Chords for John Cale - Fear Is A Man´s Best Friend (Rockpalast 1983 & 1984)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] Standing waiting [F#m] for a [E] man to show I'm died [A] when I [E] fixed on the door
[A] This beating's killing me It's [E] wearing me down
[A] Day in, day out I [E] eat a burning gold in the ground
[F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] Darkness [A] warmer than a bedroom floor [E] Want someone [A] to hold me close forevermore
I'm a sleeping dog, but [E] you can tell [A] When I'm on the prowl
Even when I [E] run like hell Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense
Don't even think about it [Am] Life and death are just [F#m] things that you do
When [B] you're bored
Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend
[B] Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend [F#m] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [F#]
[F] [Em]
[D#]
[F] [Em] [A#]
[F] [Em]
[D#]
[E] Old man living,
[F#m] trails leading nowhere [C#] Where to my son?
[A]
We're already dead But not yet [E] in the ground
Come on, [A] shake my helping hand I'll show [E] you around
Cause you [B] know it [A] makes sense Don't even think about it
Life and death are just [F#m] things you do When [B] you're bored
Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend [B] Hey, [A] fear's a man's best [G#]
[B] friend
Hey, [A] [G#] fear's a man's best friend You got it [F#m] up, it brings you [B] down
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend [A] Hey, fear's a man's best friend
[F#] [G]
[G#] [Dm]
[B]
[G]
[D] [G#] [F#]
[G#m] [F#m]
[F#] [G] [F#]
[Am] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [Am] Aloha [E] Europa!
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
Standing [A] waiting for a [E] man to show [A] [E] Wide-eyed, [A] one eye [E] fixed on the door
[A]
Ears [E] wearing it down [A] Day in, day out
[C#m] Feet in, burning holes in the [E]
ground [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
Dark [A] is warmer than the [E] bedroom [A] floor
[E] Lights to [A] hold me close forevermore Pussy making it all up
But [E] you can't tell where [A] I'm from I [E] don't like him
Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense Don't even think [Em] about it
[A] Life and [E] death are just things you [F#m] do When [Bm] you're bored
[A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend [B] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend
Hey, fear's a man's best friend [F#] You got it up, it brings you down
[B] [F#] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
[F#]
[C#] [Bm] [A#] [G#]
[D] [G#]
[D#] [G#]
[D#]
[Fm]
[E]
[A] Living like [E] a man on the [A] run Trails leading [G] nowhere to my son
[Em] But you [D] don't like him [A] Cause you [E] know
[A]
[E]
it [B] [A] makes sense
Don't even think [E] about [A] it.
Now you [E] pretend [F#] everything that you do, oh, I am the [B] one.
Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] man.
[Bm] Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] hand.
[B] Hey, [A] feel the [E] man's best hand.
He [F#m] had it up, the things he down.
[B]
[F#m] And it's the crazy you [B] are.
[A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B] Well, say yes to the [E] man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best hand.
[C#m] [A#] [Em] [D#]
[C#] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] Standing waiting [F#m] for a [E] man to show I'm died [A] when I [E] fixed on the door
[A] This beating's killing me It's [E] wearing me down
[A] Day in, day out I [E] eat a burning gold in the ground
[F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] Darkness [A] warmer than a bedroom floor [E] Want someone [A] to hold me close forevermore
I'm a sleeping dog, but [E] you can tell [A] When I'm on the prowl
Even when I [E] run like hell Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense
Don't even think about it [Am] Life and death are just [F#m] things that you do
When [B] you're bored
Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend
[B] Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend [F#m] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [F#]
[F] [Em]
[D#]
[F] [Em] [A#]
[F] [Em]
[D#]
[E] Old man living,
[F#m] trails leading nowhere [C#] Where to my son?
