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Mr Youre A Better Man Than I Bass

(ver. 1)
Yardbirds
Mr. You Are A Better Man Than I
The Yardbirds
Written by Brian Hugg and Mike Hugg; released as the B-side to "Shapes Of 
Things" and on the album "Having A Rave Up".

Intro:
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Verse:
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  Can you judge a man                                 by      the


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  way he wears his hair?


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  Can you read his mind                               by      the


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  clothes that he wears?


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  Can     you     see a       bad     man                 by  the


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Refrain:
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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                 yeah,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                         Oh,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                 yeah,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I.


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Verse:
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  Could   tell wise   man                             by      the
      you   a

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  way he  speaks or   spells?


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  Is  this    more important                          than    the


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  stories that tells?                                     And
            he

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  call    a   man         a   fool                if  for


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Refrain:
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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                 yeah,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                         Well,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                 yeah,
                                             (yeah)

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  Mister, you're a better man than I.


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Break (solo):
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                       (let the low F# notes ring during the solo)
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Verse:
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  you condemn a man                                   if  your


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  faith he    hold?                                       Say the
          doesn't

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  colour of his skin                                  is      the


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  colour of his   soul?


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  Could   you     say     that men,           for     king and


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Refrain:
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  Mister, you're a better man than I,         yeah,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,                         Well,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I,         yeah,


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  Mister, you're a better man than I.


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Outro:
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