verse 1F* G* A* C*
though he loved to rock and roll
D* E* F*
all these many years
F* G* A* C* D* Am
he cared about the old people's and little children's ears
FGAC
though he was a guitar man
DEF
he reflected and he vowed
FGAC
never will I ever be
G* G* A*
no n'er n'er again
GG
the man who was too loud
CC(add? CC(add)?*
verse 2CC6
Johnny's not a poor man
CG
no, he never gets him down
AmFGF
now that he is free he is not proud
CC6
he don't need the power
CG
just to make a sound
AmFmG
he is not the man that he used to be
FG
oh, no, the man who was too loud
SOLO 1 (solo at the bottom)
FGACDEFFGACF5F5A
BREAK
A#(pos 6)DsusDm
I will play soft-ly
GDsusDmA#maj7A#6G
I will play soft-ly, so soft- ly now
FA#GC
'cause I was the man who was too loud
verse 3A#CDmF
it's not because he don't respect
GAA#
the popular music star
A#CDmFA#A#Dm
you know I saw him open up for the king of the surf guitar
A#CDmF
do not think he does not like
GAA#
the cheering of the crowd
A#CDmF
no, he is glad that they came to see
A#A#D (note: NOT Dm)
the man who used to be
A#A#
the man who was to loud
FF6FF6*
verse 4F (pos 8) F6
Johnny is a rich man
FF5E5D#5D5C
yeah, he still gets a- round
DmA#CA#
he is glad to be the cat who meowed
FF6
he don't need the power
F (stop) C
just to get his sound
DmA#mC
he is not the man that he used to be
A#C
oh no, the man who was to loud
SOLO 2
A#CDmFGAA#A#CDmFA#5A#5Dm
BREAK 2
D#(pos 11) GsusGm
I will play soft-ly
C(pos 8)GsusGmD#maj7D#6C
I will play soft-ly, so soft- ly now
A#D#C
'cause I was the man who was too loud
FD#.......... A#
I was way too loud yeah!
VERSE 5
F* G* A* C* D*
though he loved to rock and roll
ah, better not...