Carpet Man:Johnny Rivers.
Album - Rewind..#14 in 1967.
(Didn't get much play..but, in my opinion, one
of his best.)
INTRO: F Bb Eb Bb (x4)
#1.
F Eb Bb F
When you see some mud up..on the ground..
F Eb Bb F F Bb Eb Bb
you lay down so she don`t have to walk around.
F Eb Bb F
You think that will protect her from the rain..
F Eb Bb F F Bb Eb Bb
But you`ll never, ever, stop the pain.
CHORUS:
F Bb Eb Bb
She walks all over you, she knows she can..
Bb Db Ab Db Db Eb Db Eb..F
You`re the carpet man......you`re the carpet man.
#2.
F Eb Bb F
You take such care to keep that girl`s feet clean..
F Eb Bb F F Bb Eb
like she`s some ki..nd of figurine.
F Eb Bb F
The world`s so far below her it`s not her scene..
F Eb Bb F F Eb Bb
she depends on you to stand between.
CHORUS:
F Bb Eb Bb
She walks all over you, she knows she can..
Bb Db Ab Db Db Eb Db Eb..Ab
You`re the carpet man......you`re the carpet man.
BRIDGE:
Ab Eb Ab Eb
I would think you`d get tired of hurting, every now and then.
Eb Ab Eb Ab Bb
It`s lonely down there, that`s for certain, and carpets do get thin.
F Bb Eb Bb (x2)
#3.
F Eb Bb F
And that`s when they have to be thrown a..way.
F Eb Bb F
That`s what she`ll say to herself, some sunny day.
F Eb Bb F Eb Bb F
And she`ll say, 'Come to my wedding,' and of course you do.
F Eb Bb F F Bb Eb Bb
And the Groom and her will have a dance on you.
CHORUS:
F Bb Eb Bb
And they'll Waltz all over you, they know they can..
Bb Db Ab Db Db Eb Db Eb
You`re the carpet man.......you`re the carpet man.
F Bb Eb Bb (x2)
OUTRO:
F Eb Bb Bb F
You`re the carpet man......you`re the carpet man. (x3)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
