Chords for Mr. Man On The Street - Act One

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I was walking up [B] the street, couldn't name a name. _
[E] _ Took one hand, buried it in my [B] head, and listened to the [E] radio.
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[Abm] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Abm] I told him [Dbm] I was the man, [Abm] _ [B] yes I am, [E] I whispered, I didn't know [B] what's happening.
[E] I _ wrote it on a paddy [B] hat, threw it [E] to the ground.
[A] It's more to keep my secret, who's lines are [B] more.
_ _ [E] I then grabbed my arm, the next thing I [B] know, I'm sitting [E] in this bar. _ _
_ _ [A] _ He started twaddling on [B] about the sorrows [E] of his day.
_ I smiled and looked around to [B] see how I could get away. _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Abm] _ [Dbm] Teacher, and on his [Abm] chest, there was a [B] scarlet letter.
[A] Just can't escape her, since he's gone, and [B] she's gone.
_ [E] She said her name's a vet, and starts talking [B] about medical [E] history.
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_ [E] _ _ [B] It's amazing, my heart was [E] beating wild.
_ She told me she was in misery, [B] she was a [E] parapsychic child.
Now _ [Abm] _ [Dbm] the toe young is [Abm] up, and it [Dbm] starts to cry.
[Abm] It winds up, [Dbm] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] she continued without [E] a glance.
Told me how her doctor thought [B] she had seen fighters' knees.
[D] Oh, I was [A] getting nowhere, so [D] I told her it's [B] been sweet.
_ _ [E] She asked me what my fame was, [Db] I said, Mr.
Man [E] on the Street. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
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[B] _ _ _ _ I [E] was walking by this bank, [B] just thinking about [E] him.
_ When [Abm] this motorcycle, [Dbm] _ [Abm] he roars up [Dbm] to me, [Abm] and he says,
[Dbm] I _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _
[A] told him I've both got it, high in my room [B] again.
_ [E] Well, he threw me on his hip, [B] and charged me with [Em] loitering.
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[E] I smell what I call myself, [B] I told him, Jesse [E] James. _
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[E] _ _ [A] I [Abm] said, this is [Dbm] a hold up, and [Abm] I want your motor,
[Dbm] he jumped up at [Ab] me, and [Abm] I, _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ now I'm with my [B] siren going.
_ _ [E] I have no place to be, and [B] I don't care where I'm going. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ I said, it's all over for us, [B] I _ [E] _ _ _
[Abm] guess I woke [Dbm] this bum up.
I thought [Abm] this love was just, who the hell do you [Dbm] think you are?
[Abm] I said, Napoleon, [A]
he yelled at me, I had no right to endure this for [B] me. _
[E] Well, I crossed my eyes, ducked my head in his shirt,
and pretended I was [E] insane. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He looked me over, [B] and believed I was for real.
_ _ _ I was hungry, and started [B] cooking up a [E] meal.
_ [Abm] Then he started [Dbm] getting friendly, and said it's not a [Abm] bum at all,
but an [Abm] elevator operator [Db] who just [Abm] took a [B] nasty fall.
Out of [A] habit, he asked me for a dime, then he realized what he [B] did.
_ [E] Ripped my face off to [A] the ground, [B] he knew he'd hit [E] the skin.
He
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_ _ _ [B] asked [E] me to, _ _ but he didn't take it over, [B] what I really [E] used to do.
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_ _ Then he [Dbm] started muttering, [Abm] all about his [B] ludicrous past.
[D] I couldn't [A] take no more, and I jumped to [B] my feet.
[E] He asked me [E] where I was going, [B] I said to meet Mr.
[E] Man on the street.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Get [E] out of here. _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _