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Half A Man

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[Verse]
FIf I only had C7one arm to Fhold you
FBetter yet if I had G#dimnone at alGmlC7  
C7Then I Bbwouldn't have tBdimwo arms that Fache for Dmyou
DmAnd there'd be Gone less memory to reGmcallC7  
[Verse]
C7If I Fonly had C7one ear to Flisten
FTo the sweet lies that you told to BmmeGm  
BbThen I would more cBdimlosely rFesembleDm  
FThe half a man that C7you've made of FmeC7  
[Instrumental]
F[VC7ersFe]F  G#dim  Gm  C7  Bb  Bdim  F  Dm  G  Gm  C7  
FAnd if I had been C7born with one Feye
FThen I'd only have G#dimone eye to crGmy onC7  
C7And if Bbhalf my Bdimheart turned to FashesDm  
DmMaybe Ghalf of my heartaches would GmdieC7  
[Verse]
FIf I only had C7one leg to Fstand on
FThen how much how much truer pF7icture you'd BbseGm  
GmFor Bbthen I’d more Bdimclosely reFsembleDm  
DmThe Fhalf a man that Cyou've made of FmeC7  
[Outro]
C7The Fhalf a man that Cyou've made of C#m-eF#  B  E  F  

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Half A Man

by Ray Price

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#dim

Bdim

[Verse]

F C7 F

If I only had one arm to hold you

F G#dim Gm C7

Better yet if I had none at all

C7 Bb Bdim F Dm

Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache for you

Dm G Gm C7

And there'd be one less memory to recall

[Verse]

C7 F C7 F

If I only had one ear to listen

F Bm Gm

To the sweet lies that you told to me

Bb Bdim F Dm

Then I would more closely resemble

F C7 F C7

The half a man that you've made of me

[Instrumental]

F C7 F F G#dim Gm C7 Bb Bdim F Dm G Gm C7

[Verse]

F C7 F

And if I had been born with one eye

F G#dim Gm C7

Then I'd only have one eye to cry on

C7 Bb Bdim F Dm

And if half my heart turned to ashes

Dm G Gm C7

Maybe half of my heartaches would die

[Verse]

F C7 F

If I only had one leg to stand on

F F7 Bb Gm

Then how much how much truer picture you'd se

Gm Bb Bdim F Dm

For then I’d more closely resemble

Dm F C F C7

The half a man that you've made of me

[Outro]

C7 F C C# F# B E F

The half a man that you've made of m-e

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