Biography:
Matt Pryor is the singer / guitar player in Kansas City, MO's The Get Up Kids. He currently is playing in The New Amsterdams and The Terrible Twos. Matt Pryor's first solo album, named 'Confidence Man' after a track of the same title, is a folk-tinged collection of stripped, acoustic songs. It was released on July 29, 2008.
Speaking with Songfacts in a 2011 interview, Pryor said the raw production of his second album, May Day, reflects his emotional state at the time of recording: "I mean
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A rough interpretation of Matt Pryor's song "Confidence Man".
Song is pretty straightforward.
Listen to the song for strumming patterns and all that other jazz.
Intro:
C E Am F x2
C
I swear when you say,
E
at the end of the day,
F C
it isn't just the same old song.
E
You've got new chords I ain't heard before.
F C
I'm ready to sing along.
F C
Stars don't align in the sky,
F Dm
oh the floor falls out when we try.
You don't need to worry.
F G C
Baby, I'm your confidence man.
Repeat Intro
C
List of abuses,
E
too many excuses.
F C
Then for weeks I was alone.
C
No point in talking
E
if I may be walking.
F C
I can't get your ear to the phone.
F C
But after these weeks have gone by,
F Dm
I might as well give you a try.
You don't have to worry,
F G C E
baby, I'm your confidence man.
Am
You don't have to worry,
F
baby I'm your confidence man.
F
Tell me I should just relax.
C
We'll both be in Cadillacs.
Dm G
Sounds good 'till the end of the year,
F
when you disappear.
C E
Am
You don't have to worry,
F
baby I'm your confidence man.
Ending on C sounds fine
Song is pretty straightforward.
Listen to the song for strumming patterns and all that other jazz.
Intro:
C E Am F x2
C
I swear when you say,
E
at the end of the day,
F C
it isn't just the same old song.
E
You've got new chords I ain't heard before.
F C
I'm ready to sing along.
F C
Stars don't align in the sky,
F Dm
oh the floor falls out when we try.
You don't need to worry.
F G C
Baby, I'm your confidence man.
Repeat Intro
C
List of abuses,
E
too many excuses.
F C
Then for weeks I was alone.
C
No point in talking
E
if I may be walking.
F C
I can't get your ear to the phone.
F C
But after these weeks have gone by,
F Dm
I might as well give you a try.
You don't have to worry,
F G C E
baby, I'm your confidence man.
Am
You don't have to worry,
F
baby I'm your confidence man.
F
Tell me I should just relax.
C
We'll both be in Cadillacs.
Dm G
Sounds good 'till the end of the year,
F
when you disappear.
C E
Am
You don't have to worry,
F
baby I'm your confidence man.
Ending on C sounds fine
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