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Bm.....E....Bm.....E.Verse 1There's a Bmmadman from Manhattan
TEhere with a man's hat and a floor mat made of sBmatin.E.
But this cBmat was not like this or that
But tEhat which was aptly named for a man whose Bmplan is a dime in a can downstairs for a dEollar
If he can wBmin the time with a dame
He aEin't ashamed to holleDr...A....G....A.
Verse 2Bm Catch a train with the name of an alphabet l
Eetter
Had the b
Bmrains to remain with the dame right up until he
Elet her think she was just on the brink of a br
Bmeakthrough
EJust on the brink of a breakthrough
But this d
Bmime in her can in the sink is enough to just ma
Eke you think that it all comes down to the t
Bmrust that is
Ecovered in rust that you can't r?move
BmSticking around on the grounds that you know that you c
Ean't prove
A thing to a judge and a ju
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Verse 3And then of cou
Erse an angel comes to him and sings
She swims under whiskey with her wings
And from the inside of a bottle with a shaft of light
She tells him with a song that it is not right
ChorusG It's not right, it's not right
D It's not right now, it's w
Erong
But he does not listen to her for long
Verse 4He says m
Eadmen aren't born, they're cultivated
Conned by the conmen in the world the marks created
And then he cons himself
He tricks himself into thinking that he is right
ChorusG It's not right, it's not right
D It's not right now, it's w
Erong
But then he forgets to put it in a song
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Verse 5There's a
Bmmadman from Manhattan
T
Ehere with a man's hat and a floor mat made of s
Bmatin.
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But this c
Bmat was not like this or that
But t
Ehat which was aptly named for a man whose
Bmplan is a dime in a can downstairs for a d
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Eetter
Had the b
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Elet her think she was just on the brink of a br
Bmeakthrough
EJust on the brink of a breakthro
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