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Real Men chords by
Joe Jackson
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Take your mind back, I don't know when
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Sometime when it always seemed
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To be just us and them
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Girls that wore pink
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And boys that wore blue
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Boys that always grew up better men
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Than me and you
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What's a man now, what's a man mean
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Is he rough or is he rugged
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Is he cultural and clean
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Now it's all change, it's got to change more
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Cause we think it's getting better
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But nobody's really sure
Pre-chorus 1
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And so it goes, go round again

But now and then we wonder who the
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real men are
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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See the nice boys, dancing in pairs
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Golden earring golden tan
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Blow-wave in the hair
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Sure they're all straight, straight as a line
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All the gays are macho
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Can't you see their leather shine
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Am
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You don't want to sound dumb,
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don't want to offend
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So don't call me a fagot
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Not unless you are a friend
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Then if you're tall and handsome and strong
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You can wear-the uniform
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and I could play along
Pre-chorus 2
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And so it goes, go round again

But now and then we wonder who the
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real men are
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Time to get scared, time to change plan
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Am
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Don't know how to treat a lady
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Don't know how to be a man
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Time to admit, what you call defeat
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Cause there's women running past you now
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And you just drag your feet
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Man makes a gun, man goes to war
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Man can kill and man can drink
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And man can take a whore
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Kill all the blacks, kill all the reds
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And if there's war between the sexes
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Then there'll be no people left
Pre-chorus 3
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And so it goes, go round again

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real men are
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • E

  • B

    2

  • A

  • Em

Capo: 7

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Real Men by Joe Jackson is E minor.

The primary chords used in Real Men are Em, D, G, C, A, B.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, D, G, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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