CAPO: 3rd FRET
[Intro]
G G7 C Am D G C Am G
[Verse]
G G7 CI overheard a man talking to his friends about some gal named Marilyn
GSaid she was cooking him a good dinner
DHe wished that she was thinner
CWell, I hated that man
GAnd my heart went out to poor Marilyn
[Verse]
GWith so much love to give
G7Buying trinkets for the bathroom
CAnd good wine for drinking
GBut you see this man was a menace
DHe disregarded her prescence
CAndd I loathe him as he stands
GTaking all he can get from poor Marilyn
[Chorus]
G C
He was a nasty man. NOTE: The G/B chord is just striking only the note at
G C G/B Am the 2nd fret on the A string as part of a Bass
He was a foolish man Run from the C chord to the Am chord.
Am DWell often he did not seem bothered
G C AmHe was an undeserving father with a cruel ha-and
GHe was a mean old man
C G GOooooh ooh, ooh ooh
[Instrumental]
C G/B Am D G
C G/B Am Am G
[Verse]
G G7All the time she spent learning to love again
CWhat he thought was awful
G DLike her belly growing softer after she birthed
CTheir baby daughter still can not comprehend
GAll the sadness that I feel for sweet Marilyn
[Chorus]
G CHe was a nasty man
GHe was a foolish man
C G/B Am D It was always one thing or another
G C G/B AmHe was in search of a younger lover to take his hand
[Outro]
G COh, but no one can
G CHe was a nasty man
G CHe was a foolish man
G CHe was a mean old man
G C
G C
G C
G C
G CHe was a nasty man
G CHe was a mean old man
G CHe was a foolish man
G CHe was a nasty man
GHe was a mean old man
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