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Im a Man

Pulp
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Pulp - I'm a Man

By Chochos Valdez

(Hector Barrera Villa Zevallos)

First the chords and then the arrangements.

Intro

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B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|  x2
D|---6---6--9-6-6--9-(x10)-----------------------------|
A|---7---7--7-7-7--7-(x10)-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E A B

E A B

E A B E

Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes

A B E

Like cartoons from other people's lives

A B E A B

I start to wonder what it takes to be a man uh uh uhhhhhhhhhhh

E A B E A

Well I learned to drink and I learned to smoke and I learned to tell a dirty

B E

joke

A B E B

If that's all there is then there's no point for me he he heeeey

Chorus:

E A

So please can I ask just why we're alive?

B

Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time

A7 E

And if you hang around too long you'll be a ma a a a a a a a an

A

Tell me bout it, you can get up to a hundred and ten

B

You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again

A7 E

And nothing ever makes no difference to a ma a a a a a a a an

A B E

So you stumble into town and hold your stomach in

A B E

Show them what you've got though they've seen everything

A B E A B

Yeah you're a beauty but they've seen your type before oh oh ohhhhhhhhh

E A B E A B

You've got no need but still you want, so go and book that restauraaaaant

E A B E B

The wine will flow and then you'll just fly away eh eh eh eh eh he yeh eh eh

Chorus:

E A

So please can I ask just why we're alive?

B

Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time

A7 E

And if you hang around too long you'll be a ma a a a a a a a an

A

Tell me bout it, you can get up to a hundred and ten

B

You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again

A7 E

And nothing ever makes no difference to a ma a a a a a a a an

Chorus:

E A

So please can I ask just why we're alive?

B

Cos all that you do seems such a waste of time

A7 E

And if you hang around too long you'll be a ma a a a a a a a an

A

Tell me bout it, you can get up to a hundred and ten

B

You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again

A7 E

And nothing ever makes no difference to a ma a a a a a a a an

A7 E

to a ma a a a a a a a an

A7 E

to a ma a a a a a a a an

A7 E

uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

A7 E

uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

A7 G7 F#7 E

to a ma a a an

That's what I am

0:42

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1:23

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2:01

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B|----------12---7h9----------12---7h9-----------------|
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B|----------12---7h9----------12---7h9-----------------|
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2:42

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B|--7b--5-----7b--5-----7b--5-----7b--5----5~~~--------|
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3:02

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A|---9\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7~~-----------------------------|
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3:05

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E|-0-0/7-7-7-7\5-5-5/10-10-10-10\0---------------------|

Guitar 1

3:24

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B|--12-12(x19)-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|  x4
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 2

3:28

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B|-7-7b--5-------7-7b--5--------7-7b--5----------------|
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4:05

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4:23

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4:28

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4:33

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4:38

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Corrections or comments to

hectorbarrerav@hotmail.com

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