should know of its tangled fate
 
F                                           Em
How the conquistador came down to Florida
 
Dm                         G
Long before it had a name
 
Am                               G
The medicine man of the Seminole
 
Am                                               G
Knelt by the sacred flame and he cursed the soul of the
 
F                                 Em
Conquistador and his son, and his sons,
 
Dm                   G
and the young ones
 
Am
Of the Florida Man
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am
Florida Man
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Dm
Down at the mall
 
          Am
Where the boys crawl
 
G
Ted makes love to a concrete wall
 
Dm                         Am
His brother, Red, said his Uncle Ned
 
      G
Found Elvis in a loaf of bred
 
Dm                    Am
High on meth, there's little Beth
 
G
The neighbor's cat is on her breath
 
Dm                  Am
Dan dreams he's got wings of fire
 
G
He's waking' and shaking' on a power wire
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am
Florida Man
 
 
[Solo]
 
Dm  Am G
 
Dm  Am  G
 
Dm  Am  G
 
Dm  C  Bb  Gm  Am
 
[Bridge 2]
 
Dm                      Am
Slim sees his face on a moonlit wave
 
G
He grabs a shovel, digs his own grave
 
Dm                        Am
Lee hates plate glass, he drives right through it
 
G
Said "Alice's caterpillar made him do it"
 
Dm            Am
A Miami Nurse snatches a purse
 
G
Drives down the freeway in reverse
 
Dm                    Am
Phil asks the cops to test his drugs
 
G
After they find him hiding under a rug
 
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man
 
G       Am
Florida Man
 
[Outro]
 
Am                              G
Don't you laugh it could be you
 
Am                                  G
The Florida curse always comes true
 
F                                     Em
You can jeer but you don't understand
 
Dm
Any fragile soul
 
G                Am
Can be a Florida Man
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