Chords for Very Unfortunate Man

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You [E] know, it's _ always [N] such a treat when folks will invite you into their home to play music
for them and their friends, and it's even more special when they'll invite you back again.
Within just moments of actually meeting Bruce and Debbie face to face, we felt like old
friends and that's special when that happens.
Bruce, would you come help me do a song up here?
Good. _ _
_ _ _ _ I said he couldn't come back again unless he'd let me play with him. _ _
Want to play something you don't know in a key that doesn't work in the mandolin?
_ So instead we'd show something I didn't know in a key [D] I couldn't play. _ _ _ _
Are we on?
Pretty close. _ _
_ [G] _ But [A] y'all don't get out of this one scot-free.
[D] _ It's a sing-along.
The chorus goes like this.
_ He's a very unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
He's a very [G] unfortunate, a very [G#] unfortunate, [A] a very [D] unfortunate man.
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[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
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There once was a lawyer they [G] called Mr.
Clay.
[A] He had but two clients and they [D] wouldn't pay.
At last of starvation [G] he grew so afraid [A] that he courted and married a [D] wealthy old [G] maid.
_ [A] _ [D] At the wedding the lawyer [G] made one big mistake.
It [A] was not in omitting the [D] wine or the cake.
The ring was well chosen, [G] they had a big feed, [A] but the lawyer did not get a [Bm] warranty deed.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _
He's a very [A] unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
[Bm]
[D] He's a very [A] unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man. _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ That night in their chambers [G] the lady arose [A] and began [F#m] to prepare to [A] retire [D] and repose.
Her husband sat near [G] her admiring her charms, [A] which gave him such pleasure to hold in [D] his arm. _
_ _ She went to the [A] basin [G] to wash her fair face [A] and thus she destroyed all her [D] beauty and grace. _ _
_ The rose in her cheeks quickly [G] grew very faint and [A] he saw on the towel it was nothing [D] but paint.
[G] _ [A] _ _ [D]
He's a very [G] unfortunate, a very [A] unfortunate, a very unfortunate [D] man.
[E] [D] He's a very [A] unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
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She went to the mirror [G] to take down her hair [A] and when she had done so her scalp was [D] all bare.
_ _ _ Her trembling [Em] husband thought [G] sure he would die when [A] she asked him to come and take out her [D] glass eye. _
_ _ He's a very unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
He's a very [A]
[G] unfortunate, a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _
The lawyer was [F#m] biting [G] his quivering lips [A] while she was removing her [D] counterfeit hips.
_ _ Just then her false nose [G] clattered down on the floor [A] and the poor lawyer screamed and ran out at [D] the door.
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[D] He's a very [A] unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
He's a very unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate [D] man.
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So come all you young men [G] who would marry for life, [A] be sure to examine your intended [D] wife.
_ Remember the [A] lawyer [G] who trusted his eyes [A] and a little bit later got quite [D] a surprise.
[A] [D] He's a very [A] unfortunate, [G] a very [A] unfortunate, a very unfortunate [D] man.
[A] [D] He's a very unfortunate, [G] a very unfortunate, [A] a very unfortunate _ [D] [D] man. _
_ _ _ _ [N] Bruce Smith on the mandolin. _ _ _ _
_ _ Wow, thank you for helping.
That was fun. _ _ _ _ _