[Intro]
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[Verse]
D G
He got a crim-son red tat-too keeps it hid-den just a-bove his t-shirt sleeve,
D A
It's a brok-en heart and the in-scrip-tion reads 'No love songs if you please',
D G
But he don't real-ly mean that, yes it's on-ly cheek-y tongue,
D A7 D A
He stands up and sings one ev'-ry night, he's the man of a thou-sand songs.
[Verse]
D G
He knows the street like he knows his last name and the cit-y from the wrong side out,
D A
He knows that time is cruel and an-y man's a fool who hides the truth be-hind his mouth;
D G
He knows The Duke of Earl, he knows My Girl, and The House of the Ris - ing Sun,
D A D D
The o-pen-in line on his mar-quee sign reads 'The man of a thou-sand songs'.
[Bridge]
A G D
He knows an old ho-tel where the desk clerk will sell you your soul back reas-'nab-ly cheap.
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or this guy you can call when you're crawl-in' the wall and the whole / town's / a-sleep.
[Verse]
D G
He don't prom-ise what he don't de-liv-er he keeps it all in the eas-y keys.
D A
He don't dream be-yond his ex-pec-tat-ions but he got the stance down to a 'T';
D G
He got a friend in the back - stage alley got just the thing to make the night move a-long.
D A7 D D
He's tak-in' all re-quests as you might have guessed, he's the man of a thou-sand songs.
[Bridge]
A G D
He knows an old ho-tel where the desk clerk will sell you your soul back reas-'nab-ly cheap.
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or this guy you can call when you're crawl-in' the wall and the whole / town's / a-sleep.
[Verse]
D G
He don't prom-ise what he don't de-liv-er he keeps it all in the eas-y keys.
D A
He don't dream be-yond his ex-pec-tat-ions but he got the stance down to a 'T';
D G
He got a friend in the back - stage alley got just the thing to make the night move a-long.
D A7 A7/Bb Bm
He's tak-in' all re-quests as you might have guessed, he's the man of a thou-sand songs.
[TAG]
G D A7 D
Oh, Woah, he's the man of a thou-sand songs.