A Well Respected Man

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Artist - The Kinks
Song - A Well Respected Man (1965)
Music & Lyrics - Ray Davies
[Verse 1]
C Em/B Am
Cos' he gets up in the morning,
C Em/B Am
And he goes to work at nine,
C Em/B Am
And he comes back home at five-thirty,
C Em/B Am
Gets the same train every time.
C Em/B Am C
cause his world is built round punctuality,
Em/B Am
It never fails.
[Chorus 1]
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so good,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so fine,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so healthy,
C Em/B Am
In his body and his mind.
F Em
He's a well respected man about town,
F D G C G
Doing the best things so conservatively.
[Verse 2]
C Em/B Am
And his mother goes to meetings,
C Em/B Am
While his father pulls the maid,
C Em/B Am
And she stirs the tea with councillors,
C Em/B Am
While discussing foreign trade,
C Em/B Am
And she passes looks, as well as bills
C Em/B Am
At every suave young man.
[Chorus 2]
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so good,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so fine,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so healthy,
C Em/B Am
In his body and his mind.
F Em
He's a well respected man about town,
F D G C G
Doing the best things so conservatively.
[Verse 3]
C Em/B Am
And he likes his own backyard,
C Em/B Am
And he likes his fags the best,
C Em/B Am
Cos' he's better than the rest,
C Em/B Am
And his own sweat smells the best,
C Em/B Am
And he hopes to grab his father's loot,
C Em/B Am
When pater passes on.
[Chorus 3]
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so good,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so fine,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so healthy,
C Em/B Am
In his body and his mind.
F Em
He's a well respected man about town,
F D G C G
Doing the best things so conservatively.
[Verse 4]
C Em/B Am
And he plays at stocks and shares,
C Em/B Am
And he goes to the regatta,
C Em/B Am
And he adores the girl next door,
C Em/B Am
Cos' he's dying to get at her,
C Em/B Am
But his mother knows the best about,
C Em/B Am
The matrimonial stakes
[Chorus 4]
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so good,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so fine,
C Em/B Am
And he's oh, so healthy,
C Em/B Am
In his body and his mind.
F Em
He's a well respected man about town,
F D G C G
Doing the best things so conservatively.
End

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Free chords for A Well Respected Man by The Kinks. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Artist - The Kinks
Song - A Well Respected Man (1965)
Music & Lyrics - Ray Davies
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1] 
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3] 
[Verse 4]
[Chorus 4] 
End

A Well Respected Man Chords by The Kinks

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