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"ChopAway.com - The Online Home Of Izzy Stradlin"
                     [ IZZY STRADLIN - RIDE ON ]
                     [ UNIVERSAL VICTOR - 1999 ]
                          [ PRIMITIVE MAN ]
INTRO:
	EHappy, Happy, Happy
	Happy, Happy, Happy
			-------------------------
CHORUS:
	          G     E            G          E   G-  E-  G-  A-  G- E  
	Primitive Man, Primitive Man
    Ah, Primitive Man, Primitive Man
    Ah, Primitive Man, Primitive Man
    Ah, Primitive Man, Primitive Man
			-------------------------
VERSE1:
	BShootin doCpe up Din your caBrdboard  CshacDk
      I wonder  how you got to  where your at
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CHORUS
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VERSE2:
	NBo Ctelephone, Dno elBectCricDity
	BSole mode of tCravel Dis your oBwn two fCeetD  
	B& yet he's ChappDy,   BI see him sCmiliDn'
			-------------------------
	EHappy, Happy, Happy
	Happy, Happy, Happy
SOLO:
	 G- E  
	 G- E  
	G - E - G - A - G - E    (REPEAT 4 TIMES)
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VERSE3:
	BBurn nineCty houDrs picBkin  up  hCis   Dstreets
	BHe's got no mConey Dto spend aBll this CweeDk
	BYet he's no moCrtgage liDvin Bin  his  CtreDe
	BI really liCke my mobDile caBrdboard sCuiteD  
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	          G      E           G        E   G-  E-  G-  A-  G- E  
	Primitive man, Primitive Man
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Primitive Man

by Izzy Stradlin

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"ChopAway.com - The Online Home Of Izzy Stradlin"

[ IZZY STRADLIN - RIDE ON ]

[ UNIVERSAL VICTOR - 1999 ]

[ PRIMITIVE MAN ]

INTRO:

Happy, Happy, Happy

-------------------------

CHORUS:

G E G E G E G A G E

- - - - -

Primitive Man, Primitive Man

Ah, Primitive Man, Primitive Man

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VERSE1:

B C D B C D

Shootin dope up in your cardboard shack

I wonder how you got to where your at

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CHORUS

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VERSE2:

B C D B C D

No telephone, no electricity

B C D B C D

Sole mode of travel is your own two feet

B C D B C D

& yet he's happy, I see him smilin'

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Happy, Happy, Happy

SOLO:

G E

G - E - G - A - G - E (REPEAT 4 TIMES)

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VERSE3:

B C D B C D

Burn ninety hours pickin up his streets

B C D B C D

He's got no money to spend all this week

B C D B C D

Yet he's no mortgage livin in his tree

B C D B C D

I really like my mobile cardboard suite

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G E G E G E G A G E

- - - - -

Primitive man, Primitive Man

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