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[Verse 1]

Am                                          G
Should you ever settle down in the Sunshine State

Am                                   G
You should know of its tangled fate

F                                           Em
How the conquistador came down to Florida

Dm                         G
Long before it had a name

Am                               G
The medicine man of the Seminole

Am                                               G
Knelt by the sacred flame and he cursed the soul of the

F                                 Em
Conquistador and his son, and his sons,

Dm                   G
and the young ones

Am
Of the Florida Man



[Chorus]

Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am
Florida Man


[Bridge]

Dm
Down at the mall

          Am
Where the boys crawl

G
Ted makes love to a concrete wall

Dm                         Am
His brother, Red, said his Uncle Ned

      G
Found Elvis in a loaf of bred

Dm                    Am
High on meth, there's little Beth

G
The neighbor's cat is on her breath

Dm                  Am
Dan dreams he's got wings of fire

G
He's waking' and shaking' on a power wire


[Chorus]

Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am
Florida Man


[Solo]

Dm  Am G

Dm  Am  G

Dm  Am  G

Dm  C  Bb  Gm  Am

[Bridge 2]

Dm                      Am
Slim sees his face on a moonlit wave

G
He grabs a shovel, digs his own grave

Dm                        Am
Lee hates plate glass, he drives right through it

G
Said "Alice's caterpillar made him do it"

Dm            Am
A Miami Nurse snatches a purse

G
Drives down the freeway in reverse

Dm                    Am
Phil asks the cops to test his drugs

G
After they find him hiding under a rug



[Chorus 3]

Am          Em    Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am   Em   Dm
Florida Man

G       Am
Florida Man

[Outro]

Am                              G
Don't you laugh it could be you

Am                                  G
The Florida curse always comes true

F                                     Em
You can jeer but you don't understand

Dm
Any fragile soul

G                Am
Can be a Florida Man