Be a Man chords by
Tesla
Tesla

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Key: G minor
Verse 1
Hey! yeah, yeah. Uh huh.
Em
Em

Bustin' ass all day
Just to put food on the table.
And I always will for as long as I am able.
Done all I could,
Edim
Edim

Ev'rything that a man should do.
Still they refuse to call me,
Em
Em

Call me what I am. Hey!
Verse 2
Do you know what it takes to be a man?
Don't take a whole lots of money,
Edim
Edim

Diamond rings upon your hand,
C
C

no.
Edim
Edim

Em
Em

That ain't what it takes
C
C

Gm
Gm

C
C

to be a man.
Edim
Edim

Em
Em

Do right by the ones you love,
C
C

Edim
Edim

Always give a helpin' hand. Yes,
I do.
Em
Em

Now I've been through it
Verse 3
all
Seen the good, the bad, the ugly.
C
C

Always take care of my
Edim
Edim

share of responsibilities.
Em
Em

C
C

Edim
Edim

Em
Em

Now, just
because I grow my hair
And play in a rockin' band,
Old folks are always telling me,
"Boy, why don't you grow up
And be a man." Hey!
Verse 4
Em
Em

Edim
Edim

Em
Em

I know what it takes to be a man.
C
C

Em
Em

F
F

It ain't the way you look
Em
Em

Or the clothes that you wear.
F
F

Em
Em

F
F

That ain't what it takes to be a man.
Em
Em

Do right by the ones you love,
F
F

C
C

Em
Em

Always lend a helpin'
Am
Am

Em
Em

F
F

hand.
C
C

I know I got what it
Verse 5
Edim
Edim

takes,
Em
Em

C
C

I know I got what it
Em
Em

Edim
Edim

takes to be a man.
C
C

Gm
Gm

Edim
Edim

So go ahead and
Em
Em

say what you will.
Because I know what I am,
F
F

Em
Em

C
C

Edim
Edim

Em
Em

Just what I am. Ow!
Alright. Ow! Hey!
Verse 6
F
F

I know what it takes to be a
Gm
Gm

Edim
Edim

man.
Em
Em

C
C

Edim
Edim

I've got what it takes
Em
Em

And you know I know what I am.
Edim
Edim

I know what it takes to be a man.
F
F

So go ahead, say what you will
Edim
Edim

Em
Em

'Cause I know what I am.
I'm a man.
Em
Em

Hoo hoo hoo hoo. I'm a man.
C
C

Edim
Edim

I know I got what it takes,
I know I got what it takes, ow!

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