The Stranglers - Man of the Earth

      
 
 The Stranglers - Man Of The Earth
 Tabbed By: Reecy
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 Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
 
 
 MAN OF THE EARTH

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 Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
 Date of Transcription: 12th August 2002
 
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 (intro/main riff)

 E|--2-------2-------2-------2--------|
 B|----3-------1-------0-------1------|
 G|------2-------2-------2-------2----|
 D|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
 A|-----------------------------------|
 E|-----------------------------------|
 

 
 (riff 1) (riff 2)

 E|----------------| E|----------7--8--|
 B|-5--6--8--------| B|-5--7--8--------|
 G|----------5--7--| G|----------------|
 D|----------------| D|----------------|
 A|----------------| A|----------------|
 E|----------------| E|----------------|
 

 
 G C (w/riff 1)
 The city blues they strike again
 G Em (w/riff 2)
 Another worker drops his pen
                F                   G  
 He wants to be done and out on the run
               F                        G    
 Away from the curse, he'd swap all his worth
 D (w/main riff)
 To be a man of the earth
 
 G C (w/riff 1)
 For 2 or 3 weeks of the year
 G Em (w/riff 2)
 An Easter bunny brings Christmas cheer
                 F                     G   
 He's out of his head and toasting the dead
                  F                        G    
 And feeling much worse, he'd swap all his worth
 D (w/main riff)
 To be a man of the earth
 To swap all his worth, to be a man of the earth
 
 Em               G           C                G     
 Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
 C G D (w/main riff)
 He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
 A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
 
 G C(w/riff1)
 The wife and kids are already there
 G Em(w/riff2)
 They're polishing his wicker chair
                 F                       G   
 It's looking so bleak at the end of the week
                    F                        G    
 He'll be needing a nurse, he'd swap all his worth
 D(w/main riff)
 To be a man of the earth, a man of the earth
 
 Em               G           C                G     
 Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
 C G D (w/main riff)
 He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
 A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
 
 Repeat chords F and G over "man of the earth" ad libs until fade.