Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me? Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Ray White (rhythm gui
[C]tar, vocals)
Eddie Jobson [D](keyboards, violin,
vocals)
Patrick O'Hearn [C](bass, vocals)
Terry Bozzio (drums, vocals)
Ruth Underwood (percussion, synthesizer)
[D]Don [C]Pardo (vo[D]cals)
David Samuels (vibe[C]s)
Randy Brecker (trumpet)
[D]Mike Brecker (tenor saxophone, flute)
Lou Marini (alto saxophone, flute)
Ron[C]nie Cuber (baritone saxophone,
clarinet)
Tom [D]Malone (trombone, trumpet,
piccolo)
John Bergamo (percussion over-dub)
Ed Mann (percussion over-dub)
Louanne Neil (osmotic harp
[C]over-dub)
Honey hon[D]ey, hey

[Verse 2]
[C]
[D]Baby don't you want a man [C]like [D]me
Honey honey, [C]hey
[D]Baby [C]don't you want a man like [D]me
He was the Playboy [A]Type [Am](he smoke

[Verse 3]
[D]a pipe)
His fav'right[Am]phrase
was [A]"OUTA-SITE!"
[D]He He had an [Am]Irish Set[D]ter
It was a [A]singles bar, a Tuesday

[Verse 4]
night
[D]The moon was[Am] dim,
the band [G]was tight[D][G]
[Am]They did the bump [D]together

[Verse 5]
What a splen[C]did[D]
[C]sight,(Ren-nen-nen-nen) her teeth [D]were [C]white
[D]The[C] drinks wer[D]e cheap
(it was [Em]Ladies [D]Nite)
He was glad [C]that he [D]met her
[A]She was[Am] an

[Verse 6]
[C]office [D]girl
[C]("My name [D]is Betty")
[C]Her [D]fav'right group was HEL[C]EN[D][Am]
[A]RED[C]DY[D][C][D][C]
[D]
(They discussed the
[C]weather)

[Verse 7]
Honey honey, [D]hey
Baby don't you want a man like me
Honey honey, hey
Baby don't you want a man [C]like [D]me

[Verse 8]
Honey [D]honey, [C]hey[D]
Baby don't you want a
Baby don't you want a
Baby don't you want [Am]a man

[Verse 9]
She was [Am]the lonely sort, just a [A]little too short
[D]Her jokes were dumb
and her fav'right sport
Was hockey (in the winter)
He was [Am]duly impressed and was

[Verse 10]
[A]
quick to suggest
[D]Any sport with a PUCK had
to be 'bout the best
As he jabbed his elbow in her
("Get it [G]honey? Get it?")
[D]Later on

[Verse 11]
[G]the[Am]y wen[C]t off to[D] where
the [Em]music was [D]soft,
[C]The candles [D]were drippy,
[Em]they saw a REAL [D]HIPPY
Who de[C]livered their din[A]ner[D]

[Verse 12]
[D]
The [C]rice [D]was brown, and [Em]soon [D]they found
That [C]the crowd [D]around that
had [Em]jammed [D]the room,
Well it seemed to [C]be getting
[D]thinner[Am]

[Verse 13]
Honey honey, [C]hey
[D]Baby don't you want a man [C]like me
Honey honey, hey
[D]Baby don't you want a man like me
[C]Honey honey, hey[D]
[G]Baby don't you want a
[D]Baby don't you want a
[G]Baby don't you want [Am]a man

[Verse 14]
He [Eb]took her [A]home to a [Eb]motor [Am]court
She [Eb]wouldn't kiss [A]him,
[Eb]he tried to ig[A]nore it,
But it [Eb]made him [A]angry!
Angry, it made me [Eb]angry,
[D]it made me so angry I could have [Eb]killed that
[D]Lousy BITCH!)

[Verse 15]
[Eb]He called her a slut, a pig and a [D]whore
[Eb]A bitch and a [A]cunt and
[Eb]she slammed the door
[A]In a pet[Eb]ulant frenzy!
(A petulant [D]frenzy,
[D]this is a petulant [D]frenzy.
I'm petulant,
and I'm having a frenzy)

[Verse 16]
On the [C]sofa [D]she weeps
BOO HOO [Eb]HOO [C]HOO
[D]She wee[C]ps and she[D] weeps
BOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO
She [C]weeps and [D]she peeks
Through the [A]curtain[Am]

[Verse 17]
He just [C]got [D]in his car
But the battery's dead
So he [C]asks to use the [D]phone
And she gives him some head
And [D]that's the end of the story
[D]

[Verse 18]
Honey honey, hey
Baby don't you want a man like me
Honey honey, hey
[D]Baby don't you want a man like me
[D]Honey honey, hey[D]
Baby don't you want a
[D]Baby don't you want [Am]a man
Baby don't you want a man sometimes?