Tom: Bm
Eb Cm Eb C
Bellowing instructions from the touchline, that's my dad
Eb Cm F Gm
Purple in the face‚ getting really mad
[Chorus]
Ab Bb
Man on! Man on!
Gm Cm Bb Ab Eb G
An empty stadium yells "man on"
Ab Bb
Come on! Come on!
Gm Cm Bb Fm Bb Eb C Eb Cm
The cross goes sailing wildly over the heads... of everyone
[Verse 2]
Eb Cm Eb Cm
"Stop fannying around! Keep it nice and simple!"
Eb C F Fm G
"You're not Lionel Messi‚ just pass the bloody ball!"
[Chorus]
Ab Bb
Man on! Man on!
Gm Cm Bb Ab Eb G
An empty stadium yells "man on"
Ab Bb
Come on! Come on!
Gm Cm Bb Fm Bb Eb C Eb Cm
The cross goes sailing wildly over the heads... of everyone
[Verse 3]
Eb Cm Eb C
Perhaps we were expecting this to be a walk in the park
Eb Cm
But these bastards from King's Priory
F Fm Gm
Are kicking lumps out of us
[Chorus]
Ab Bb
Man on! Man on!
Gm Cm Bb Ab Eb G
An empty stadium yells "man on"
Ab Bb
Come on! Come on!
Gm Cm Bb Fm Bb B Db
The cross goes sailing wildly over the heeeeaaaaads
[Verse 4]
Gb C B Cm
Their left back slips taking a free kick
E Eb Ab C
It trickles over the mud straight to me
Gb C Gb B
In desperation he scrambles and slides
D C
I leap his flailing leg and dink it
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Over the sprawled body.... of the goooaaalie
Em D
The net is gaping
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The ball takes a bobble and I slice
Gb C
wide of the mark
B C
Everything goes quiet
E Eb Ab C
Staring into the red dark of my palms
Gb C Gb B
They launch a long ball into our box
D C
Suddenly we find ourselves with a
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Cooooooooooorner.... to defeeeeend
Em D
I am on the near-post
C Eb Cm Eb Cm
Somehow it gets bundled underneeeeeaaaath my feet
Eb C F Gm
At the final whistle I am inconsolable
[Chorus]
Ab Bb
Man on! Man on!
Gm Cm Bb Ab Eb G
I reckon dad is really disappointed with me
Ab Bb
Come on! Come on!
Gm Cm Bb Ab Eb G
He tries his best to not show how he really feels
[Outro]
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In the car home‚ he says "dust yourself down
Eb G
Move on to next week's game
Ab Bb
Shall we pick up a
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Chinese or wooouuuld you ratherrr fish and chips?"
