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[Verse 1] [C]Let me tell you 'bout the[G] [C]Man[G]fre[C]ds The music that they're puttin' down They started to play one rainy day And the people came from [G]miles around They didn't come [F]for the [Verse 2] rhythm They didn't come for the [C]beat The [G]people of the town came [F]just to stand around [C]And see [G]the singer lookin' sweet [Verse 3] [C] Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah Tom McGuiness lays it down on the bass But the one in the middle sings "hey, diddle, diddle" [Verse 4] God, he's just a pretty face [G]They didn't come for[F] the rhythm They didn't come for the [C]beat[F][C] The [G]people of the town came [F]just to stand around And [C]see [G]the singer lookin' sweet [Interlude 1] They couldn't have [C] [F] [C] [G][F][C][G] [C] [Verse 5] Manfred Mann plays the [C]organ Mike Vickers plays guitar And there's a geezer called Paul who's so thin and so tall And [G]sure [F]wants to be [G]a star They didn't come [F]for the [Verse 6] rhythm They did not come for [C]the beat, oh no The [G]people of the town came [F]just to stand around And see [G]the singer lookin' sweet [Verse 7] [F]See the singer lookin' See the singer lookin' Well, see the singer lookin' Watch me now, see the singer lookin', oh Oh yeah, see the singer lookin' Mmm-hmm, yeah, yeah, see the singer lookin' [C]Sweet
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