Fraction Of A Man Cifras

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                         FRACTION OF A MAN - Shawn Mullins
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Tabbed by: Matt Faulkner
Email: mmfaulkner@una.edu
 
Tuning: EADGBe  Capo 2
 
 
He plays different intros on each version of this song. I usually
just play G - C - G-D - G or something like that. As long as
it's in the key, it'll sound fine...
 
 
Fraction of a Man       Capo 2
 
 
G
Now my old friend Harry
 
C
Never slowed down to marry
 
         G                            D
He's in sales, he's gone most of the year
 
 
    G
He smiles through all his lies
 
       C
With dollar signs in his eyes
 
G                 D            Riff 1 (Em  G)
And he orders himself another beer
 
 
 
G
Now Harry, he's a dreamer
 
C
A scholar and a schemer 
 
              G
But he'll be there for you
 
                     D
When push comes to shove
 
 
     G
His mama called him Harold
 
C                            G
And she was one of only two women
 
      D           Riff 2 (Em  C)
That Harry ever loved
 
 
C
The other was a waitress
 
C
In Cave Creek, Arizona
 
C
That broke his heart 
 
                    G
And tangled up his mind
 
 
G
My old friend Harry
 
D
Lookin' kinda scary
 
                  D7            Riff 3 (Em  C  D)
Wonders if he's runnin' out of time
 
 
     G
Now Biloxi's got a sadness
 
        C
Like a dark day in December
 
G
That Harry recognizes 
 
     D
In all forgotten southern towns
 
 
G
Thumbin' through the phonebook
 
       C
For a name he can't remember
 
          G                   D
Lookin' desperate, like a junkie
 
                            Em      D
Waitin' for a fix to come around
 
 
C
Sittin' playing Blackjack
 
C
With a hooker and a tourist
 
C                                    G
And a one-eyed dealer winning every hand
 
G
Harry sips Black Label
 
D
Slumps down at the table
 
                 D7           Riff 3 (Em)
Feelin' like a fraction of a man
 
(C)              (D)          Em      C     D      G
Feelin' like a fraction of a man
 
 
 
He doesn't play these on Honeydew, but he puts them in on his live album.
 
(Relative to capo)
Riff 1
      Em                      G
e|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
D|----2----2/4--4\2-----------0----------------------------------------------|
A|----2-----------------------2----------------------------------------------|
E|----0------------------0h2--3----------------------------------------------|
 
 
Riff 2
      Em                    C
e|--------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------1------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------0------------------------------------------------|
D|----2----2/4--4\2---------2------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------0h2--3------------------------------------------------|
E|----0---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Riff 3
     Em                     C        D        G
e|--------------------------0--------2---------3-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------1--------3---------3-----------------------------|
G|--------------------------0--------2---------0-----------------------------|
D|----2----2/4--4\2---------2---0h2--0---------0-----------------------------|
A|----2----------------0h2--3--------0---------2-----------------------------|
E|----0---------------------0------------------3-----------------------------|
 
 
I'm not sure this is 100% right, so if you have any corrections, feel free to let me know.
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