The Man

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ABmF#mG
INTRO x2
A Bm
Now I don't wanna hate you
Bm F#m
Just wish you'd never gone for the man
G
And waited two weeks at least
A Bm
Before you let him take you
Bm
I stayed true
Bm F#m G
I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
G
He's waiting for the time to move
A Bm
I knew he had his eyes on you
Bm
He's not the right guy for you
F#m G
Don't hate me cause I write the truth
G
No I would never lie to you
A Bm
But it was never fine to lose you
Bm
And what a way to find out
F#m G
It never came from my mouth
G
You never changed your mind
A Bm
But you were just afraid to mind out
F#m
But f- it, I won't be changing the subject I love it
G
I'll make your little secret public it's nothing
A Bm
I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep
F#m G
With in your closet to get back at me
G
Trapped and I'm lacking sleep
A Bm F#m
Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually
G
You're practically my family
G A Bm
If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be
Bm F#m
But tragically our love just lost the will to live
G
But would I kill to give it one more shot
G
I think not
[Hook]
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore
G A Bm
Recently I tend to zone out
Bm
Up in my headphones to Holocene
F#m G
You promised your body but I'm away so much
G A Bm
I stay more celibate than in a monastery
Bm
I'm not cut out for life on the road
F#m G
Cause I didn't know I'd miss you this much
A Bm
And at the time we'd just go, so sue me
Bm F#m
I guess I'm not the man that you need
G
Ever since you went to uni
A Bm
I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack
Bm F#m
Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
G
But when I broke the industry
G
That's when I broke your heart
A Bm
I was supposed to chart and celebrate
F#m G
But good things are over fast
G
I know it's hard to deal with and see this
A Bm
I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
F#m G
Then I turn the music off
G A Bm
And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
F#m
I never really want to believe this
G
Got advice from my dad and he
A Bm
Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need
F#m
I guess I'm unaware of it
G A
Success is nothing if you have no one there left to share it with
[Hook]
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore
A Bm
And since you left, I've given up my days off
F#m
It's what I need to stay strong
G
I know you have a day job but mine is 24/7
A Bm F#m
I feel like writing a book, I guess I lied in the hook
G A
Cause I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
Bm
The irony is if my career and music didn't exist
F#m H A
In 6 years, yeah, you'd probably be my wife with a kid
Bm F#m
I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink
G
And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and it's
A Bm F#m
Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill
G A Bm
And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27, I'll die from a thrill
F#m
Go down in history as just a wasted talent
G A
Can I face the challenge, or did I make a mistake erasing?
Bm F#m G
It's only therapy, my thoughts just get ahead of me
G A Bm
Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
Bm F#m G
Either way I guess I'm not prepared, but I'll say this
G A Bm
These things happen for a reason and you can't change shit
Bm F#m
Take my apology, I'm sorry for the honesty
G
But I had to get this off my chest
[Hook]
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore
A Bm
I don't love you baby
F#m G
I don't need you baby
A Bm
I don't want you no
F#m G
Anymore

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INTRO A Bm F#m G x2
[Hook]
[Hook]
[Hook]

The Man Chords by Ed Sheeran

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