Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
♫ Intro:
G+G G7G7 C majorC A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
♫ Verse :
G+G G7G7 C majorC
I overheard a man talking to his friends about some gal named Marilyn
G+G
Said she was cooking him a good dinner
D MajorD
He wished that she was thinner
C majorC
Well, I hated that man
G+G
And my heart went out to poor Marilyn
♫ Verse :
G+G
With so much love to give
G7G7
Buying trinkets for the bathroom
C majorC
And good wine for drinking
G+G
But you see this man was a menace
D MajorD
He disregarded her prescence
C majorC
Andd I loathe him as he stands
G+G
Taking all he can get from poor Marilyn
♫ Chorus:
G+G C majorC
He was a nasty man. NOTE: The G/BG/B chord is just striking only the note at
G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm the 2nd fret on the A augmentedA string as part of a Bass
He was a foolish man Run from the C majorC chord to the A minorAm chord.
A minorAm D MajorD
Well often he did not seem bothered
G+G C majorC A minorAm
He was an undeserving father with a cruel ha-and
G+G
He was a mean old man
C majorC G+G G MajorG
Oooooh ooh, ooh ooh
♫ Instrumental:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm D MajorD G+G
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm A minorAm G+G
♫ Verse :
G+G G7G7
All the time she spent learning to love again
C majorC
What he thought was awful
G+G D MajorD
Like her belly growing softer after she birthed
C majorC
Their baby daughter still can not comprehend
G+G
All the sadness that I feel for sweet Marilyn
♫ Chorus:
G+G C majorC
He was a nasty man
G+G
He was a foolish man
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm D MajorD
It was always one thing or another
G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
He was in search of a younger lover to take his hand
♫ Outro:
G+G C majorC
Oh, but no one can
G+G C majorC
He was a nasty man
G+G C majorC
He was a foolish man
G+G C majorC
He was a mean old man
G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC
He was a nasty man
G+G C majorC
He was a mean old man
G+G C majorC
He was a foolish man
G+G C majorC
He was a nasty man
G+G
He was a mean old man