...MAN NO SOBER... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*


Intro:

Em  F#m  Bm  A (x2)

Bm      G  Em  A
 Woooh!
Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.

Verse 1:

    Bm
The drunkard he,
G                Em  A
 Staggers around,
    Bm
The alleys of,
G                 Em  A
 Cities and towns,
Bm
 His sorrows,
            G
He tries to drown.
   Em         A
So-lution, so-lution,
   Bm            G
So-lution to his problems,
   Em            A
So-lution to his problems;
             Bm     G
Can never be found.
Em                A
 Booze is what he chooses.

Bridge 1:

       Em
Like a gypsy;
He's tipsy,
   A
He drinks, 
                   Bm  G
Too much whiskey.
       Em
Like a gypsy;
He's tipsy,
   A               Bm
He drinks too much.
G              
 A Mr Winehead,
Em           A
 Stagger deh,
Bm                G        Em  A
 Booze is what he chooses,
Bm
 Booze is what he choose,
G
 Watch him how,
Topples over.

Chorus 1:

Bm  G  Em  A, Em

Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.

Break:

Bm
 In and out,
   G
Of discotheques,
Em
 In and out,
   A
Of wine bars,
Bm
 Burned out shell;
G
 Looks a wreck,
Em
 Got to help him,
A
 Somehow oh.
Bm
 Greets bartenders,
G
 Drinks firewater,
Em                A
 Dance bossanova.
Bm
 Greets bartenders,
G
 Drinks firewater,
Em
 Dance bossanova,
A
 He topples over.

Chorus 2:

Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober,
Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.

Bridge 2:

Em
 Man no sober,
A
 Man no sober,
Bm
 Man no sober.
Em
 Gypsy he's tipsy,
   A
He drinks too much.
Bm             G, Em  A
 Man no sober.

Bm                G        Em  A
 Booze is what he chooses,
Bm
 Booze is what he choose,
G
 Watch him how,
              Em, Bm  G
Topples over.

Em                A
 With A...with A,
With a bottle,
       Bm    G
In his hand.
     Em    A
Hang-over.

Bm
 In and out,
   G
Of discotheques,
Em
 In and out,
   A
Of wine bars,
Bm
 Burned out shell;
G
 Looks a wreck,
Em
 Got to help him,
A
 Somehow oh.
Bm
 Greets bartenders,
G
 Drinks firewater,
Em
 Dance bossanova,
A
 He topples over.
Bm
 Greets bartenders,
G
 Drinks firewater,
Em      A
 Dance.

Coda:

Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.
Bm  G  Em,
A
 Watch him how,
Topples over,
Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.
Bm  G  Em,
A
 Watch him how,
Topples over.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em      F#m     Bm      A       G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx543  xxx222  xxx432  xxx655  xxx433


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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