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[Verse]
DI came home from college to see my old man
DHe was sitting on the porch swing a book in his hand
DHe stared at my earring and at my tattoo
DSmiled, shook his head, said It's good to see Emyou.
DHe chose his words carefully For it was haArd for me to come
And he kEmnew I had a temper and where I got it frDom
DI waited for the sermon.  The one I kAnew so well
But this tEmime he wasn't preaching about heaven or heDll He said
[Chorus]
A reGal mDan knows the vaAlue of a woDman
A reGal maDn's got notAhing to pEmrove    (man's - contraction for man has)
He's streGngthen by lDove and the LoArd up a-bGove
To do the bDest you cAan To be a rGeal mDan
[Bridge]
DCould it be that I saw just a glAimpse of his soul
GOr maybe losing momma had just taken it's toAll
He gaDve me his bible, stained with teAars he had cried
GI open up the cover where he wDrote inside And it said,
[Chorus]
She can Glive with what Agoes with Dleaving
She Gknows it's the Aonly Dway
Though it Gkills her to Agive up beBmlievin'
She can't Emlive with herEm7self if she Astays
She could Gsettle for Awhat she'd be Dfeeling
If she Ggave in and Aworked this one Gout
She doesn't want the Emkind of Em7love she can live Dwith
She wants the kind of Em7love Dshe Acan't live withDoutG  D  G  
[Outro]
To do the beDst you caAn to be a reGal mDan

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Real Man

by Billy Dean

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

[Verse]

I came home from college to see my old man

He was sitting on the porch swing a book in his hand

He stared at my earring and at my tattoo

D Em

Smiled, shook his head, said It's good to see you.

D A

He chose his words carefully For it was hard for me to come

Em D

And he knew I had a temper and where I got it from

D A

I waited for the sermon. The one I knew so well

Em D

But this time he wasn't preaching about heaven or hell He said

[Chorus]

G D A D

A real man knows the value of a woman

G D A Em

A real man's got nothing to prove (man's - contraction for man has)

G D A G

He's strengthen by love and the Lord up a-bove

D A G D

To do the best you can To be a real man

[Bridge]

D A

Could it be that I saw just a glimpse of his soul

G A

Or maybe losing momma had just taken it's toll

D A

He gave me his bible, stained with tears he had cried

G D

I open up the cover where he wrote inside And it said,

[Chorus]

G A D

She can live with what goes with leaving

G A D

She knows it's the only way

G A Bm

Though it kills her to give up believin'

Em Em7 A

She can't live with herself if she stays

G A D

She could settle for what she'd be feeling

G A G

If she gave in and worked this one out

Em Em7 D

She doesn't want the kind of love she can live with

Em7 D A D G D G

She wants the kind of love she can't live without

[Outro]

D A G D

To do the best you can to be a real man

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