The Man Down There

[INTRO:] A  Asus4 A   Asus4 A

[VERSE 1:]
           D           C6         G         A7
Though the trinkets of glory have fallen my way
D         C          G         A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
I haven't got what I had yesterday
D         C           G        A
I have forgotten what I had to say

     D           C        G   A
E|t's| one for the man down there-- 

D           C        D    G D
One for the man down there


[VERSE 2:]
                  C6        G           A7
Although it's not new, it's been said before
D              C             G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
While I'm just sitting, I'll say it once more
   D           C        G          A7
As soon as you sign it, it becomes law
    D            C        G   A
One more for the man down there__
    D            C        D    G D
One more for the man down there


[VERSE 3:]
         C6          G           A7
And as I try to look life in the face
D            C            G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Forced to partake in this whole human race
    D            C            G             A
You look for your money, it's gone, left no trace

     D           C        G   A
E|t's| gone to the man down there-- 

     D           C        D    G D  G C G  D G D  G
It's gone to the man down there


[BRIDGE:]
             C                Cm        G
The man down there says he'll take good care of you
             C                  A               G
By this time next week you'll hold the sun___
          C       Cm               G
He will remove___ all the pain and misery
               C                A
One day you'll look, see you're gone


[VERSE 4:]
          D           C6         G           A7
Well, the boss-man is clever, he always will be
D         C       G           A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Behind it all I'm starting to see
D            C             G                A
He's getting rich from the likes of you and me

     D           C        G   A
E|t's| all for the man down there-- 

     D           C        D    G D  G C G  D G D  G
It's all for the man down there


[OUTRO:]    (## fade to end on A ##)
             C                Cm        G
The man down there says he'll take good care of you
               C   N.C.         A
One day you'll look, see you're gone____