A Well Respected Man
The Kinks 

G
                     C         C/B     Am
      Cause he gets up in the morning
      And he goes to work at nine
      And he comes back home at five-thirty
      Gets the same train every time
      Cause his world is built round punctuality
      It never fails

           (same chords)
                And he's oh, so good
                And he's oh, so fine
                And he's oh, so healthy
                In his body and his mind

                                       F                      Em
                            He's a well respected man about town
                            F                                 D                      G add4
                            Doing the best things so conservatively

      And his mother goes to meetings
      While his father pulls the maid
      And she stirs the tea with councilors
      While discussing foreign trade
      And she passes looks, as well as bills
      At every suave young man

                Cause he's oh, so good
                And he's oh, so fine
                And he's oh, so healthy
                In his body and his mind

                            He's a well respected man about town
                            Doing the best things so conservatively

      And he likes his own backyard
      And he likes his fags the best
      Cause he's better than the rest
      And his own sweat smells the best
      And he hopes to grab his father's loot
      When Pater passes on

                Cause he's oh, so good
                And he's oh, so fine
                And he's oh, so healthy
                In his body and his mind

                            He's a well respected man about town
                            Doing the best things so conservatively

      And he plays at stocks and shares
      And he goes to the regatta
      And he adores the girl next door
      Cause he's dying to get at her
      But his mother knows the best about
      The matrimonial stakes

                Cause he's oh, so good
                And he's oh, so fine
                And he's oh, so healthy
                In his body and his mind

                        He's a well respected man about town
                        Doing the best things so conservatively...
      


  Copyright 1965
  By Ray Davies
  Kinda Kinks





   Chords:
          C  C/B  Am  F  Em  D  G  G4
      e |-0---0---0---1--0---2--3--3--
      B |-1---1---1---1--0---3--0--1--
      G |-0---0---2---2--0---2--0--0--
      D |-2---0---2---3--2---0--0--0--
      A |-3---2---0---3--2---0--2--2--
      E |-------------1--0------3--3--







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