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{title: Guitar man} {artist: Bread} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 73} {key: G} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpOjQvADLG4} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [C] [D] [G] [C] [D] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [G]who draws the crowd and [C]plays so loud, baby it's the [D]guitar man [G]who's gonna steal the [C]show, you know baby it's the [D]guitar man he can [Em]make you laugh, he can [C]make you cry he will [Em]bring you down, then he'll [A7]get you high [CM7]somethin' keeps him goin', [Bm7]miles and miles a day to [Am7]find another place to [D]play {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [G]night after night who [C]treats you right, baby it's the [D]guitar man [G]who's on the radi-[C]o, you go listen to the [D]guitar man then he [Em]comes to town, and you [C]see his face and you [Em]think you might like to [A7]take his place [CM7]somethin' keeps him driftin', [Bm7]miles and miles away [Am7]searchin' for the songs to [D]play {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge 1} then you [Am]listen to the [Abaug]music and you [C/G]like to sing a[D/F#]long you [G]want to get the [D/F#]meaning out of [Em]each and ev'ry [E7]song then you [Am]find yourself a [Abaug]message and some [C/G]words to call your [D/F#]own and take them [E]home {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [CM7] [G] [C] [D] [G] [C] [D] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} he can [Em]make you love, he can [C]get you high he will [Em]bring you down, then he'll [A7]make you cry [CM7]somethin' keeps him movin', but [Bm7]no one seems to know [Am7]what it is that makes him [D]go {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge 2} then the [Am]lights begin to [Abaug]flicker and the [C/G]sound is getting [D/F#]dim the [G]voice begins to [D/F#]falter and the [Em]crowds are getting [E7]thin but he [Am]never seems to [Abaug]notice he's just [C/G]got to find a[D]nother place to [E]play {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [CM7] either [E]way [CM7] got to [E]play {end_of_part}