The Man Who Walked Toward The Music

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     D                         G
The man who walked toward the music
           D                         E
Had never heard a noise like that before
            Bb                        F
He didn't know a Stratocaster from a nuclear disaster
        C                       Bb              A7                D    A7
But he liked the floating notes   and couldn't wait to hear some more

            D                         G
    So the man who walked toward the music
               D                           E
    Asked the girl who was dancing in the dark
             Bb
    Who the band was that was playing
             F
    But the girl just kept on swaying
            C                       Bb             A7            D
    In the sea of sound that ran beneath the stars   across the park

    D9      G                      D
And as the sea is in touch with a sea-shell
 D9         G              Bm
Singing so far and yet so near
          E7                                 Bb Am Gm  F  Eb  Dm C
He could hear the drumming distance coming close  be - side  his ear

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      D                               G
Cataclysmic on the floorboards of the evening
           D                                E
Precision basses thumped through Marshall stacks
        Bb                        F
And the echoes and reverbs, ultrasonic spice and herbs
         C                             Bb  A7               D     A7
Made his uptight mental trolley come alive   and jump the tracks

            D                         G
    So the man who walked toward the music
               D                           E
    Asked the girl who was dancing in the dark
             Bb
    Who the band was that was playing
             F
    But the girl just kept on swaying
            C                       Bb             A7
    In the sea of sound that ran beneath the stars   across the park

    D9      G                      D
And as the sea is in touch with a sea-shell
 D9         G              Bm
Singing so far and yet so near
          E7                                 Bb Am Gm  F  Eb  Dm C
He could hear the drumming distance coming close  be - side  his ear

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     D                              G
He thought that Rickenbacker was a pilot
    D                                E
He didn't know a Gretsch from a Les Paul
    Bb                            F
He couldn't tell a wah-wah from Akira Kurosawa
        C                        Bb           A7              D
But he liked the way they played   the way Natasha liked the ball

            D                         G
    So the man who walked toward the music
               D                           E
    Asked the girl who was dancing in the dark
             Bb
    Who the band was that was playing
             F
    But the girl just kept on swaying
            C                       Bb             A7
    In the sea of sound that ran beneath the stars   across the park

    D9      G                      D
And as the sea is in touch with a sea-shell
 D9         G              Bm
Singing so far and yet so near
          E7                                 Bb Am Gm  F  Eb  Dm C
He could hear the drumming distance coming close  be - side  his ear

    D9      G                      D
And as the sea is in touch with a sea-shell
 D9         G              Bm
Singing so far and yet so near
          E7
He could hear the drumming distance 
         Bb             F              C
Coming closer, coming closer, coming closer
         Bb     A       D
Coming close beside his ear

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