Chords for The Joe Jackson Band - I'm The Man (Live 1980)
Tempo:
90 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] Alright, show some respect!
On [G] guitar, Gary Sanford!
Come on!
On bass guitar, Graham Mabee!
[N]
[E] Come on, that's pathetic!
On drums, Dave Houghton!
[Ab]
[E] [A] [D] [A] This is called I'm the Man!
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
Pretty soon now, you know I'm gonna make my comeback
[A] I love the birds, I [E] love the music, no trees, it's [Bm] a show of fire and smash
[A]
[E] I'll speak to the masses, to the media
[A] And if [D] you got [E] anything to say to me, you [B] can say it with cash
[A] Cause I got the trash and you got the cash
[E] Oh baby, we should get a [B] lot of five
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me [D] laughing?
Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the man, [A] [D] [A] [E] I'm the [A] man, I'm the [D] man, I'm [A] the man, [E] [A] [D] I'm [A] the man
I'll [D] take you to [Bm] your room, I'll make a [E] few moves
Kung Fu, that was one of my good ones
[D] I watched [A] a few rugby balls, and [E] we all was good [B] queens
Fuck, [A] [E] skateboards, I almost made them respect you
See, [A] I can't [E] always get through to you, so I go for [B] your son
I [A] had a giant rubber shark and a pretty little boy
[B] Did you look at, [Bm] look at, look at all that fly?
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you think I'm [Bm] funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me [E] smiling?
[A] [D]
[A] [E] I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, [D] I'm [A] [E] the [A] [D]
[A] [E] man, I'm the [A] man
[D] I'll take you to [Bm] your room
One, [E]
[D] [E]
[D] [E] [D]
[E] [D]
[E]
[D] [A]
[E] [C] [D] [A] [Em]
[E] [Dm]
[Bb]
[E] [Bm]
[A] [D]
[A]
[D] two, [G] one, two, [E] three, right now
I think I'm [A] gonna plant a [E] new tree
[D] Because [A] we're not on the [E] grass yet, oh and we [B] can't have that
[A] And [E] you think I'm immune
[A] But I can sell you [E] anything
[A] Anything from [E] a pussy to [B] a boy's ass
[E] [A] Gosh, I got the tricks, you got [E] the fashion
And you should get a [B] lot of fines
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] [A] [E] I'm the [D] man, I'll take you to your [A] room
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] [A] [E] I'm the man, [A] I'll take you [D] to your [Bm] room
[E] I'm the man
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] I'm [A] [E] [A] the [D] [A]
man
[D] [A] [E] I'm [A] [D] [A]
[D] the [E] [D] man
I'm the man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [D] [E] yeah, [A] [D] yeah
[E] I'm the [A] [D] man
[A] [B] That's [A] me
[D] Thank
[E] [D] [E] [A] [D]
[Bm] [A] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [E]
[Em] [D] you very much boys and girls
You've [Gm] been so wonderful Good night
[D] [Eb] [G]
[N]
On [G] guitar, Gary Sanford!
Come on!
On bass guitar, Graham Mabee!
[N]
[E] Come on, that's pathetic!
On drums, Dave Houghton!
[Ab]
[E] [A] [D] [A] This is called I'm the Man!
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
Pretty soon now, you know I'm gonna make my comeback
[A] I love the birds, I [E] love the music, no trees, it's [Bm] a show of fire and smash
[A]
[E] I'll speak to the masses, to the media
[A] And if [D] you got [E] anything to say to me, you [B] can say it with cash
[A] Cause I got the trash and you got the cash
[E] Oh baby, we should get a [B] lot of five
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me [D] laughing?
Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the man, [A] [D] [A] [E] I'm the [A] man, I'm the [D] man, I'm [A] the man, [E] [A] [D] I'm [A] the man
I'll [D] take you to [Bm] your room, I'll make a [E] few moves
Kung Fu, that was one of my good ones
[D] I watched [A] a few rugby balls, and [E] we all was good [B] queens
Fuck, [A] [E] skateboards, I almost made them respect you
See, [A] I can't [E] always get through to you, so I go for [B] your son
I [A] had a giant rubber shark and a pretty little boy
[B] Did you look at, [Bm] look at, look at all that fly?
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you think I'm [Bm] funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me [E] smiling?
[A] [D]
[A] [E] I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, [D] I'm [A] [E] the [A] [D]
[A] [E] man, I'm the [A] man
[D] I'll take you to [Bm] your room
One, [E]
[D] [E]
[D] [E] [D]
[E] [D]
[E]
[D] [A]
[E] [C] [D] [A] [Em]
[E] [Dm]
[Bb]
[E] [Bm]
[A] [D]
[A]
[D] two, [G] one, two, [E] three, right now
I think I'm [A] gonna plant a [E] new tree
[D] Because [A] we're not on the [E] grass yet, oh and we [B] can't have that
[A] And [E] you think I'm immune
[A] But I can sell you [E] anything
[A] Anything from [E] a pussy to [B] a boy's ass
[E] [A] Gosh, I got the tricks, you got [E] the fashion
And you should get a [B] lot of fines
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] [A] [E] I'm the [D] man, I'll take you to your [A] room
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] [A] [E] I'm the man, [A] I'll take you [D] to your [Bm] room
[E] I'm the man
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] I'm [A] [E] [A] the [D] [A]
man
[D] [A] [E] I'm [A] [D] [A]
[D] the [E] [D] man
I'm the man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [D] [E] yeah, [A] [D] yeah
[E] I'm the [A] [D] man
[A] [B] That's [A] me
[D] Thank
[E] [D] [E] [A] [D]
[Bm] [A] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [E]
[Em] [D] you very much boys and girls
You've [Gm] been so wonderful Good night
[D] [Eb] [G]
[N]
Key:
A
E
D
B
Bm
A
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Alright, show some respect!
