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You Think Youre the Man

The Vaselines
Tab
★4.8(11)

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

Song

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From: Ian McKellar <yakk@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>

Subject: TAB: You think you're a man by The Vaselines

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:16:28 +0800 (WST)

You Think You're a Man

---------------------- by the Vaselines

Transcribed by Ian McKellar <yakk@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>

Lyrics transcribed by Melinda Casino, <melinda@cathouse.org>.

Visit "The Vaselines: A Complete History" home page at:

http://cathouse.org/CathousePeople/MelindaCasino/Music/Vaselines/

Riff:

1 -------17-17----------------|
2 -15-15-------18-18-17-18-17-|
3 ----------------------------|
4 ----------------------------|
5 ----------------------------|
6 ----------------------------|

or, if you are playing something without a long neck

(e.g. Accoustic Guitar) you can play it down an octave:

1 -----5-5-----------|
2 -3-3-----6-6-5-6-5-|
3 -------------------|
4 -------------------|
5 -------------------|
6 -------------------|

Verse:

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D

You think you're a man,

A

You are only a boy.

G

You think you're a man

D

You are only a toy.

D

You think you're a man

A

But you just couldn't see

G A D

You weren't man enough to satisfy me.

Chorus:

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G

Man

D

Boy

G

Man

A

Boy

G

Man

D

Boy

G

Man

A

Boy

For the actual order in which the parts are played, check the complete

on the WWW site mentioned above. Thanks to Melinda Casino for transcribing

the lyrics.

Ian McKellar

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