Chords for A Ladies Man-Oscar Brown Jr.-1972

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_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] As a boy, [F] I longed to [D] be the fellow women [F]
loved, [D] see and have them all [G] consider [Cm] me a
[F] ladies man.
[Cm] _ [F] Yeah.
[C] I dreamed of [F] Jeannie with delight, [Cm] Mary moaning in the night [D] as I [G] became
with all [Cm] my might a [F] ladies [Cm] man. _ _
[Bm] Developed into a [F] fuller flower, [Bm] this throbbing [F] thrust
of manly [Ab] power consumed [G] my every waking [Cm] hour a [F] ladies man.
[Cm] Yeah.
[F] I [Bm] felt the urge, [F] that
awful itch, [Cm] it mounted to a [F] fever pitch.
[D] I had me girls [G] no matter [Cm] which, a [F] ladies _ [Cm] man.
Yeah.
[Fm] Ah, but the [Bb] hottest fever cools [Eb] those who won't face [Ab] that fact are [Fm] fools.
For like
all [D] men, time [Cm] overrules [F] a ladies [Cm] man.
_ [Bb] What [Fm] once was warm [Bb] began to chill [Eb] as father [Fm] time
enforced his will until I wondered, am I [G] still a ladies man?
[Cm] At first I [F] tried to hide my
[Eb] loss, pretending I [F] was still the [D] boss with girls [G] who never [Cm] come across [Bb] a ladies [Cm] man.
_ [F]
But [Cm] they moved [F] with too swift a [Cm] step.
I needed [F] patience more than [D] pep to keep [G] alive my
[Cm] sating rep, a ladies man.
_ [F] Don't [Cm] get me wrong now, [F] I'm not dead.
[Bm] My shoulders hold a damn
good [D] head.
So joy [G] has not [Cm] completely fled a ladies [Cm] man.
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[Bm] But it can never be [F] the same.
[Bm] Figures vanish from my game [D] for [G] reminiscing.
[Cm] Can you blame [F] a ladies man?
[Cm] _ _ I [Fm] look back on
the life I've led.
[Eb] What might my powers have [Cm] got instead had I not [G] shot so much in [Cm] bed?
A ladies man. _ _
[Fm] What tricky trade might [Bb] I have tried [Eb] had I not laid [Ab] _
[Fm] preoccupied?
But then
who's ever [G] satisfied?
A ladies [Gm] man.
The women [F] I've made frequently, [Eb] each in her [F] heart held
[D] secretly that she [G] was really making [Cm] me a [F] ladies [Cm] man.
_ [F] A [Cm] woman feels, a [F] man may guess, [Cm] that
she conceals [F] beneath her dress [D] a trap in [G] which she can [Cm] possess a [F] ladies man.
[Cm] Yeah.
_ [F]
She [Cm] throws
the bait, she [F] shows the lure, [Cm] there's no [F] escaping that's for sure.
[D] You're never [G] really
free [Cm] when you're [F] a ladies [Cm] man.
_ _ Each mellow follows [F] his own star, [Cm] but take no [F] appetite
too far.
[D] That's sound [G] advice in case [Cm] you are a [F] ladies _ [Cm] man. _
[Fm] But you call [Eb] all this sour [Eb] grapes.
Devote [Ab] yourself to willing [Fm] grapes and never mind what [Cm] all escapes [Bb] a ladies [Cm] man.
_ All [Fm] youth
must feel [D] betrayed by [Eb] age.
I'm reading [Fm] from a later page.
You can't hear me at [G] your stage.
_ _ [Cm] Therefore [F] my boy, enjoy your [Cm] prime until [F] your fateful date [D] with time [G] when you can claim
no [Cm] longer I'm a ladies man.
_ [F] _
[Cm] Hey, there's a [F] beauty.
You [Cm] agree?
[F] _ _
[Cm] Got quite [F] a body, [Bm] hasn't she?
[F] _
_ [D] Well, suck it to [G] her once for me.
_ [Cm] A [F] ladies man.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] A [F] ladies man.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] A [F] ladies man.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] A [F] ladies [Cm] man.
[C] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [G] A _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] ladies [Cm] man.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
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