Company Man Chords

by James Taylor
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Words and music by James Taylor from his 1979 album, "Flag.".Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author boffohijinx [pro] 3,258. Last edit on Apr 24, 2020

Chords

Am(add9)
A7
D/A
E/A
Em7
F6
A
Em
Dsus2
G
D
Asus4
E7sus4
E#dim7
F#m7
Bm7
A/E
E
Dsus4
D/F#
C

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[Intro]
 
Am(add9)  A7   D/A  E/A   Am(add9)   Em7  F6
 
[Verse 1]
 
A                      Em    A         Dsus2
It seems you've been living on your own
             G  D
Lonely and free
A                Em      Asus4   Dsus2
  Looking to make yourself known
          G  D
Same as me
 
[Verse 2]
       E7sus4   E#dim7  F#m7
Well I see you in the public eyes
   G                    Bm7
I see you're looking fine
    E7sus4    E#dim7  F#m7
The boy would be a businessman
       Bm7        A       D
And he signs the bottom line
 
[Chorus]
            A
Singing: "Company man
                        Em  G  D
Do what you can with my name
 A
Rock and roll man, here I am
     E7sus4    E#dim7         F#m7
I'm staking my claim to fame"
 
[Verse 3]
                G                    Bm7
He's got the smiling face of a friend
              G                    Bm7  F#m7
Still you're not quite certain you know him
    G                  D
The smile turns into a grin
              A/E E  A/E E
What do you owe him?
            Dsus4    D  A
You know you owe him
 
[Verse 4]
 
           Em7    D/F#  G   A     Dsus2
So if there's something you do well
                  G    D   A
Something you're proud of
               Em       Asus4    Dsus2
Better to save some for yourself
                 G  D
If that's allowed
 
[Verse 5]
 
    E7sus4     E#dim7     F#m7
The crowd will never know you
     G                 Bm7
You hardly know yourself
        E7sus4   E#dim7  F#m7
They'll turn you round and blow you up
          Bm7           A       D
Until you think you're someone else
 
[Chorus]
 
A
"Company man
                        Em  G  D
Do what you can with my name
 A
Rock and roll man, here I am
     E7sus4    E#dim7         F#m7
I'm staking my claim to fame"
 
[Verse 6]
        G                    Bm7
He can turn your time to gold
            G                  Bm7   F#m7
You better make as much as you can my friend
             G                     D
Because his money will turn you old
                  A/E E  A/E E
And they need a young man
               Dsus4     D  C
The job takes a young man
 
[Outro]
    A         Em  G  D
Oh Company man oh
    A              Em  G  D
My Rock and roll man oh
A          Em  G  D
Company man oh
    A              Em  G  D
My Rock and roll man oh
    A              Em  G  D
You can shuck and jive for me
    A              Em  G  D
And I - yeah oh
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