THE OTHER MAN
(G.Vannelli /R. Freedland)

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(bass follows melody in intro)
g3  d4  g  d   g3 d4 g d  g3 d4 g d  f g d f
1              2          3          4


g3  d4  g  d   g3 d4 g d  g3 d4 g a  f  g  d  f
1              2          3          4


g3  d4  g  d   g3 d4 g d  g3 d4 g d  f g  d  f.
1              2          3          4
                          Bb/G...............

g3  d4  g  d   g3 d4 g d  g3 d4 g a  f  g  d  f
1              2          3          4
Bb/G..........................................



   Bb/G                       F/G
An urgent call in the dead of night

  Eb/G                    F/G
A voice that whispers "Now"

  Bb/G                                      F/G
       A voice that trembles like a winter leaf

Eb           F        Dsus4
   Before it hits the ground

 Gm                             F/G
      She leaves a crack in the bedroom door

   Eb/G          F/G
To slip the wire through

Gm                            F/G
    Her husband sleeping in a empty bed

   Eb      F      Dsus    D
No witness to the truth



Cm                      Gm
   It's a one way conversation

  Ab     Eb       F
I try to tell her no

Cm                          Bb/D
    But it's a hopeless situation

  Ebsus4             Fsus4
I just can't let her go

  d4                       d   c
  Bb                       Bb  F/Bb
      And here she is another     desperate night

c4   bb3                    eb4   d        f   eb      eb     d
F/Bb Eb/Bb                  Eb/Bb Bb     F/Bb  Eb/Bb   Eb/Bb  Bb
         In the arms of the other man

           d4   c                     bb3  c4 db c   bb3  c  db c
           Bb  F/Bb                   Gb             Abadd9
Another day       in a double life


d4                   d   c
Bb                   Bb  F/Bb
        Every moment that she holds me tight


c4   bb3                    eb4   d        f   eb
F/Bb Eb/Bb                  Eb/Bb Bb     F/Bb  Eb/Bb
          I know just where I stand

d4   d  c      d   d    eb
Bb      F/A    Bb7/Ab   Eb/G

 N.C
As I am the other    man


d4          d      c        d   eb          c4  db  d  eb
Bb          Bb    F/Bb     Bb   Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab
whoa        whoa  whoa     whoa whoa



d4          d      c        d   eb          c4  db  d  eb   f# g
Bb          Bb    F/Bb     Bb   Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab         Gm
whoa        whoa  whoa     whoa whoa


                          F/G
She leaves my room like a criminal

   Eb/G             F/G
To beat the morning light

Gm                        F/G
   Rehearsing ever little alibi

Eb/G N.C.
     To get it water tight

Gm                        F/G
    There's a note on the dresser top

         Eb/G                 F/G
It's the same old classic line

Gm                                  F/G
        She says she's leaving him

     Eb     F           Dsus4    D
It's just a question of time




Harpsichord
|Cm      Gm       |Ab  Eb  F     |
  1   2   3    4    1   2  3   4

Cm                    Bb/D
     It's a no win situation

         Ebsus4             Fsus4
'Cause I just can't let her go


  d4                       d   c
  Bb                       Bb  F/Bb
      And here she is another     desperate night

c4   bb3                    eb4   d        f   eb      eb     d
F/Bb Eb/Bb                  Eb/Bb Bb     F/Bb  Eb/Bb   Eb/Bb  Bb
         In the arms of the other man

           d4   c                     bb3  c4 db c   bb3  c  db c
           Bb  F/Bb                   Gb             Abadd9
Another day       in a double life


d4                   d   c
Bb                   Bb  F/Bb
        Every moment that she holds me tight


c4   bb3                    eb4   d        f   eb
F/Bb Eb/Bb                  Eb/Bb Bb     F/Bb  Eb/Bb
          I know just where I stand

d4   d  c      d   d    eb
Bb      F/A    Bb7/Ab   Eb/G

 N.C
As I am the other    man


d4          d      c        d   eb          f  gb  g  ab
Bb          Bb    F/Bb     Bb   Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab
whoa        whoa  whoa     whoa whoa



d4          d      c        d   eb          f   gb  g  ab
Bb          Bb    F/Bb     Bb   Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab
whoa        whoa  whoa     whoa whoa


a4  bb  bb  a     ab    ab   g
    Bb      F/A   Bb7/Ab     Eb/G



  Gb        Ab
I am as the other


bb4         bb      a      f   g           f  gb   g  ab
Bb          Bb    F/Bb         Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab
man


a4 bb         bb a           f   g          f  gb   g  ab
   Bb         Bb F/Bb           Eb/Bb       Gb      Ab
     all I am is the other man


a4 bb             bb  a     f  g        c  db  d   eb
   Bb                F/C      Eb/Bb     Db/Gb   Eb/Ab
        All I am the other man


repeat and fade

chart and transcription by Peter Kruger  casparus50@yahoo.ca