Names Tags Numbers And Labels Acordes

NAMES, TAGS, NUMBERS & LABELS
As recorded by Albert Hammond
(From the 1972 Album IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
 
 
 
[Intro]
A  D  A  D
 
 
[Verse 1]
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Names
  D
I know a man
A
Who drowns his sorrows in the cheapest booze
A
He knows he hasn't got that much to lose
A   D
Wino
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Names
  D
I know a man
A                           D
Who speaks the language of another class
A                       D
 He sees nothin' in the looking glass
A   D
Phony
 
 
[Chorus]
A      D     A
Names, tags, numbers, labels
      D                     A
Other people teach you what you are
      D               A
You believe them as a rule
         D                   A
While my name for you is beautiful
     D              A    D  A  D
Your name for me is fool
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Tags
  D
I know a kid
A                             D
Somehow the ball game doesn't interest him
A                    D
 Isn't this where it all begins?
A   D
Sissy
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Tags
      D
She's twenty-five
A                        D
She wants a family and a house to run
A                     D
Her sister always was the pretty one
A    D
Lonely
 
 
[Chorus]
A      D     A
Names, tags, numbers, labels
      D                     A
Other people teach you what you are
      D               A
You believe them as a rule
         D                   A
While my name for you is beautiful
     D              A    D
Your name for me is fool
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Numbers
        D
There's no escape
A                            D
'cause time will do a number on us all
A                           D
Your age is scrawled across the office wall
A     D
Old man
 
 
[Verse 5]
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Labels
    D
You gave me mine
A                     D
At the time I took it casually
A                       D
 Is that all you really thought of me?
A    D
Sucker
 
 
[Chorus]
A      D     A
Names, tags, numbers, labels
      D                     A
Other people teach you what you are
      D               A
You believe them as a rule
         D                   A
While my name for you is beautiful
     D              A  D
Your name for me is fool
 
 
[Outro]
A     D
Hm-hm-hm
A            D            A   D
Names, tags, numbers, hm, labels
A  D  A  D  A  D
A  D  A  D  A  D
A  D
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