On [G] guitar, Gary Sanford!
Come on!
_ _ _ _ On bass guitar, Graham Mabee!
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Come on, that's pathetic!
On drums, Dave Houghton!
[Ab] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ [D] [A] This is called I'm the Man!
[D] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pretty soon now, you know I'm gonna make my comeback
[A] I love the birds, I [E] love the music, no trees, it's [Bm] a show of fire and smash
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ I'll speak to the masses, to the media
[A] And if [D] you got [E] anything to say to me, you [B] can say it with cash
_ [A] Cause I got the trash and you got the cash
[E] Oh baby, we should get a [B] lot of five
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me [D] laughing?
Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the man, [A] _ [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the [A] man, I'm the [D] man, I'm [A] the man, [E] _ [A] [D] I'm [A] the man
I'll [D] take you to [Bm] your room, I'll make a [E] few moves
Kung _ _ _ _ _ Fu, that was one of my good ones
[D] I watched [A] a few rugby balls, and [E] we all was good [B] queens
Fuck, [A] _ _ [E] _ skateboards, I almost made them respect you
See, [A] I can't [E] always get through to you, so I go for [B] your son
_ I [A] had a giant rubber shark and a pretty little boy
[B] Did you look at, [Bm] look at, look at all that fly?
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you think I'm [Bm] funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me [E] smiling?
[A] _ [D] _
[A] [E] I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, [D] I'm [A] [E] the [A] _ [D] _
[A] [E] man, I'm the [A] man
[D] I'll take you to [Bm] your room
One, [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] two, [G] one, two, [E] three, right now
I think I'm [A] gonna plant a [E] new tree _
[D] Because [A] we're not on the [E] grass yet, oh and we [B] can't have that
[A] And [E] you think I'm immune
[A] But I can sell you [E] anything
_ [A] Anything from [E] a pussy to [B] a boy's ass _
_ [E] [A] Gosh, I got the tricks, you got [E] the fashion
And you should get a [B] lot of fines
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the [D] man, I'll take you to your [A] room
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the man, [A] I'll take you [D] to your [Bm] room
_ [E] I'm the man
[A] _ [D] _ [A] _
[E] _ [A] [D] I'm [A] _ [E] [A] the [D] _ [A] _
man
[D] _ [A] [E] I'm [A] _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] the _ [E] [D] man
I'm the man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [D] _ [E] yeah, [A] _ [D] yeah
[E] I'm the [A] [D] man
[A] [B] That's [A] me
[D] Thank _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ you very much boys and girls
You've [Gm] been so wonderful Good night
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Alright, show some respect!
On [G] guitar, Gary Sanford!
Come on!
_ _ _ _ On bass guitar, Graham Mabee!
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Come on, that's pathetic!
On drums, Dave Houghton!
[Ab] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ [D] [A] This is called I'm the Man!
[D] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pretty soon now, you know I'm gonna make my comeback
[A] I love the birds, I [E] love the music, no trees, it's [Bm] a show of fire and smash
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ I'll speak to the masses, to the media
[A] And if [D] you got [E] anything to say to me, you [B] can say it with cash
_ [A] Cause I got the trash and you got the cash
[E] Oh baby, we should get a [B] lot of five
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me [D] laughing?
Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the man, [A] _ [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the [A] man, I'm the [D] man, I'm [A] the man, [E] _ [A] [D] I'm [A] the man
I'll [D] take you to [Bm] your room, I'll make a [E] few moves
Kung _ _ _ _ _ Fu, that was one of my good ones
[D] I watched [A] a few rugby balls, and [E] we all was good [B] queens
Fuck, [A] _ _ [E] _ skateboards, I almost made them respect you
See, [A] I can't [E] always get through to you, so I go for [B] your son
_ I [A] had a giant rubber shark and a pretty little boy
[B] Did you look at, [Bm] look at, look at all that fly?
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you think I'm [Bm] funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me [E] smiling?
[A] _ [D] _
[A] [E] I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, [D] I'm [A] [E] the [A] _ [D] _
[A] [E] man, I'm the [A] man
[D] I'll take you to [Bm] your room
One, [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] two, [G] one, two, [E] three, right now
I think I'm [A] gonna plant a [E] new tree _
[D] Because [A] we're not on the [E] grass yet, oh and we [B] can't have that
[A] And [E] you think I'm immune
[A] But I can sell you [E] anything
_ [A] Anything from [E] a pussy to [B] a boy's ass _
_ [E] [A] Gosh, I got the tricks, you got [E] the fashion
And you should get a [B] lot of fines
[A] Give me all your money, cause I know you [B] think I'm funny
Can't you hear me laughing?
[D] Can't you see me smiling?
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the [D] man, I'll take you to your [A] room
[E] I'm the [A] man, [D] _ [A] [E] I'm the man, [A] I'll take you [D] to your [Bm] room
_ [E] I'm the man
[A] _ [D] _ [A] _
[E] _ [A] [D] I'm [A] _ [E] [A] the [D] _ [A] _
man
[D] _ [A] [E] I'm [A] _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] the _ [E] [D] man
I'm the man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, [D] _ [E] yeah, [A] _ [D] yeah
[E] I'm the [A] [D] man
[A] [B] That's [A] me
[D] Thank _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ you very much boys and girls
You've [Gm] been so wonderful Good night
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _