#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:05:03 -1000 From: Harlan L Thompson A WELL RESPECTED MAN- The Kinks G C C/B Am C C/B Am Cos he gets up in the morning and he goes to work at nine C C/B Am C C/B Am And he comes back home at five thirty, gets the same train every time C C/B Am C C/B Am Cos his world is built on punctuality, it never fails CHORUS: C C/B Am C C/B Am Cos he's oh so good, and he's oh so fine C C/B Am C C/B Am And he's oh so healthy in his body and his mind F Em He's a well respected man about town F D G G/C G Doing the best things so conservatively And his mother goes to meetings while his father pulls the maid And she stirs the tea with councilors while discussing foreign trade And she passes looks as well as Bill's at every suave young man ...CHORUS And he likes his own backyard and he likes his fags the best Cos he's better than the rest and his arm sweat smells the best And he hope to grab his father's loot when Pater passes on ...CHORUS And he plays the stocks and shares and he goes to a regatta He adores the girl next door cos he's dying to get at her But his mother knows the best about the matrimonial stakes ...CHORUS
About the artist behind A Well Respected Man Chords:
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face,[2] Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era.[3]
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