Death Of A Ladies Man
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D E7 Em A7 G D (x2)
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Ah the Dman she wanted all her life was E7hanging by a thread
"I neEmver even A7knew how much I Gwanted you" she Dsaid.
His Dmuscles they were numbered and his E7style was obsolete.
"Oh Embaby I have A7come too late." She Gknelt beside his Dfeet.
"I'll neDver see a face like yours in E7years of men to come
I'll neEmver see such A7arms again in Gwrestling or in Dlove."
And Dall his virtues burning in the E7smoky Holocaust
She Emtook unto herA7self most everyGthing her lover Dlost
Bridge
Bm Now the master of this landscape he was standing at the view
With a Emsparrow of St. Francis that he was preaching to
She F#mbeckoned to the sentry of his high religious mood
She said "I'll Emmake a place betEmween D#my legs I'll Emshow Dyou soliA7tude."
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He ofDfered her an orgy in a many E7mirrored room
He Empromised her A7protection for the Gissue of her Dwomb
She Dmoved her body hard against a E7sharpened metal spoon
She Emstopped the bloody riA7tuals of Gpassage to the Dmoon
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She Dtook his much admired oE7riental frame of mind
And the Emheart-of-darkness aA7libi his Gmoney hides beDhind
She Dtook his blonde madonna and his E7monastery wine
"This Emmental space is ocA7cupied and eGverything is Dmine."
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He Dtried to make a final stand beE7side the railway track
She said "The Emart of longing's oA7ver and it's Gnever coming Dback."
She Dtook his tavern parliament his E7cap his cocky dance
She Emmocked his female faA7shions and his Gworking-class mousDtache.
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Bm Now the last time that I saw him he was trying hard to get
A woEmman's education but he's not a woman yet
And the F#mlast time that I saw her she was living with some boy
Who Emgives her soul an Emempty D#room and Emgives Dher body joy. A7
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So the great afDfair is over but E7whoever would have guessed
It would Emleave us all so A7vacant and so Gdeeply unimDpressed?
It's Dlike our visit to the moon or E7to that other star
I Emguess you go for A7nothing if you Greally want to go that Dfar.
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It's Dlike our visit to the moon or E7to that other star
I Emguess you go for A7nothing if you Greally want to go that Dfar.
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It's Dlike our visit to the moon or E7to that other star
I Emguess you go for noA7thing if you Greally want to go that Dfar.