A Well Respected Man [C] - The Kinks ‘Cause he [C] gets up [G] in the [Am] morning, and he [C] goes to [G] work at [Am] nine And he [C] comes back [G] home at [Am] five-thirty, Gets the [C] same train [G] every [Am] time ‘Cause his [C] world is [G] built ‘round [Am] punctuali[C]ty, it [G] never [Am] fails Chorus: And he's [C] oh, [G] so [Am] good and he's [C] oh, [G] so [Am] fine And he's [C] oh, [G] so [Am] healthy in his [C] body [G] and his [Am] mind He's a [F] well respected [Em] man about town [F] Doing the best things [D] so conserva[G]tively And his [C] mother [G] goes to [Am] meetings while his [C] father [G] pulls the [Am] maid And she [C] stirs the [G] tea with [Am] councillors while dis[C]cussing [G] foreign [Am] trade And she [C] passes [G] looks as [Am] well as bills at [C] every [G] suave young [Am] man Chorus: And he [C] likes his [G] own [Am] backyard, and he [C] likes his [G] fags the [Am] best ‘Cause he's [C] better [G] than the [Am] rest And his [C] own sweat [G] smells the [Am] best And he [C] hopes to [G] grab his [Am] father's loot when [C] Pater [G] passes [Am] on Chorus: And he [C] plays at [G] stocks and [Am] shares, And he [C] goes to [G] the Re[Am]gatta And he a[C]dores the [G] girl next [Am] door ‘Cause he's [C] dying [G] to get [Am] at her But his [C] mother [G] knows the [Am] best about, the [C] matri[G]monial [Am] stakes Chorus: