Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
THE BANGIN' MAN
As recorded by Slade
(From the 1974 Album SLADE IN FLAME)
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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When you wake up in the mornin'
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And you can't remember much about the night before
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Then the lady who's beside you gets up
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She goes right out and locks the bathroom door
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And your head won't stop singin'
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The phone won't stop ringin'
FF
Your plane is gonna leave at 12.15
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It was close to 6 o'clock
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Before you got to know a little dream
Chorus:
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Look at the Bangin' Man
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He says he can
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Time after time
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He'll get down, down, down
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To bangin' back home
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Oh look at the Bangin' Man
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He says he can
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Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down, down, down
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To bangin' back home
Interlude:
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Verse 2:
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I been in fifty diff'rent towns
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In fifty diff'rent days
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They all got different names
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I been in fifty limousines
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In fifty hotel rooms
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They all look the same
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And your head won't stop crackin'
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Your case needs unpackin'
FF
The only sound is from the TV screen
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Until a knock comes on the door
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And standing there's another little dream
Chorus:
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Look at the Bangin' Man
E MajorE
He says he can
D MajorD A augmentedA
Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down, down, down
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To bangin' back home
E MajorE
Oh look at the Bangin' Man
E MajorE
He says he can
D MajorD A augmentedA
Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down, down, down
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To bangin' back home
Interlude:
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'cos he's a Banger
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Verse 3:
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Oh when you wake up in the mornin'
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And you can't remember much about the night before
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A majorA small reminder of the state you were in
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Are all the tattered clothes across the floor
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And your head still keeps singin'
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The phone still keeps ringin'
FF
Remember just exactly where you've been
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'Cos there ain't no doubt about it
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There's no better things to see
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Then what you've seen
Chorus:
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Oh, look at the Bangin' Man
E MajorE
He says he can
D MajorD A augmentedA
Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down, down, down
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To bangin' back home
E MajorE
Oh, look at the Bangin' Man
E MajorE
He says he can
D MajorD A augmentedA
Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down,get down, get down
A augmentedA
To bangin' back home
E MajorE
Look at the Bangin' Man
E MajorE
He says he can
D MajorD A augmentedA
Time after time
E MajorE
He'll get down, down, down, down, down
A augmentedA
To bangin' back home
Outro:
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D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA