{"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":600416,"song":"Half A Man Half A Man","artist":"Bill Baird","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572128-half-a-man-half-a-man-chords-by-bill-baird/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/600416?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m spitting out a folk song, but I’m not feeling well[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if you could see just where I be, you’d rather sunbathe in Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n‘Cause it’s cold as stone to feel alone surrounded by a crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTheir hungry ears rip up my songs, and it makes me scream out loud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m half a man, I’m half a man, I’ve sung myself in two[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI smoke a spliff, I play a riff, and try to tie my shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m half and half a short giraffe, a dentist with no teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]              \r\nI write songs of love, they only bring me grief.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[interlude]\r\n\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees\r\nI sing a happy song and the people are all pleased\r\nBut to know what happiness is, you first gotta know the sad\r\nAnd to find inner peace, you first gotta go mad.\r\nI’m half a man, I’m half a man, I’ve sung myself in two\r\nI smoke a spliff, play a riff, and try to tie my shoes\r\nI’m half and half a short giraffe, a dentist with no teeth\r\nI write songs of love, they only bring me grief","plain_text":"[interlude]\n\nNobody knows, nobody sees\nI sing a happy song and the people are all pleased\nBut to know what happiness is, you first gotta know the sad\nAnd to find inner peace, you first gotta go mad.\nI’m half a man, I’m half a man, I’ve sung myself in two\nI smoke a spliff, play a riff, and try to tie my shoes\nI’m half and half a short giraffe, a dentist with no teeth\nI write songs of love, they only bring me grief","chords":["E","A","F#","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}