{"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":2130643,"song":"Real Man","artist":"Billy Dean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11462481-real-man-chords-by-billy-dean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2130643?type=chord","rating":0.0336,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI came home from college to see my old man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was sitting on the porch swing a book in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe stared at my earring and at my tattoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmiled, shook his head, said It's good to see you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe chose his words carefully For it was hard for me to come[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he knew I had a temper and where I got it from[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI waited for the sermon.  The one I knew so well[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut this time he wasn't preaching about heaven or hell He said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA real man knows the value of a woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA real man's got nothing to prove    (man's - contraction for man has)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's strengthen by love and the Lord up a-bove[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo do the best you can To be a real man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCould it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr maybe losing momma had just taken it's toll[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe gave me his bible, stained with tears he had cried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI open up the cover where he wrote inside And it said,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe can live with what goes with leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe knows it's the only way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThough it kills her to give up believin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe can't live with herself if she stays[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe could settle for what she'd be feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she gave in and worked this one out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe doesn't want the kind of love she can live with[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe wants the kind of love she can't live without[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo do the best you can to be a real man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","Em","A","G","Bm","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}