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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5A Well Respected Man:Kinks. #13 in 1965. INTRO: G #1. G C Em Am Em C Em Cause he gets up in the morning, and he goes to work at Am nine.. Em C Em Am C Em and he comes home at five-thirty, gets the same train every Am time. C Em Am Em Am Em Cause his world is built on punctuality, to him it never Am fails. CHORUS: C Em Am C Em Am And he's oh, so good, and he's oh, so fine.. C G Am C Em Am and he's oh, so healthy, in his body and his mind. F Em He's a well respected man about town.. F D G C G doing the best things, so conservatively. #2. G C Em Am Em C Em And his mother goes to meetings, while his father paws the Am maid.. C Em Am C And she stirs her tea with countenance, while discussing Em Am foreign trade. C Em Am Em C Em And she passes looks, as well as bills, at every suave young Am man. CHORUS: C Em Am C Em Am And he's oh, so good, and he's oh, so fine.. C G Am C Em Am and he's oh, so healthy, in his body and his mind. F Em He's a well respected man about town.. F D G C G doing the best things, so conservatively. #3. C Em Am Em C Em And he likes his own back yard, and he likes his fags the Am best. C Em Am Em C Em Cause he's better than the rest and his own sweat smells Am the best. C Em Am Em C Em Am And he hopes to grab his father's loot when Pater passes on. CHORUS: C Em Am C Em Am Cause he's oh, so good, and he's oh, so fine.. C G Am C Em Am and he's oh, so healthy, in his body and his mind. F Em He's a well respected man about town.. F D G C G doing the best things, so conservatively. #4. C Em Am Em C Em And he plays the stocks and shares, and he goes to the Am regatta. C Em Am Em C Em Am He adores the girl next door, and he's dying to get at her. C Em Am Em C Em Am But his mother knows the best about the matrimonial state. CHORUS: C Em Am C Em Am And he's oh, so good, and he's oh, so fine.. C G Am C Em Am and he's oh, so healthy, in his body and his mind. F Em He's a well respected man about town.. F D G C G doing the best things, so conservatively. A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.