Nasty man (2017)     (video)

 

    C ~ ~

 

       C                                         F                C

1. Here's a little song about a man gone wrong

               C                                 F     - C

    while building up his evil empire.

                       C                             - C7                    F                 - Fm

    And after month of ifs and buts,        the papers got the guts

                        C                        F

    to call the Man of the Year a liar,

                       C                         Am   - C ~

    to call the Man of the Year a liar.

 

 

       C                                             F              C

2. Hustlin' and bustlin' across the big green lawn,

        C                                                  F        - C

    stompin' through the famous rose garden.

            C                                              F              - Fm

    But every little rose turned up its pretty nose,

                        C                                       - F

    sayin' "You owe the Earth a pardon !",

                        C                             Am     - C ~

    sayin' "You owe the Earth a pardon !"

 

      C                                                    F          C

3. Fumblin' and bumblin' through the halls at night,

      C                                       - F - C

    turn every light switch on,

                  C                               - C7                   F                       Fm

    you’re searching for the room        where you used to be the groom.

              C                                                   F

    But she's packed all her jewellery and gone,

                                           C                                Am    - C ~

    yeah, she's scooped up all her jewellery and gone.

 

                    C                                F                         - C

4. Well, the former resident and Missus President

                   C                                         F       - C

    left you corn and lima beans and tomatos.

                                 C                    C7                  F

    You said "Rip 'em all out, they'll only give me gout,

                               C                                   F

    and that‘s unbecoming for a future dictator,

                       C                                  Am    - C ~

    that's unbecoming for a future dictator."

 

                                   C                        F                - C

5. And you're gonna build a wall, the bigliest wall,

             C                                       F          - C

    the beautifulist wall 'round our borders.

                         C              - C7                  F

    But here's what I think,        you better talk to a shrink,

                                   C                                   F

    ‘cause you've got serious psychological disorders,

                       C                                     Am         - C ~

    you've got dangerous pathological disorders.

 

                C                                         F                 C

6. Well, that's my little song about a man gone wrong,

             C                                             - F - C

    he's nasty from his head to his feet.

                      C                     - C7             F               - Fm

    When the dirt on this man        finally hits the fan

                  C                                             F

    and no one gives a damn about his tweets,

                    C                                       - Am

    he’ll be finally and forever obsolete.

 

+  C

 

    (Joan Baez)