Emerson Lake and Palmer

Lucky Man




G	3 2 0 0 3 3
D	x x 0 2 3 2
Am	x 0 2 2 1 0
Em	0 2 2 0 0 0
G	     D
He had white horses,
    G		  D
And ladies by the score,
G	       D
All dressed in satin
    G		  D
And wating by the door...
Chorus:
Am	     Em		  D
Oooh, what a lucky man he was
...and so on.


I've found that Greg Lake used two shapes of G, but both sound the same, =
except that you use the=20
pinky to get the 9 in the intro. Here it goes.
Intro:
   G			      D/F#
 |-------3----------5-------|-------5-----------5-------|
 |-----3---3------3---3-----|-----3---3-------3---3-----|
6|---4------4---4-------4---|---2-------2---2-------2---|
8|-5----------5-----------5-|-4-----------4-----------4-|
 |--------------------------|---------------------------|
 |--------------------------|---------------------------|
1st verse
| G | D | 4x
Chorus
      (Em7)=20
| Am | Em | D | D | 2x
2nd verse
| G | D | 4x
Chorus
Solo
 =
|-------------------------------10-14h(15)h14h(15)h14(15)h14----------10-=
|-------------------------10h12---------------------------------10h12----=
|-----------3/4-----7h9p7------------------------------------14---------=
|---------------7h9-----------------------------------------------------=
|---5-5h7p5--------------------------------------------------------------=
|-5-7--------------------------------------------------------------------=
----------------|
----------------|
-12-11-12-11----| 
----------------|
-------------12-|
----------------| 
|------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------|
?|------------------------------------------|
?|-----------------0--------7---------------|
 |-------7-------2---------7--------2/5~~~~-|
 |-5-7-8---0-2-3-----5-7-8----0-2-3---------|
Note: during the solo, play the same chords of the verses
3rd verse
| G | D | 4x
Chorus
4th verse
| G | D | 4x
Chorus
Synthetizer solo
      (Em7)
| Am | Em | D | D | Repeat and fade


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