The Guitar Man Chords

Song: The guitar man
Artist: Bread
Composer: David Gates
Album: The guitar man
 
Tabbed by DJ   22nd Nov 2022
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
G     = 320003    Em     = x02200    G/F#    = 2x0003
C *   = x32013    A      = x02220    Em      = 022000
D     = xx0232    Asus2  = x02200    E       = 022100
D4    = xx0233    Bm7    = x24232    E4      = 022200
Dsus2 = xx0230    Am     = x02210    D5      = xx0235
Cmaj7 = x32000    Am7    = x02010    Cmaj7 * = x32400
C     = x32010    Ammaj7 = x02110    N.C. = No chords
 
^ = Emphasise the beats
 
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[Intro]
  G     C *      D      D4 D  Dsus2 D
| /  /  /  /  |  /  /   /__/     /__/  |
  G     Cmaj7    D      D4 D  Dsus2 D
| /  /  /  /  |  /  /   /__/     /__/  |
 
[Verse 1]
G                       C
Who draws the crowd and plays so loud?
               D             D4 D Dsus2 D
Baby, it's the guitar man!
G                     C
Who's gonna steal the show?
                         D
You know, baby, it's the guitar man!
D4  D  Dsus2 D   Em                    C
      He     can make you love, he can make you cry,
        Em                        A           Asus2 A
He will bring you down then he'll get you high,
Cmaj7                      Bm7
Something keeps him going, miles and miles a day,
   Am           Am7      D     N.C.
To find another place to play
 
[Verse 2]
D4 D Dsus2 D G                      C
             Night after night, who treats you right?
               D
Baby, it's the guitar man!
D4 D Dsus2 D  G                   C
              Who's on the radi - o?
                        D
You go to listen to the guitar man,
D4  D  Dsus2 D  Em                    C
       Then  he comes to town and you see his face,
        Em                      A             Asus2 A
And you think you might like to take his place,
Cmaj7                        Bm7
Something keeps him drifting miles and miles away,
Am                Am7      D     N.C.
Searching for the songs to play
 
[Bridge 1]
D        Am            Ammaj7
Then you listen to the music,
        Am7              D      D4  D
And you like to sing a - long,
    G               G/F#
You want to get the meaning...
       Em             E
Out of each and every song,
         Am              Ammaj7
Then you find yourself a message,
         Am7                D
And some words to call your own...
    Dsus2 D    E      E4  E   Cmaj7
And take  them home
 
[Guitar break]
   G     C *      D     D4 D Dsus2 D  G     Cmaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /__/  /__/ |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 3]
D5   D4   D D4 D  Dsus2 Em
               He can   make you love,
       C                     Em
He can get you high, he will bring you down,
           A                       Asus2 A
Then he'll make ...make you cry,
Cmaj7                           Bm7
Something keeps him moving, but no one seems to know
   Am              Am7       D    N.C.
...What it is that makes him go
 
[Bridge 2]
D        Am              Ammaj7
Then the lights begin to flicker,
        Am7              D    D4 D
And the sound is getting dim,
    G               G/F#
The voice begins to falter,
        Em                 E
And the crowds are getting thin,
       Am             Ammaj7           Am
But he never seems to notice he's just got to find...
    Am7             E    E4   E E4 E E4 E
A - nother place to play...
 
[Coda - Repeats, end on Cmaj7]
Cmaj7 *        E    E4     E E4 E E4 E
        Any - way...
Cmaj7 *        E    E4     E E4 E E4 E
     ...Got to play!
Cmaj7 *        E    E4     E E4 E E4 E
        Any - way...
Cmaj7 *        E    E4     E E4 E E4 E
     ...Got to play!
 
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   [Coda Riff]
    E   E4                   Cmaj7 *
e|--0---0-----------------|-------0----------------|
B|--0---0-----------------|-------0----------------|
G|--1---2--1-h2-1-h2-1----|-------4----------------|
D|--2---2--------------2--|-------2-----------0----|
A|--2---2-----------------|---3------------3-------|
E|--0---0-----------------|------------------------|
              h = Hammer-on notes
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