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Oh Man (Previously Unreleased) chords by
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin

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Verse 1
C
Dm

Oh man, I call you my man
Em

You play your own home movies
F

on my screen
C
Am

And our love line is there
Em
F

like a silver shaft of light
Dm
G

That fills the dark between
C
Dm

Oh, man, I call you my man
Em
F

All your easy confessions are lies
C
Am

And it's only when you're safe
Em

inside the songs you sing
F
Dm
G

Do you take off your disguise
F
G
Am

Oh, my frightened lover, let's be friends
F
G

At least for this one night
C
Em
F
G

Let's be two gentle creatures,
Am

soft and small and light
Dm

If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
G
F
G

If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
C
Dm

Oh man, I call you my man
Em

The outer edge of trouble
F

makes you tall
C
Am

For the steeper are the cliffs
Em

that you try to climb
F
Dm
G

It's less likely you are to fall
C
Dm

Oh man, I call you my man
Em

There's only one kind of battle

makes you flee
F
C
Am

It's when you fall open
Em
F

and start pouring out
Dm
G

You try and hide from me
F
G
Am

Oh, my frightened lover, let's be friends
F
G
C

At least for this one night
Em
F
G

Let's be two gentle creatures,
Am

soft and small and light
D
Dm

I will hold you if you'll be safe tonight
G
F
G

If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
C
Am
F

Oh, please be still,
Am
F

please don't doubt
Am
F
Dm

Please, I will be fair
C
Am
F
Am

I trust in me, I trust yourself,
F
Am
F
Dm
G

I trust your power just to be there
C
Dm

Oh man, oh you're my man,
Em

you're at this dangerous
F

new place in time
C
Am

And still you cannot find
Em

the courage left to say
F
Dm
G

That crying's nobody's crime
C
Dm

Oh man, I call you my man
Em
F

Now it must feel so very strange
C

To have to throw away
Am
Em

all the lines that you have learned
F
Dm
G

And force yourself to change
F
G
Am

I'm a frightened lover, let's be friends
F
G
C

At least for this one night
Em
F

Let's be two gentle creatures
G
Am

Soft and small at night
Dm

And I will hold you,

and you'll be safe tonight
G
F
G

I will hold you and you'll be safe tonight
Outro 1
C

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