Nik Kershaw

^D Billy is a ^Emin7 new man he ^G does the best he ^A can
to figure ^D out what it's a ^Emin7 bout and what the ^G hell he's meant to ^A be.
He does the ^D right thing when ex ^Emin7 pected nuff res ^G pect once in a ^A while
he likes a ^D smoke and a ^Emin7 joke just as ^G long as it's ^A P.C.
And he ^Bm thinks that he ^Bm/A cries at the ^E/G# Movies
'Cos he's in ^A touch with his feminine ^Dsus4/F# side
^G Sally wants a ^D proud man
^G Sally wants a ^D proud ^A man
^Em Sally wants a ^D/F# proud m ^G an
But she's ^A taken all his ^G pride
^D Billy is a ^Emin7 new man at ^G least when she's ^A around
a model ^D father or if ^Emin7 needed he'll be ^G mother for the ^A day
He watches " ^D Men Behaving ^Emin7 Badly" though he'll ^G gladly switch it ^A off
if she's of ^D fended he'll pre ^Emin7 tend it wasn't ^G funny any ^A way
He's got ^Bm one face he ^Bm/A keeps for his ^E/G# woman
And ^A one for when he's out with the ^Dsus4/F# guys
^G Sally wants a ^D true man
^G Sally wants a ^D true ^A man
^Em Sally wants a ^D/F# true ma ^G n
But he's ^A living out a ^G lie
^Cadd9 Better ^G go and find an ^D analyst or ^Amin7 someth ^G/B ing
^Cadd9 time for ^G sorting out his ^D head ^Dsus4
Dm7/A Better ^Am7 go and find a ^G/B book to read a ^F bout it
^F just like his ^Am7 daddy neve ^G/B r did
Instr: D, Emin7, G, A X 4
And he ^Bm reads Marie ^Bm/A Claire at the ^E/G# Doctors just
in ^A case there is something he should ^Dsus4/F# know
^G Sally wants a ^D free man
^G Sally wants a ^D free ^A man
^Em Sally wants a ^D/F# free man ^G
But she'll ^A never let him ^G go
^D Billy is con ^Emin7 fused he feels a ^G busive and abused ^A
he's got ^D one hand on an ^Emin7 olive branch the ^G other on his ^A crotch
He drives a ^D sensible cou ^Emin7 pe he thinks O ^G asis are O ^A K
he drinks non ^D alcoholic ^Emin7 lager though he'd ^G rather have a s ^A cotch
And he ^Bm tries very ^Bm/A hard to be ^E/G# happy but there
are a ^A few little things in the ^Dsus4/F# way
^G Billy wants a ^D good girl and a ^Bm bad girl and a ^Dmaj7 blonde girl and a
^G brunette or a ^D Bond girl and a ^Bm house maid and a ^Dmaj7 teas maid and a
^G French maid yes a ^D sex aid and a ^Bm Goddess and a ^Dmaj7 confidante a
^G wet nurse and an ^D agony aunt a ^Bm lover mother ^Dmaj7 baby sitter a
^G young girl with a ^D pretty face and ^Bm smart but not too ^Dmaj7 smart to love an
^G arsehole yeah an ^D arsehole Billy ^Bm wants to be an ^Dmaj7 arsehole singin'
^G Billy wants it ^D all now
^G Billy wants it ^D all ^A now
^Em Billy wants it ^D/F# all n ^G ow
But he's ^A too ashamed to ^G say
^G Sally wants a ^D Superman
^G Sally wants a ^D Super ^A man
^Em Sally wants a ^D/F# Superm ^G an
But she ^A hasn't got a ^G chance