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UFS 02 Whats A Man To Do
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A jazz/country/blues number featuring Roger Brawn on lead acoustic guitar.
jazz blues cautionary tale
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #60
Peak in subgenre #15
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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August 02, 2015
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MP3 4.3 MB • 160 kbps • 3:43
Story behind the song
An 'old time' cautionary tale of a country boy coming up to the big city - with all that temptation, what's a man to do?
Lyrics
E E7 Country boy comes up to the town A Am Can’t stop his eyes from swiveling around C#m G#m A Am7 E B7 With all that temptation, what’s a man to do E E7 He know he should keep holding it in A Am7 But just one way to be good, so many ways to sin C#m G#m A Am7 E With all that temptation, what’s a man to do You know it’s hard to walk that narrow line With all those women looking mighty fine He sees all those guys who seem to have it all But if he closes his eyes he’ll be heading for a fall C#m E He’d been so sure, feeling solid as oak B7 E Now he feels it’s all whittling away C#m E All his hopes seem like one big joke F# m A A# B B7 So why not let this poor dog have his day? So he’ll have just one drink, well maybe two Now why d’ya think that girl over there is looking at you Before you know it, he’s drunk and he’s poor Off she goes as he lies there and snores Now he hates it here but he can’t go back So hopeless and worthless, fallen and wrecked All those stories he’d told of the life he’d cracked How to face his friends, without losing respect? So he slips and he slides and he settles in He’s got no choice so he might as well grin He know’s he should stand up, take it on the chin But just one way to be good, so many ways to sin…
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