Just a Bum, Greg Brown  
    from In The Dark With You

Transcribed by Tern Roberts <dmshelp@mail.adrian.k12.mi.us> 

Standard Tuning    

VERSE

    C
 I know a man, he's a well dressed man, he had a tan, from the Yucatan
      F
 he had a car, he looked like a star
      C
  I said hey don't I know who you are
     G
   But when I glanced in to his eyes
    C
  I saw yes I saw was such a big supprise

CHORUS

    C
he was afraid, that he's just a bum, some day when all his stuff is gone
    F
  and he's left with out a dime
    C
time ain't money when all you got is time
    G                                                              C
  and you can see em, standing on the corner with a nine day beard and
bright red eyes

(little lick rundown of 2nd and 4th string in C)

I know a guy he's a pal of mine I say hey, He says I'm doin fine
I'm movin up the ladder, rung rung rung
I'm gonna get my million while I am still young
but at night when he's had a few his eyes say different than his tongue

CHORUS

some people live to work, work to live any little tremble and the earth
might give
you can hide it in a Volvo or a London fog
you can hide it in a mansion with a imported dog
know matter how we plan and rehearse were at pink slips mercy in a paper
universe

CHORUS

ah the man with sorrows, aquatinted with grief, stands in line waiting for
relief
he will tell you, it wasn't always this way
one bad little thing happened one bad little day
heat rate is bad teeth and a sour smell, he lives when he can in a cheap
hotel

CHORUS

this tune sounds good with or without a friend with a mandolin. play
around with the two string lick in C, a little practice will yield results