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"Advertising Man"

by David Wilcox

transcription by Bill Boroson (5/7/95)

INTRO: C  E7  Fmaj7  G7sus4  G7  C  Csus4

CC Piano Chord 
                              E7E7 Piano Chord 

If you want some real contentment, to live life at its best,

F+2                              FmFm Piano Chord 

You can buy these dry tobacco leaves, to breathe into your chest.

CC Piano Chord 
              A7A7 Piano Chord 
         D7D7 Piano Chord 
            D6D6 Piano Chord 

And then look up at the billboard, while all the promises come

GG Piano Chord 
   Gsus4/A          G5(add C#)/BC#)/B Piano Chord 
  G/BG/B Piano Chord 

true,         for you.


CC Piano Chord 
                   E7E7 Piano Chord 

You'll feel alive with pleasure, playful as a child.

F+2                                   FmFm Piano Chord 

You've come to where the freedom is.  You're cool and mild.

CC Piano Chord 
                A7A7 Piano Chord 
     D7D7 Piano Chord 
      D6D6 Piano Chord 

You'll laugh with every lungful as the change comes

G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  Csus4Csus4 Piano Chord 
  G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 

over you.


G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
       G7G7 Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
               G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
        G7G7 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

So look up at the billboard.  See her smiling, sexy and tan.

Csus4Csus4 Piano Chord 
 G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
    Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
        D7/F#       GG Piano Chord 
  Gsus4/A
G/BG/B Piano Chord 

But the only   one   who's laughing is the advertising man.


CC Piano Chord 
                        E7E7 Piano Chord 

Those portraits of pleasure, of those who like to smoke,

FF Piano Chord 
                               FmFm Piano Chord 

They're laughing in the photograph, but we don't get the joke.

CC Piano Chord 
                 A7A7 Piano Chord 
      D7D7 Piano Chord 
            D6D6 Piano Chord 

Now why would they be smiling while they're looking

GG Piano Chord 
   Gsus4/A   G5(add C#)/BC#)/B Piano Chord 
   G/BG/B Piano Chord 

down our way?


CC Piano Chord 
          E7E7 Piano Chord 

I guess they're making easy money climbing up the rungs,

FF Piano Chord 
                            FmFm Piano Chord 


CC Piano Chord 
           A7A7 Piano Chord 
                D7D7 Piano Chord 
            D6D6 Piano Chord 


They must be laughing in astonishment that we believe the things

G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  Csus4Csus4 Piano Chord 
  G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 

they say.


G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
       G7G7 Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
               G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
        G7G7 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

So look up at the billboard.  See her smiling, sexy and tan.

Csus4Csus4 Piano Chord 
 G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  G7G7 Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
    Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
        D7/F#       GG Piano Chord 
  Gsus4/A
G/BG/B Piano Chord 

But the only   one   who's laughing is the advertising man.


CC Piano Chord 
                                  E7E7 Piano Chord 

Now crack'll kill you quickly.  That's why it's got to go.

F+2                            FmFm Piano Chord 

They'll get more of your money if they kill you nice and slow.

[E] [D]  [C] [B]   [A]     [G]  G*G* Piano Chord 
 [G]
And the on - ly  one who's laugh - ing         is the

G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
   G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
      G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
      [B]  [CC Piano Chord 
] [G] G7sus4G7sus4 Piano Chord 
  C+2  CC Piano Chord 

ad    -   ver    -    ti    -    sing man.

[] - play individual notes

* - strum from high to low strings

6 5 4 3 2 1
A7             x 0 2 0 2 0
C              x 3 2 0 1 3
C+2            x 3 0 2 1 x
Csus4          x 3 3 0 1 x
D7             x x 0 5 3 x
D7/F#          2 x 0 2 1 x
D6             x x 0 4 3 x
E7E7 Piano Chord 
             0 2 0 1 0 0
FF Piano Chord 
              1 3 3 2 1 1
FmFm Piano Chord 
             1 3 3 1 1 1
F+2            x x 3 1 1 3
Fmaj7          x x 3 2 1 0
G              3 x 0 0 0 x
G/B            x 2 0 0 3 x
G7             3 x 3 0 0 x
G7sus4         3 x 3 0 1 x
Gsus4/A        x 0 0 0 1 x
G5(add C#)/B   x 2 0 0 2 x