It's Hard To Be A Gentleman tab

It's Hard To Be A Gentleman

  Intro x 2 
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  "Baby, why don't you tell me the truth?"     
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  "What is the worst I could do?" 
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  "Tell you" 
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  "That I understand more than your man" 
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Intro/verse x 2 

  "Darling, I don't pretend to know why" 
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  "You can't even look me in my" 
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  "Good eye" 
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  "But I know that you could see right through" 
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Intro/verse x 2 

Break 
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  "Naked shoulder blades and swollen glands" 
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  "Sweaty fingers when we're holding hands 
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  "And I will always do the best I can" 
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  "But it's hard to be a gentleman" 
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Although the rest is piano based, they follow the same chords as the rest of the song: 

  "So baby, whether it's boozed at the bar" 
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  "Or here in the front of your car" 
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  "We are" 
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  "I regret, as close as we'll get" 
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Repeat intro until end  

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