Abadd2 Ab Eb  Eb/Db   Cm9
Abadd2 Ab Eb  Eb/Db   Cm9
Abadd2 Ab Eb  Eb/Db   Cm9  Ebmaj7/F  Abmaj9


[Verse 1]
     Cm7          Bb/C
When I was a child___
Cm7            Bb/C  Cm7
I thought as a child
             Bb/C  Cm7
E|spo| ke as a child---
              Eb/Db Ab/Db    Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
I didn't know bet   -   ter, bet  -  ter

    Cm7           Bb/C Cm7
But now I'm a man___
              Bb/C
I look like a man
Cm7     Bb7      Cm7
I'm old as a man___
                  Eb/Db Ab/Db  Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
And I should know bet  -  ter, bet  -  ter


[Pre-Chorus 1]
       Abmaj7/Bb      Bb7  Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
Got my head    in the sky
    Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb
And  my     mind    knows what it wants
    Bb7     Abmaj7/Bb Bb7   Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
But my body just      drags me    down

       Dbmaj7/Eb                    Eb7  Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
And my world is something you can't see
    Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb          Eb7
But it's  still very real to me
        Fmaj7/G                     G7
You can find   it in the hole where I keep my soul
Fmaj7/G G7  F/G  N.C.
There   it  is - way down inside me


[Chorus 1]
          Bb6  C      Bm7  Am7
There's a real man, a real man.
                              Csus2 C     Bm7 Am7
Forget about my body and be a real  man___


[Verse 2]
  Cm7               Bb/C Cm7
I see with my heart___
             Bb/C
Hear with my heart
Cm7    Bb/C          Cm7
I feel with my heart___
                   Eb/Db Ab/Db  Bbm/Ab  Ebm/Ab
Sometimes it works bet  -  ter, bet  -  ter


[Pre-Chorus 2]
         Abmaj7/Bb                Bb7  Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
And some so-called friends put me down
   Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb
And they pity me for trying
    Bb7      Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
Bad emotions push      me    a - round

        Dbmaj7/Eb            Eb7  Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
But the vision shines on and on
  Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb             Eb7
It will shine when we all are gone
        Fmaj7/G                   G7
And I'd like to add a little spar-kle while I'm here
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G  N.C.
Light   it up - way down inside me


[Chorus 2]
          Bb6  C      Bm7  Am7
There's a real man, a real man
                                   Csus2 C     Bm7 Am7
Forget about bad feelings and be a real  man___


[Bridge]
Bb/Eb      F/Eb          Bb/Eb        F/Eb
Some men's world is only hate and mon-ey
  F/D          C/D                     F/D        C/D
A-fraid of ev-'ry thing and they laugh at nothing
         C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb   Am7   Bb/Ab
And they on - ly     live to     crit-i-cize___


[Pre-Chorus 3]
        Abmaj7/Bb   Bb7     Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
You can laugh at me now (ha  ha       ha)
   Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb         Bb7
But the  time comes to ev-'ry-bod-y
     Abmaj7/Bb Bb7  Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
When you       must de  - cide

          Dbmaj7/Eb           Eb7  Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
When that day finally comes a-long
   Db/Eb  Dbmaj7/Eb                     Eb7
You might wish you'd been a little more strong
            Fmaj7/G                    G7
Then you'll wake up in the morning cry-in' "Oh my God"
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G  N.C.
There   it is - way down inside me


[Chorus-Outro]
       Bb6  C
It's a real man
  Bm7  Am7
a real man

Got to grow up sometime
     Csus2 C      Bm7  Am7
Be a real  man, a real man

Suffer them slings and arrows
     Bb6  C
Be a real man
         Bm7  Am7
Now be a real man

Don't sell yourself for nothing
     Csus2 C         Bm7  Am7
Be a real  man, be a real man

Don't take no crap from no one
     Bb6     C         Bm7  Am7
Be a real man___, be a real man

Get your trip together
     Csus2 C         Bm7  Am7    Gm/Bb
Be a real  man, be a real man___