I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Album : Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006) / Useless Trinkets (2008)
Tempo : 178
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr

Intro

C G F F x6

Verse

       C                       G           F   F
It was only last June when her old man ran away
    C                            G                     F  F
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone to stay
C                    G             F
Ten thirty five on a lonely Friday night
        C                    G                       F    F
She was standin' by the bar, woo!  she was lookin' alright
  C                          G                       F
I asked her if she wanted to dance and she said that all she wanted
                             C         G                  F   F
was a good man and wanted to know if I thought I was qualified

Chorus

           C          G          F     F
And I said baby don't waste your time
C             G       F     F
I know what's on your mind
F             Fm         Em        D
I may be qualified for a one night stand
            Fm             G     N.C.
But I could never take the place of your man

Instrumental

C G F x2

Verse

   C                       G                     F         F
It hurt me so bad when she told me with tears in her eyes
       C                    G                 F    F
He was all she ever had and now she wanted to die
   C                           G               F    F
He left her with a baby and another one on the way
    C                            G                   F      F
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone to stay
    C                     G
She ask me if we could be friends and I said
   F
Oh honey, baby that's a dead end, you know
  C             G                F      F
I know that you wouldn't be satisfied

Chorus

           C          G          F     F
And I said baby don't waste your time
C             G       F     F
I know what's on your mind
F                    Fm           Em        D
you wouldn't be satisfied, with a one night stand
            Fm             G     N.C
and I could never take the place of your man
 C    G              F       F
        the place of your man

Outro

C G F F x8
F Fm Em D
Fm G