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/ Only Son of the Ladies' Man /
/ Father John Misty /
/ Fear Fun /
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Josh tunes his acoustic guitar one full step down (D G C F A D).
F Bb/F Bb Dm
_xooo_ _x_o_o ___o_o o__ooo
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Despite having only three and a half chords in it, this song has a fairly
tricky strumming pattern and overall rhythmic structure, because of all its
half bars (2/4) and extra bars of F, which are quite hard to memorize.
This is the strumming pattern for all the full bars of 4/4:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|3-----3-3---3-----3-3---3---3-3-|
|0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|
|0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|
|0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|
|x-------------------------------|
|3-----3-3---3-----3-3---3---3-3-| v = down-stroke
v ^ v v ^ v v v ^ ^ = up-stroke
Whenever there is a half bar (2/4), play sort of the first half of the pattern:
1 + 2 +
|3-----3-3---3-3-|
|1-----1-1---1-1-|
|0-----0-0---0-0-|
|2-----2-0h2-2-2-|
|x---------------|
|3-----3-3---3-3-|
v ^ v v ^
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INTRO
F F
+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+
VERSE 1
(2/4)
F Bb/F F 4x F
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=---=---+
When I heard the ladies' man was dead
I saw the rolling stone stopped moving
Saw my ancient hero on the Sunset Strip
He left behind a legacy of ruin
VERSE 2
(2/4)
F Bb/F F 4x
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+
Now painted ladies want to hold my gun
Wonder if the whole time if I'd been acting
When I sang "Moon River" in that silent film
Had I really made a sound when they called action
BRIDGE
(2/4)
Bb Dm F Dm 2x
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+
Bb Dm Bb Dm
+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+
Bb Bb F
+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+
I swear that man was womankind's first husband
They all died in a line to save him
I'm a steady hand, I'm a Dodger's fan
I'm a leading brand of a one night stand
I'm a ladies' man
CHORUS
(2/4)
Dm Bb F 2x F
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=---=---+
ooh / Only son of the ladies' man
ooh / Only son of the ladies' man
VERSE 3
(2/4)
F Bb/F F 4x F
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=---=---+
Couldn't see his used up body at the funeral
By virtue of the flailing of his conquests
They tied down his casket with the garter belt
Each troubled heart was beating in a sequin dress
VERSE 4
(2/4)
F Bb/F F 5x
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+
Someone must console these lonesome daughters
No written word or ballad will appease them
The cowboy and the cop shot down the ladies' man
The humid nights in L.A. are now silence
(These nights I hear a whole lot less moaning
These nights I hear a whole lot less groaning)
I swear that man was womankind's first husband
CHORUS
(2/4)
Dm Bb F 4x F
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=...
ooh / Only son of the ladies' man
ooh / Only son of the ladies' man
ooh / Only son of the ladies' man
ooh
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