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Frank Watkinson – Music Man Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Music Man by Frank Watkinson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
 C                          G
You're older than you've ever been
Am                         Em
But you'll never be this young again
F                   C
Mirrors don't lie, but who cares
      G
When you're riding high
C                   G
Your life was made for music
Am                 Em
and you know what you're doing
F                C
Rev the crowd, let's get loud
    G
While we're alive

[Chorus]
      F
Music Man, the hourglass
         C
keeps losing sand.
        F
And the less there is,
               G
the heavier the load.
        F
Music Man, the magic
           C
music from your hands.
           Am       F
takes the heart of lead
      G              C
and turns it into gold.

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[Verse 2]
C                       G
Old routines for brand new shows.
Am                   Em
Stage man says its time to go.
F                  C
Pour a cup, then drink it up.
    G
And grab your hat.
C                      G
Crowd is strapped in for the ride.
Am
You're breaking through
     Em
to the other side.
F                C.
Time has come, we hear the drum.
    G
No turning back.

[Chorus]
       F
Music Man, through dark
          C
times and troubled lands.
        F
All that you create
              G
lights the way back home.
       F                  C
Music Man, we all hope you understand.
      Am         F
In the roughest waves,
             G         C
you are an anchor stone.

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[Outro]
    F           C
So play on, oh play on.
      F             G
Make it loud, keep it strong.
      F               C
Music Man, strike up the band.
     G
We'll sing along.
     F           C
So play on, oh play on.
        F              G
Make it loud and keep it strong.
       F                   C
Music Man, strike up the band.
        G                      C
We'll sing along, Oh we’ll sing along.

How to play Music Man: key, chords and progression

Music Man by Frank Watkinson is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, G, Am, Em and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – Am – Em (I – V – vi – iii in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.