Leo Sayer, One Man Band (1974)
Key: :[B] (w: Leo Sayer, David Courtney)
INTRO: [B x4]
VERSE 1:
Well
[B] everybody knows down Ladbroke Grove
You have to
[C#m] leap to cross the
[E] street
You can
[F#] lose your life under a
[D#m] taxi cab
You gotta
[E] have eyes in
[B] your feet
VERSE 2:
You find a
[B] nice soft corner and ya sit right down
Take
[C#m] up your guitar and
[E] play
But then the
[F#] law man comes, says;
[D#m] move along
And so you
[E] move along all
[B] day
[B open]
CHORUS:
Well I'm a one man
[B] band
^
[E] Nobody ^
[D#m] knows nor
[C#m] understands
Is there
[D#m] anybody out there wanna
[E] lend me a hand
[E] To my one man
[B x4] band
VERSE 3:
For
[B] three days now I haven't eaten at all
My,
[C#m] my I must be getting so
[E] thin
^
[D#m]^
[E]^
[F] [F#] Soon my cap won't be
[F#] large enough
To
[E] drop a half a crown
[B] in
VERSE 4:
So
[B] hey now mister don't you look so sad
Don't
[C#m] look so ill at
[E] ease
^
[D#m] ^
[E] When I ^
[F] can
[F#] play you any
[F#] song you like
To
[E] cheer up that like you
[B] lead
[B open]
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
And ^
[E] oh, ^
[D#m] oh,
[C#m] oh, look at the
[E] rain falling
And ^
[E] oh, ^
[D#m] oh,
[C#m] oh, look at the
[F#] rain
Oh look at it
[B x4] rain
VERSE 5:
[B] Nobody sees the minstrel boy
As he
[C#m] sings his tail of woe
[E]
[F#] Nobody sees him
[D#m] coming
And
[E] nobody sees him
[B] go
VERSE 6:
[B] So hey now mister don't you look so sad
Don't
[E] look so ill at
[C#m] ease
'Cause I can
[F#] play you any
[D#m] song you like
To
[E] cheer up that like you
[B] lead
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]