A Well Respected Man Chords by The Kinks

[Start]

[Chorus]
          C              Am     
'cause he gets up in the morning
       Am                  
And he goes to work at nine
       C                            
And he comes back home at fivethirty
     G              Am        
Gets the same train every time
C                                Am          C
'cause his world is built 'round punctuality ■
C             
It never fails
    C              
And he's oh so good
C                  
And he's oh so fine
C                     
And he's oh so healthy
   G            C       
In his body and his mind


[Verse]
     F                              
He's a well respected man about town
               D         G             
Doing the best things so conservatively
C              Am              
And his mother goes to meetings
C                      Am      
While his father pulls the maid
    C                 Am             
And she stirs the tea with councilors
      C                       
While discussing foreign trade
C                                    
And she passes looks as well as bills
               Am       
At every suave young man
C              Am     
'cause he's oh so good
Am                 
And he's oh so fine
C           Am        
And he's oh so healthy
   C                    
In his body and his mind
F                                   
He's a well respected man about town
                         G             
Doing the best things so conservatively


[Chorus]
C            Em              
And he likes his own backyard
    Am                        
And he likes his fags the best
       Am                       
'cause he's better than the rest
                         E       
And his own sweat smells the best
    Am               Em               
And he hopes to grab his father's loot
Am   C     Em       
When pater passes on
       C          Am  
'cause he's oh so good
               E7  
And he's oh so fine
C           Am        
And he's oh so healthy
   C        E           
In his body and his mind
       F    E                       
He's a well respected man about town
F                        G             
Doing the best things so conservatively
C                       Am        
And he plays the stocks and shares
Am                        
And he goes to the regatta
C             Am            
He adores the girl next door
C           Am                 
'cause he's dying to get at her
C                             Am   
But his mother knows the best about
    C           Am    
The matrimonial stakes
C              Em     
'cause he's oh so good
Em                 
And he's oh so fine
C        Am           
And he's oh so healthy
   E7                   
In his body and his mind
F           E                   F   
He's a well respected man about town
                         G             
Doing the best things so conservatively


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