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I Ain’t No Miracle Worker
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Nancie Mantz
As performed by The Brogues
This punk classic was penned by a gal who also co-wrote the Electric Prunes’, I Had Too
To Dream Last Night. Originally given to the Chocolate Watchband, this song made the
eventually reaching #1 in Italy! Its been said that there has never been a bad version
song, and I believe it. For me, the Brogues cover has just the right combination of
snarl, and garage-style riffs.
Repeating riff [fig.1]
Electric guitar w/fuzz
Cm
e||---------------------------||
b||---------------------------||
g||*----------0----(0)-------*||
d||*-------------------3--1--*||
a||--3----(3)-----------------||
E||---------------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[fig.2] [fig.3a] [fig.3b] [fig.4]
G Gsus D# D#sus G Cm/Cmsus/Cm/Cmsus
e||-----7---8-7--||------3-4-3-||--------3----||------------------||
b||-------8------||----4-------||------3------||---4-6-4----4-6-4-||
g||-s/7----------||--3---------||----4-----4--||--5--------5------||
d||--------------||------------||--5----------||-5--------5-------||
a||--------------||------------||-------------||------------------||
E||--------------||------------||-------------||------------------||
Intro: [fig.1 4X]
Cm [lead guitar continues w/ fig.1]
Don’t ask me to move a mountain
G (fig.2)
Don’t ask me to swim the sea
Cm
Don’t think that I’m a tower of strength
D# [fig.3a] G [fig.3b]
Don’t lean too much on me
Cm
When lookin’ to the future
G (fig.2)
Aw, don’t build your dreams too high
Cm
I beg you to remember
D# G /////// N.C.
I’m just an ordinary guy
Chorus:
N.C. D# [fig.3a]
I ain’t no miracle worker
Cm [fig.4]
I do the best that I can
D# [fig.3a]
I ain’t no miracle worker
G //////// N.C.
[lead guitar fig.2]
Lord, I ain’t no miracle man
[fig.1 2X]
And I don’t have a fortune
You know I sweat for each dime I make
But I’m always out there just lookin’
To get that lucky break
Every day I keep on tryin’
To do my best for you
And if tryin’ just ain’t enough, babe
Well tell me what would you have me do
Chorus:
Guitar Break:
e|-----------------------8--|--8-----------8--------|
b|--------------------8-(8)-|----11-----------------|
g|------8h10p8-10b(12)------|-------10b(12)—10b--8--|
d|-s/10---------------------|-----------------------|
a|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|
e|--------------8-----------------------|
b|------------8---10--8-----------------|
g|-10-10b(12)-----------10b-r-8h10p8----|
d|-----------------------------------10-|
a|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|------11-13-11—13b(15)r13-11h13p11-------|-----------------------|
b|-s/13------------------------------13-11-|------13---------------|
g|-----------------------------------------|-s/12----10h12p10-8----|
d|-----------------------------------------|--------------------10-|
a|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
e|---------|
b|------8--|
g|------8--|
d|-10--10--| opening riff resumes [2X]
a|-10------|
E|---------|
Ask me to be tender
Ask me to be true
Ask me for all the love I have
And girl I’ll give it all to you
But girl I just can’t offer
No storybook romance
If that’s what you’re lookin’ for, babe
I tell ya, we just don’t have a chance
Chorus:
Outro:
Cm
Baby, what I am
Cm
No, No, I ain’t no miracle man
Cm
Aw, I ain’t no miracle man
Cm
No, No, I ain’t no miracle man
Cm
I’m just an ordinary man, no (fade out)
Cm
I’m just an ordinary man, no
A garage classic by grainofsand