Chords for Rick Elias: "Man of No Reputation" live at the Bluebird cafe

I think this is our last song, [D] isn't it? Yes.
OK. _
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[Bb] All I'm going to say about this, every songwriter,
I [Abm] teach songwriting.
I teach a college level songwriting course.
And when you study songwriters, [Ab] it doesn't matter who they are.
[N]
Every songwriter has one song that they say kind of just
fell out of the sky.
And they're like, you know, it's a lot of work,
but there's always one song.
Sometimes it's a famous one.
Sometimes it's one you haven't heard.
It's not always, you know, it's just
that if you make yourself available, there's one. _
That'll just happen.
And this was that song for me. _
And thanks for being a patient audience while we've
been like yammering here. _ _
Been a lot of fun.
Thank you to the people here at Bluebird.
[F] I know we're [D] driving you crazy. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ It [D] was said this man _ _ _ was [G] full of _ [D] reputation.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yet he could stop a rising _ _ storm [G] with the [C]
gesture _ of his [Em] _
hands.
[A] _ But [D] he chose to _ use _ _ his [G] _ [D] hands to heal _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
hearts [A] of _ [G] darkness,
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] hearts _ [F] of [C]
stone, [Em] _ just [D] like mine _ _ _ _ would be _ with you.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] He was a man of no [Em] reputation. _
And _ [D] by the wise can the city _ be fooled.
_ _ When he spoke about faith and _ forgiveness,
_ in a [Em] time when the [A] strongest longed to.
_ [G] This man of no _ [D] reputation _ _ [A] loved [Bm] the weak
[A] with relentless [G] affection.
[D] _ _ And [Em] he loved all those [D] poor in spirit _ just as they were.
[A] He was a man of no _ reputation.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] It was said this man _ _ _
_ [G] brought only [D] _
confusion. _ _ _ _ _
_ That he'd achieve his ends by any means.
_ [F] And the truth would bring [A] revolution.
_ _ _ [D] And for once they were right. _ _ _
_ [G] The truth [D] _ _
set us free. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] The [Bm] hearts [B] of the [G] captive _
_ [D] _ were [Am] his _ [G] only _ _ [F] concern.
[Em] _ _ And [D] _
powerfully, _ _ _ _ _ [G] their days [D] _
were ending.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ He [D] was a man of no [Em] reputation. _
_ _ _ [D] And by the wise can the city [G] be [D] fooled.
_ When he spoke about faith [G] and _ forgiveness,
_ [Em] in a time when the strongest [A] [Em] longed to.
_ But [G] this man of no _ [D] reputation _ _ loved the [Bm] weak
with [B] _ [G] relentless affection.
_ [D] _ [Em] And he loved all those [D] poor in spirit _ just as they were.
He was a [A]
man of no _ [D] reputation.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] One _ _ [Em] day he stood the gates of heaven [D] alone,
[A] crying _ _ _ _ [D] that the Prince _ [Em] of _ _ Peace will come back _ _ [D] for his _ [Em] bride. _ _
_ _ But for now [D] we live on these streets, _ _ _ _ [G] forbidden [D] and tough, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
where push always comes to shove. _ _ _
_ [C] And it's [G] said love's _ [Em] never enough.
[A] _
Where [D] a prophet in rags _ gives hope to a fearful _ world. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ No [A] _ _ _ [G] injustice, [D] _
_ _ [Am] no _ [G]
heart _ [F] of darkness _
[Em] _ _ [D] will keep this force _ _ _ from being heard.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
No.
[A] _ [D] He was a man of no _ [Em] reputation.
_ _ And [D] by the wise can the city be fooled.
_ When he spoke about faith [G] and _ forgiveness,
_ [Em] in a time when the strongest [A] _
longed to.
_ _ But [G] this man of no _ [D]
reputation _ _ loves [Bm] us all [A] with relentless _
[G] affection.
_ [Ab] _ [D] _
[Em] And he loves all us _
[Bm] _ poor in spirit. _
[G] _ Come as you are [A] to the man of no _ [D] reputation. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] God bless you.
[Ab] Thank you. _ _
[N] _ _ _ Thank you. _