{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1494568,"song":"The Man","artist":"Ed Sheeran","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11273795-the-man-chords-by-ed-sheeran/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1494568?type=chord","rating":4.62487,"votes":103,"content":"Even though many users before (and after) had no problem understanding the open chord \r\nstrumming, I agree it was a bit confusing.  So those open strums are now chords\r\nthat are nearly open strums! Still plays right along, just like before :)\r\n*I put the '( )' in just to note that the strumming emphasis is on the\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em7[/ch]* [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G6[/ch]*  [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|------0----------1--------|\r\nB|--0---1------0---1--------|\r\nG|--0---2------0---2--------|\r\nD|--0---2------0---3--------|\r\nA|-(2)--0-----(2)--3--------|\r\nE|--x---x-----(3)--x--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSTANDARD TUNING w/\r\nCAPO ON 2\r\n\r\n(*= one strum)\r\n\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]* [ch]Am[/ch]* [ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*                [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nNow I don't want to hate you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nJust wish you'd never gone for the man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd waited two weeks at least[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]* \r\nBefore you let him take you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stayed true[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI kind of knew you liked the dude from private school[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's waiting for the time to move[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]* \r\nI knew he had his eyes on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's not the right guy for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nDon't hate me cos I write the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo I would never lie to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]* \r\nBut it was never fine to lose you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd what a way to find out[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G6[/ch]*                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt never came from my mouth[/tab]\r\nYou never changed your mind\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]*             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you were just afraid to find out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G6[/ch]*        \r\nBut f- it, I won't be changing the subject I love it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Em7[/ch]* \r\nI'll make your little secret public its nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn your closet to get back at me[/tab]\r\nTrapped and I'm lacking sleep\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*           [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nFact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           \r\nYou're practically my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em7[/ch]*                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf we married then I'll guess you'd have to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nBut tragically our love just lost the will to live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut would I kill to give it one more shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nI think not[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRecently I tend to zone out[/tab]\r\n\r\nUp in my headphones to Holocene\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou promised your body but I'm away so much[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em7[/ch]*               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stay more celibate than in a monastery[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nIm not cut out for life on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCos I didn't know I'd miss you this much[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]*                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd at the time we'd just go, so sue me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI guess I'm not the man that you need[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEver since you went to uni[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em7[/ch]*       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've been sofa surfing with a rucksack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nFull of less cash and I guess that could get bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nBut when I broke the industry that's when I broke your heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was supposed to chart and celebrate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nBut good things are over fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                 \r\nI know it was hard to deal with and see this[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]*                [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\nI tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G6[/ch]*              [ch]F[/ch]*\r\nThen I turn the music off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Em7[/ch]*           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI never really want to believe this[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot advice from my dad and he[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]*             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTold me that family is all I'll ever have and need[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI guess I'm unaware of it[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nSuccess is nothing if you have no one left to share it with[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]*                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd since you left I've given up my days off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nIt's what I need to stay strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nI know you have a day job But mine is 24/7[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI fell like writing a book I guess I lied in the hook[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nCos I still love you and I need you by my side if I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nThe irony is if my career and music didn't exist[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nIn six years yeah you'd probably be my wife with a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Em7[/ch]*\r\nAnd lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and it's[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nJust hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd be writing my will before I'm 27[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]*       [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nI'll die from a thrill Go down in history as just a wasted talent[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]Em7[/ch]*      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCan I face the challenge Or did I make a mistake erasing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nIt's only therapy My thoughts just get ahead of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]Em7[/ch]*        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nEither way I guess I'm not prepared[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'll say this:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Em7[/ch]*         [ch]Am[/ch]*\r\nThese things happen for a reason and you can't change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G6[/ch]*\r\nTake my apology I'm sorry for the honesty[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]*\r\nBut I had to get this off my chest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]*     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI don't need you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]*    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want you no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny-more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]* [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch].... repeats and fades out","plain_text":"Even though many users before (and after) had no problem understanding the open chord \nstrumming, I agree it was a bit confusing.  So those open strums are now chords\nthat are nearly open strums! Still plays right along, just like before :)\n*I put the '( )' in just to note that the strumming emphasis is on the\n\n\n\nSTANDARD TUNING w/\nCAPO ON 2\n\n(*= one strum)\n\nEm7* Am* G6* F*\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou never changed your mind\n\n\n\n\n\nTrapped and I'm lacking sleep\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nUp in my headphones to Holocene\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm7* Am G6* F.... repeats and fades out","chords":["Em7","Am","G6","F","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}