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Model Citizen

Warren Zevon

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: C
C  G  Am

[Verse 1]
                Am
Don't bring the milk in (model citizen)
                Am
Leave it on the porch (model citizen)
               Am
Don't read the papers (model citizen)
              Am
Don't mow the lawn no more (model citizen)
             Am
Drive to the market (model citizen)
                Am
At the break of dawn (model citizen)
                     Am
Watch 'em unload the produce (model citizen)
                     Am
Then ride right back home (model citizen)

[Chorus]
                     C
It's the white man's burden
                G
And it weighs a ton
             F     C
I'm a family man
  G       Am     C  G  Am 
Model citizen

[Verse 2]
            Am
Torment the mailman (model citizen)
              Am
Terrorize the maid (model citizen)
                      Am
Try to teach 'em some manners (model citizen)
              Am
Whip 'em into shape (model citizen)
            Am
Down in the basement (model citizen)
                     Am
I've got a Craftsman lathe (model citizen)
               Am
Show it to the children (model citizen)
               Am
When they misbehave (model citizen)

[Chorus]
                     C
It's the white man's burden
                G
And it weighs a ton
             F     C
I'm a family man
  G       Am  
Model citizen

[Bridge]
F       C           G
  I'm a law-abiding man
F       C          G
  I'm a good Samaritan
F          C            G
  I pay my taxes when I can

Model citizen

[Solo]
Am    C  G
Am    F  G
Am    C  G
Am    F

[Verse 3]
                   Am
In the cool of the evening (model citizen)
                  Am
When the sun goes down (model citizen)
                     Am
My wife's playing canasta (model citizen)
                 Am
With everyone in town (model citizen)
                Am
When I feel the pressure (model citizen)
             Am
And I need a break (model citizen)
                 Am
Load up the Winnebago (model citizen)
                Am
Drive it in the lake (model citizen)

[Chorus]
                     C
It's the white man's burden
                G
And it weighs a ton
             F     C
I'm a family man
  G       Am
Model citizen

                     C   
It's the white man's burden
                G
And it weighs a ton
             F     C
I'm a family man
  G       Am
Model citizen (model citizen)

[Outro]
          Am
Model citizen (model citizen)
          Am
Model citizen (model citizen)
          Am
              (model citizen)
          Am
Model citizen (model citizen)

Am
(Repeat and fade with backing vocals)
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