The Thinking Mans Me

	  		 


Intro 
D5 Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D 
D5 Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D 
D5 Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D A7(#11) A7 

Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 
Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 

Verse 1:
Dm7              Em7    Fmaj7     G7 
  Went through a box of three-ply tissues 
Dm7        Em7        Bbmaj7  G7 
  Talking about my commitment issues 
    Dm7 
The doctor told me 
A/C#           C6 
Sold me on the notion 
      B7             Bbmaj7 
I was getting in the way 
      Em9     A7(b13) 
Of my happiness 


Dm7            Em7                 Fmaj7     G7 
  Those little things that used to drive you crazy 
Dm7            Em7               Bbmaj7     G7 
  Baiting your friends and being stone-cold lazy 
Dm7 
One by one 
     A/C#          C6 
They disappear and here 
           B7       Bbmaj7 
You see an ordinary fool 
       Em9         A7(b13) 
At the wrong address 

 
           Bbmaj7         Fmaj7 
'Cause the best I've ever been 
       Bb/C 
Is the way I was with you 
      Bbmaj7             Fmaj7 
But I stopped my fondest dreams 
       Emaj7 Fmaj7 
Coming tru-  e 
           Bbmaj7       F/A 
And if you check me out again 
             A7/G          Dm/F 
You're gonna like what you see 
    G7sus4                 G7 
New flare and new integrity 
             Bbmaj7    E7      Ebmaj7 
Now that I'm trying so hard to be 
    G/A            D5 
The thinking man's me 


Instrumental 
Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D             D5 
          The thinking man's me 
Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D A7(#11) A7 

Verse 2:
Dm7            Em7    Fmaj7       G7 
  Remember the time I dissed your daddy 
Dm7           Em7          Bbmaj7     G7 
  Smoking his pipe in that long black Caddy 
Dm7              A/C# 
Cocktails at the country club 
  C6              B7 
A snub was soon detected 
      Bbmaj7 
In my eyes 
       Em9         A7(b13) 
It was not my scene 

Dm7             Em7         Fmaj7    G7 
 And now that I know what a purebred pooch is 
Dm7               Em7         Bbmaj7 G7 
  To tell you the truth, I prefer my Stooges 
Dm7           A/C# 
Curly, Larry, Moe 
            C6              B7 
They show a certain joie de vivre 
             Bbmaj7 
You can't disguise 
     Em9         A7(b13) 
On a plasma screen 

 
          Bbmaj7         Fmaj7 
Still the best I've ever been 
       Bb/C 
Is the way I was with you 
      Bbmaj7             Fmaj7 
But I stopped my fondest dreams 
       Emaj7 Fmaj7 
Coming tru-  e 
           Bbmaj7       F/A 
And if you check me out again 
             A7/G          Dm/F 
You're gonna like what you see 
    G7sus4                G7 
New hair and new integrity 
             Bbmaj7    E7      Ebmaj7 
Now that I'm trying so hard to be 
    G/A            D5   Dm6 
The thinking man's me 


Bridge:
Bbmaj7             Fmaj7/A 
  You wish me good luck dear 
Abmaj7       Gm7      Dm7 
  I open the door for you 
Bbmaj7    Fmaj7/A 
  William Buckner 
Abmaj7          Gm7     Dm7 
  Wouldn't have let you through 

Solo 
(Dm7) Em7  Fmaj7  G7 
Dm7   Em7  Bbmaj7 G7 
Dm7   Em7  Fmaj7  G7 
Dm7   Em7  Bbmaj7 G7 
Dm7   A/C# C13    B7 
Bbmaj7     Em9    A7(b13) 

 
          Bbmaj7         Fmaj7 
Still the best I've ever been 
       Bb/C 
Is the way I was with you 
      Bbmaj7             Fmaj7 
But I stopped my fondest dreams 
       Emaj7 Fmaj7 
Coming tru-  e 
           Bbmaj7       F/A 
And if you check me out again 
             A7/G          Dm/F 
You're gonna like what you see 
    G7sus4               G7 
New air and new integrity 
           G7sus4               G7 
We could'a used a little honesty 
        Bbmaj7    E7      Ebmaj7 G/A 
Now I'm trying so hard to be 
           Dm7       E7      Ebmaj7 
I said I'm trying so hard to be 
    G/A            Dm7 
The thinking man's me 


Outro 
(Dm7) Em7 Fmaj7 G7             Dm7 
            The thinking man's me 
(Dm7) Em7 Fmaj7 G7 

Dm7       Em7           Fmaj7        G7 
Socrates, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Euripides 
Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 

D5 Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D 
D5 Dm9 Dm7 Ebmaj7/D 
D5 Dm9 Dm7 Abmaj7