Steve Harley

Audience With The Man

Steve Harley


Tom: Em

A B E E

[Verse 1]
E
You lead the lost sheep up to the mountain
E                                F#m
You tell them everything's gonna be OK
          A            B                      E
With that old familiar smile that everybody's seen

[Verse 2]
E
There's a million or more if you're counting
E                                        F#m
And they're waiting for words but you've nothing to say
          A            B                       E
It's that old familiar sting where everybody's clean

[Chorus]
B                                       A                         E
You start mumbling, they're applauding, everyone's screaming your name
B                                           A                        E
There's a rumbling while you're lording it, everyone's watching your game
        F#m              B
There's little now to be said for this
        F#m                    A
Oh, you know we've done all we can
                             B             E          E
So everyone's waiting for an audience with the man

[Verse 3]
E
We've gone from Shakespeare, Dickens and Churchill
E                          F#m
We've had Nixon, Napoleon, Kennedy too
                  A            B                    E
They all had that old familiar smile that everybody knows

[Verse 4]
E
How the West was won is a legend
E                                F#m   
But how the Empire fell is known only to the few
               A       B                E
It's like that old rodeo where anything goes

[Chorus 2]
B                                      A                       E
It's a night-out but a wipe-out 'cause Mary's gone mislaid the sheep
B                                             A                            E
You're still talking but only to the walking, dead 'cause they've all gone asleep
        F#m              B                  
There's little now to be said for this
        F#m                    A
Oh, you know we've done all we can
                                 B                 E
And so everyone's waiting for an audience with the man

[Middle 8]
Am                 G                 Em
Pa talks like it's politics, claims: "the Pope's a friend of mine"
Am                           G                      B
Ma's in the chapel preaching fear of the Lord while junior's committing a crime
So everything is fine

[Solo]
E E F#m F#m A B E E

[Chorus 3]
B                                                      A                    E
You go for a night-out, it's a regular wipe-out 'cause Mary's gone lost the sheep
B                                                  A                            E
You, you're still talking but only to the walking, dead 'cause they've all gone asleep
            F#m              B                  
So, there's little now to be said for this
        F#m                    A
Oh, you know we've done all we can
                                 B                 E
And so everyone's waiting for an audience with the man

[Solo]
E E E A x 4
E

[Outro]
           A              B                 E
Everyone's waiting for an audience with the big big man
           A              B                 E
Everyone's waiting for an audience with the big big man
           A              B                 E
Everyone's waiting for an audience with the big big man
           A              B                 E
Everyone's waiting for an audience with the big big man

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