It's Hard To Be A Gentleman

Jamie Lenman

Intro x 2 eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x--0 Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0--x Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x--3 "Baby, why don't you tell me the truth?" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x--0 Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0--x Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x--3 "What is the worst I could do?" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0 Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x "Tell you" eb|-2----3----3 Bb|-3----3----3 Gb|-2----0----0 Db|-0----x----x Ab|-x----2----3 Eb|-x----x----x "That I understand more than your man" eb|-0----2----3----1 Bb|-0----0----3----1 Gb|-0----2----0----2 Db|-2----1----x----3 Ab|-2----2----3----3 Eb|-0----x----x----1 Intro/verse x 2 "Darling, I don't pretend to know why" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x--0 Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0--x Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x--3 "You can't even look me in my" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0 Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x "Good eye" eb|-2----3----3 Bb|-3----3----3 Gb|-2----0----0 Db|-0----x----x Ab|-x----2----3 Eb|-x----x----x "But I know that you could see right through" eb|-0----2----3----1 Bb|-0----0----3----1 Gb|-0----2----0----2 Db|-2----1----x----3 Ab|-2----2----3----3 Eb|-0----x----x----1 Intro/verse x 2 Break eb|-2----3----3 Bb|-3----3----3 Gb|-2----0----0 Db|-0----x----x Ab|-x----2----3 Eb|-x----x----x "Naked shoulder blades and swollen glands" eb|-2----3----3----33 Bb|-3----3----3----33 Gb|-2----0----0----00 Db|-0----x----x----00 Ab|-x----2----3----xx Eb|-x----x----x----33 "Sweaty fingers when we're holding hands eb|-2----3----3----3333 Bb|-3----3----3----3333 Gb|-2----0----0----0000 Db|-0----x----x----0000 Ab|-x----2----3----xxxx Eb|-x----x----x----3333 "And I will always do the best I can" eb|-2----3----3 Bb|-3----3----3 Gb|-2----0----0 Db|-0----x----x Ab|-x----2----3 Eb|-x----x----x "But it's hard to be a gentleman" eb|-3----3 Bb|-3----3 Gb|-0----0 Db|-x----x Ab|-2----3 Eb|-x----x Although the rest is piano based, they follow the same chords as the rest of the song: "So baby, whether it's boozed at the bar" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x--0 Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0--x Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x--3 "Or here in the front of your car" eb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Bb|-3----3--3----3--3----3--3--3 Gb|-0----0--0----0--0----0--0--0 Db|-0----x--x----0--x----x--x--x Ab|-x----2--3----x--0----3--2--0 Eb|-3----x--x----3--x----x--x--x "We are" eb|-2----3----3 Bb|-3----3----3 Gb|-2----0----0 Db|-0----x----x Ab|-x----2----3 Eb|-x----x----x "I regret, as close as we'll get" eb|-0----2----3----1 Bb|-0----0----3----1 Gb|-0----2----0----2 Db|-2----1----x----3 Ab|-2----2----3----3 Eb|-0----x----x----1 Repeat intro until end

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