Want Ads

	  		Want Ads  by Honey Cone (1971 #1 BB chart) Original key  

Intro:  C#/Eb        G# 

G#                             C#          Bbm 
Wanted, young man single and free.       Experienced in love preferred, 

       C# 
But will accept a young trainee 

G# Eb/G  Fm                        G#             Fm     C#   G#/C          Bbm       C#/Eb 
Ooohh       I'm gonna put it in the want ads,          I need a love that?s true 

C#/Eb                G#          Fm              C#  G#/C        Bbm          C#/Eb 
Gonna put it in the want ads,            my man and I are through 

G#          Fm7         C#           Bbm     C#/Eb 
At home I find myself, lost and all alone.      
  
G#         Fm7                       C#               Bbm        C#/Eb 
My man is playing the field,            the thrill is gone 

G#       Fm7             C#             Bbm            C#/Eb 
He stays out all night, says he's with the boys 

     Bbm     Cm      C#               Bbm   Cm   C# 
But lipstick on his collar,        perfume on it too 

Bbm        Cm       C#            C#/Eb 
Tells me he's been lying,         tell ya what I'm gonna do 

                        G#      Fm           C#   G#/C      Bbm   
I'm gonna put it in the want ads,      this girl's in misery 

C#/Eb                G#          Fm                 C#  G#/C     Bbm          C#/Eb 
Gonna put it in the want ads,                  somebody rescue me 

G#         Fm7           C#            Bbm     C#/Eb 
I spend my nights alone, cryin' bitter tears 

G#         Fm7             C#           Bbm        C#/Eb 
Although I cry aloud,     nobody really hears 

G#          Fm7                       C#        Bbm         C#/Eb 
And when I need him most,      he's never by my side 

     Bbm     Cm      C#            Bbm  Cm     C# 
He's either playing cards,   or drinking at the bar 

   Bbm         Cm    C#            C#/Eb 
He thinks that I'm a fool,    I'm going to the evening news 

                    G#          Fm              C#      G#/C   Bbm    C#/Eb 
Gonna put it in the want ads,               I need somebody new 

C#/Eb                G#         Fm            C#     G#/C      Bbm    C#/Eb 
Gonna put it in the want ads,               my man and I are through 

                                                                                                       
        G#                                                          C# 
Extra extra, read all about it,  Wanted, young man single and free 

Bbm                                  C# 
Experience in love preferred,   But will accept a young trainee 


Solo over verse chords then resolve to Bridge: 

Bbm     Cm        C#         Bbm     Cm    C# 
Lipstick on his collar,      perfume on it too 

Bbm      Cm         C#               C#/Eb            
Tells me he's been lying,       I'm going to the evening news 

G# Eb/G  Fm                            G#        Fm        C#   G#/C     Bbm       C#/Eb 
  Ooohhh         Gonna put it in the want ads,          I need somebody new 

      G#               G#          Fm          C#    G#/C      Bbm       C#/E 
 Gonna put it in the want ads,             my man and I are through 

G#                   G#      Fm            C#       G#/C    Bbm       C#/Eb 
Gonna put it in the want ads,             this girl's in misery 

End or fade.