Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
BB F#F# G#m7G#m7 F#F# E MajorE F#F# BB
Verse 1:
H7
Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell
E MajorE B7B7
But I've been seen with Farrah
E MajorE B7B7 C#C#
I've never been seen with anything than a nine
C#7C#7 F#F#
So fine
E MajorE
I've been on fire with Sally Field
B7B7
Gone fast with a girl named Bo
C#7C#7 F#F# F#7F#7
But somehow they just don't end up as mine
Verse 2:
F#F#
It's a death defyin' life I lead
E MajorE B7B7
I take my chances
G# minorG#m E MajorE B7B7
I die for a living in the movies and TV
F#F#
But the hardest thing I ever do
E MajorE B7B7
Is watch my leading ladies
C#7C#7
Kiss some other guy
F#F#
While I'm bandagin' my knee
Chorus:
G# minorG#m
I might fall from a tall building
E7E7
I might roll a brand new car
H7 F#F# G#m7G#m7
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman
F#F# E MajorE F#F# B7B7 F#F# G#m7G#m7 F#F# E MajorE F#F# B7B7
That made Redford such a star
Verse 3:
I've never spent much time in school
E MajorE B7B7
But I've taught ladies plenty
E MajorE B7B7 C#C# C#7C#7 F#F#
It's true I hire my body out for pay (hey, hey)
E MajorE
I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs
B7B7
Blown up for Raquel Welch
C#7C#7
But when I wind up in the hay,
F#F# F#7F#7
It's only hay (hey, hey)
Chorus:
G# minorG#m
I might jump an open drawbridge
E7E7
Or Tarzan from a vine
B7B7 F#F# G#m7G#m7
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman
F#F# E MajorE F#F# H7
That makes Eastwood look so fine
Bridge:
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G FF G+G C majorC
Verse 4:
C majorC
They'll never make me president
FF C majorC
but I've got the best first ladies.
FF
Some days I've got 'em
C majorC D MajorD D7D7 G+G
as far as the eye can see uh eeh.
FF
A augmentedA morning dive with Jackie Smith,
C majorC
I crash in the night with Cheryl,
D7D7 G+G G7G7
But in the end they never stay with me.
Chorus:
A minorAm
I might fall from a tall building
F7F7
so Burt Reynolds don't get hurt,
A minorAm
I might leap a mighty canyon
F7F7
so he can kiss and flirt.
A minorAm
While that smooth talker's kissin'
F7F7
my girl I'm just kissin' dirt,
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Yes, I'm the lonely stuntman
FF G+G C majorC
that made a lover out of Burt.
Ending:
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G FF G+G C majorC