[A]
We're already dead But not yet [E] in the ground
Come on, [A] shake my helping hand I'll show [E] you around
Cause you [B] know it [A] makes sense Don't even think about it
Life and death are just [F#m] things you do When [B] you're bored
Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend [B] Hey, [A] fear's a man's best [G#]
[B] friend
Hey, [A] [G#] fear's a man's best friend You got it [F#m] up, it brings you [B] down
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend [A] Hey, fear's a man's best friend
[F#] [G]
[G#] [Dm]
[B]
[G]
[D] [G#] [F#]
[G#m] [F#m]
[F#] [G] [F#]
[Am] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [Am] Aloha [E] Europa!
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
Standing [A] waiting for a [E] man to show [A] [E] Wide-eyed, [A] one eye [E] fixed on the door
[A]
Ears [E] wearing it down [A] Day in, day out
[C#m] Feet in, burning holes in the [E]
ground [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
Dark [A] is warmer than the [E] bedroom [A] floor
[E] Lights to [A] hold me close forevermore Pussy making it all up
But [E] you can't tell where [A] I'm from I [E] don't like him
Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense Don't even think [Em] about it
[A] Life and [E] death are just things you [F#m] do When [Bm] you're bored
[A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend [B] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend
Hey, fear's a man's best friend [F#] You got it up, it brings you down
[B] [F#] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
[F#]
[C#] [Bm] [A#] [G#]
[D] [G#]
[D#] [G#]
[D#]
[Fm]
[E]
[A] Living like [E] a man on the [A] run Trails leading [G] nowhere to my son
[Em] But you [D] don't like him [A] Cause you [E] know
[A]
[E]
it [B] [A] makes sense
Don't even think [E] about [A] it.
Now you [E] pretend [F#] everything that you do, oh, I am the [B] one.
Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] man.
[Bm] Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] hand.
[B] Hey, [A] feel the [E] man's best hand.
He [F#m] had it up, the things he down.
[B]
[F#m] And it's the crazy you [B] are.
[A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B] Well, say yes to the [E] man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best hand.
[C#m] [A#] [Em] [D#]
Key:
E
A
B
F#m
F#
E
A
B
[N] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Standing waiting [F#m] for a [E] man to show _ _ I'm died [A] when I [E] fixed on the door
[A] This _ beating's killing _ _ me It's [E] wearing me down
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Day _ in, day out I [E] eat a burning gold in the ground
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] Darkness [A] warmer than a bedroom floor _ [E] Want someone [A] to hold me close forevermore
I'm a sleeping _ dog, _ _ _ but [E] you can tell _ _ _ _ [A] When I'm on the _ _ _ prowl
Even when I [E] run like hell Cause _ you [B] know it makes [A] sense
Don't even think about it [Am] Life and death are just [F#m] things that you do
When _ [B] you're bored
_ _ Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend _ Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend
[B] Hey, _ [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend [F#m] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
_ You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Old man living, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ trails leading nowhere _ [C#] Where to my son?
[A]
We're already dead _ But not yet [E] in the ground _ _
Come on, [A] shake my helping hand _ _ I'll show [E] you around _ _
Cause you [B] know it [A] makes sense Don't even think about it
Life and death are just [F#m] things you do When [B] you're bored _
_ Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend _ [B] Hey, [A] fear's a man's best [G#] _
[B] friend
Hey, [A] _ [G#] fear's a man's best friend You got it [F#m] up, it brings you [B] down _
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend _ [A] Hey, fear's a man's best friend
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] Aloha [E] Europa! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Standing [A] waiting for a [E] man to show [A] _ _ [E] _ Wide-eyed, [A] one eye [E] fixed on the door
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ears _ [E] wearing it down _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Day in, _ day out
[C#m] Feet in, burning holes in the [E]
ground _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
Dark [A] is warmer than the [E] bedroom [A] floor
_ [E] Lights to [A] hold me close _ _ forevermore Pussy making it all up
_ _ But [E] you can't tell _ _ where _ _ [A] I'm from _ _ _ I _ [E] don't like him _ _ _ _
Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense Don't even think [Em] about it
[A] Life and [E] death are just things you [F#m] do When [Bm] you're bored _
_ _ [A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend _ [B] Hey, _ fear's a [E] man's best friend
Hey, _ fear's a man's best friend [F#] You got it up, it brings you down
[B] _ _ _ [F#] You got it up, it brings you [B] _ down
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[D] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] Living like [E] a man on the [A] run _ _ _ Trails leading [G] nowhere _ _ to my son
[Em] _ _ But you [D] don't like him [A] _ Cause you [E] know _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it [B] _ [A] makes sense
Don't even think [E] about [A] it.
