...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          G               Em  A
The drunkard he staggers around,
    Bm         G                Em  A
The alleys of, cities and towns.
Bm                       G
 His sorrows 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                       Bm  G
He drinks too much whiskey.
       Em
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy,
   A               Bm
He drinks too much.

G              Em           A
 A Mr Winehead stagger deh,
Bm                G        Em  A
 Booze is what he chooses,
Bm
 Booze is what he choose,
G
 Watch him how he topples over.

Chorus 1:

Bm  G  Em  A, Em

Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.

Break:

Bm             G
 In and out of discotheques,
Em             A
 In and out of wine bars.
Bm                 G
 Burned out shell; looks a wreck,
Em               A
 Got to help him 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                              Em, Bm  G
 Watch him how he topples over.

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

Bm             G
 In and out of discotheques,
Em             A
 In and out of wine bars.
Bm                 G
 Burned out shell; looks a wreck,
Em               A
 Got to help him 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.

Bm
 Greets bartenders,
G
 Drinks firewater,
Em      A
 Dance.

Coda:

Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.
Bm  G  Em,
A
 Watch him how he topples over;
Bm      G      Em  A
 Man no sober.
Bm  G  Em,
A
 Watch him how he topples over.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em      F#m     Bm      A       G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx543  xxx222  xx4432  xx7655  xx5433


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