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Version 1
[Intro]
C C/G C C/G x2
[Verse 1]
C C/G C C/G
Well everybody knows down Ladbrook Grove
Dm F
You have to leap across the street
G Em
You can lose your life under a taxi cab
F C C/G
You gotta have eyes in your feet
C C/G C C/G
You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down
Dm F
Take up your guitar and play
G Em
But then the law man comes, says move along
F C C/G C
So you move along all day
[Chorus]
C C/G
Well I'm a one man band
F Em F
Nobody knows nor understands
Em F
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
C C/G C C/G
With my one man band
C C/G C C/G
[Verse 2]
C C/G C C/G
For three days now I haven't eaten at all
F F Em F F#
My my, I must be gettin so thin
G
And soon my cap won't be large enough
F C C/G
To drop a half a crown in
C C/G C C/G
So hey there mister, don't you look so sad
F F Em F F#
Don't look so ill at ease
G
When I can play you any song you like
F C C/G C
To cheer up the life you lead
[Chorus]
C C/G
Oh I'm a one man band
F Em F
Nobody knows nor understands
Em F
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
C C/G C C/G
To my one man band
C C/G C C/G
[Bridge]
F Em Bb F
And oh, oh, oh, look at the rain falling
F Em Bb G
Oh, oh, oh, look at it rain
C C/G C C/G
Oh look at it rain
C C/G C C/G
[Verse 3]
C C/G C C/G
And nobody sees the minstrel boy
Dm F
As he sings his tale of woe
G Em
Nobody sees him coming
F C C/G
Nobody sees him go
C C/G C C/G
So hey there mister, don't you look so sad
Dm F
Don't look so ill at ease
G Em
When I can play you any song you like
F C C/G C
To cheer up the life you lead
[Chorus]
C C/G
Well I'm a one man band
F Em F
Nobody knows nor understands
Em F
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
C C/G C C/G
To my one man band
C C/G C C/G
C C/G
Well I'm a one man band
F Em F
Nobody knows nor understands
Em F
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
C C/G C C/G
To my one man band
C C/G
[Outro]
C C/G C C/G
Oh I'm a one man band
C C/G C C/G
I'm just a one man band
C C/G C C/G
Well I'm a one man band
C C/G C C/G
I'm just a one man band
(Fade out)