Now you [E] pretend [F#] everything that you do, oh, I am the [B] one. _ _
Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] man. _
[Bm] Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] hand.
_ [B] Hey, [A] feel the [E] man's best hand.
He [F#m] had it up, the things he down.
[B] _ _
_ _ [F#m] And it's the crazy you [B] are.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] Well, say _ yes to the [E] man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best hand.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Standing waiting [F#m] for a [E] man to show _ _ I'm died [A] when I [E] fixed on the door
[A] This _ beating's killing _ _ me It's [E] wearing me down
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Day _ in, day out I [E] eat a burning gold in the ground
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] Darkness [A] warmer than a bedroom floor _ [E] Want someone [A] to hold me close forevermore
I'm a sleeping _ dog, _ _ _ but [E] you can tell _ _ _ _ [A] When I'm on the _ _ _ prowl
Even when I [E] run like hell Cause _ you [B] know it makes [A] sense
Don't even think about it [Am] Life and death are just [F#m] things that you do
When _ [B] you're bored
_ _ Hey, [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend _ Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend
[B] Hey, _ [A] fear's a [E] man's best friend [F#m] You got it up, it brings you [B] down
_ You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Old man living, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ trails leading nowhere _ [C#] Where to my son?
[A]
We're already dead _ But not yet [E] in the ground _ _
Come on, [A] shake my helping hand _ _ I'll show [E] you around _ _
Cause you [B] know it [A] makes sense Don't even think about it
Life and death are just [F#m] things you do When [B] you're bored _
_ Hey, [A] fear's a man's [E] best friend _ [B] Hey, [A] fear's a man's best [G#] _
[B] friend
Hey, [A] _ [G#] fear's a man's best friend You got it [F#m] up, it brings you [B] down _
You [F#m] got it up, it brings you [B] down _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend _ [A] Hey, fear's a man's best friend
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] Aloha [E] Europa! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Standing [A] waiting for a [E] man to show [A] _ _ [E] _ Wide-eyed, [A] one eye [E] fixed on the door
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ears _ [E] wearing it down _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Day in, _ day out
[C#m] Feet in, burning holes in the [E]
ground _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
Dark [A] is warmer than the [E] bedroom [A] floor
_ [E] Lights to [A] hold me close _ _ forevermore Pussy making it all up
_ _ But [E] you can't tell _ _ where _ _ [A] I'm from _ _ _ I _ [E] don't like him _ _ _ _
Cause you [B] know it makes [A] sense Don't even think [Em] about it
[A] Life and [E] death are just things you [F#m] do When [Bm] you're bored _
_ _ [A] Hey, fear's a [E] man's best friend _ [B] Hey, _ fear's a [E] man's best friend
Hey, _ fear's a man's best friend [F#] You got it up, it brings you down
[B] _ _ _ [F#] You got it up, it brings you [B] _ down
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[D] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] Living like [E] a man on the [A] run _ _ _ Trails leading [G] nowhere _ _ to my son
[Em] _ _ But you [D] don't like him [A] _ Cause you [E] know _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it [B] _ [A] makes sense
Don't even think [E] about [A] it.
Now you [E] pretend [F#] everything that you do, oh, I am the [B] one. _ _
Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] man. _
[Bm] Hey, [A] feel the man's best [E] hand.
_ [B] Hey, [A] feel the [E] man's best hand.
He [F#m] had it up, the things he down.
[B] _ _
_ _ [F#m] And it's the crazy you [B] are.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] Well, say _ yes to the [E] man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best friend.
Hey, feel the man's best hand.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _