Audience With The Man(Chords)

	        
Intro 
A B E E x3 
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 

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 

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 

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 (x4) 
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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A B E A E
	        

Written by Steve Harley