Mannish Boy — Muddy Waters
Chords and lyrics for Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters (key of A#).
Intro
Ooooooh, yeah
Ooh, yeah
Everything, everything, everything's gonna be alright this morning
Ooh yeah
Whoo!
Verse 1
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Yeah
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Now when I was a young boy,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] at the age of five.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] My mother said I was gonna be
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] the greatest man alive.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] But now I'm a man,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] way past twenty-one
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I want you to believe me, baby,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I have lot's of fun
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I spell "M",
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "A" child,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "N".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That represent man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] No "B"!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "O" child
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "Y"
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That means "mannish-boy".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a full-grown man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a natural-born lover's man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a rollin' stone.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a hoochie coochie man.
Verse 2
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Sittin' on the outside,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] just me and my mate,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] You know I'm made the moon, honey,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] come up two hours late.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Wasn't that a man?
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I spell "M",
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "A" child,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "N".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That represent man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] No "B"!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "O" child,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "Y".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That means "mannish-boy".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a full-grown man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a natural-born lover's man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a rollin' stone.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man, child.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a hoochie coochie man.
Verse 3
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] The lion I shoot
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] and will never miss.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] When I make love to a woman
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] She can't resist.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I think I go down,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] to old Kalamazoo.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm gonna bring back my second cousin.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That's little John the Conquer Root.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] All you little girls,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] settin' out that line,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I can make love to you, woman,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] in five minutes' time.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Ain't that a man?
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I spell "M",
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "A", child,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "N".
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That represents I'm grown,
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] No "B"!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "O" child
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] "Y"
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] That means "mannish-boy"
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a full-grown man,.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a natural-born lover's man.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Man!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a rollin' stone.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a man, child.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] I'm a hoochie coochie man.
Outro
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Well, well, well, well.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Hurry.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Hurry!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Hurry!!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Hurry!!!
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Don't hurt me, don't hurt me, child.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Don't hurt me, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, child.
[A5] [D5] [C5] [A5] Well, well, well, well.
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