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To Be A Man

Boston

RockAdvanced for beginners25 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
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D#Diagram coming soon
E
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A×
D××
G
C×
F
Am×
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7
E7
Asus4Diagram coming soon
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              {Intro} 
F# 
 
{Verse} 
B                     F#sus4   F# 
 What does it take to be.... a man? 
 
C#m7 
 What does it take to see 
 
    B/D#  E                F# 
Its all   heart and soul a gentle hand? 
 
G#m                     F#sus4  F# 
 So easy to want and so hard to give 
 
C#m7 
 How can you be a man 
 
     B/D#  E              F# 
till you   see beyond the life you live? 
 
B/F#                      F# 
 Oh, what does it take to be a man? 
 
{Interlude} 
A#m  D#  G#sus4  G# 
G#m  C#  F#sus4  F# 
F#m  B   E       G#m/D# 
A    D   A  D    D      D#  
   
 
{Verse} 
We can be blind, but a man tries to see 
It takes tenderness 
For a man to be what he can be 
And what does it mean 
If youre weak or strong? 
A gentle feelin 
Can make it right or make it wrong 
What does it take to be a man? 
 
{Chorus} 
The will to give and not receive 
The strength to say what you believe 
The heart to feel what others feel inside 
To see what they can see 
 
 
{Solo} 
G  C  F  Am/E  Dm7  G7/B  E7  Asus4  A 
 
 
{Final} 
A#m  D#  G#sus4        G# 
          A man is something thats real 
 
G#m  C#  F#sus4           F# 
         Its not what you are 
   
                 F#m     B 
Its what you can feel..... 
 
   E 
It cant be too late 
 
   G#m/D#                    C#m  A# 
To look through the hate and see.... 
 
B  G#/C              C#m      F#m    
 I know thats what a man can be.. 
 
E/B  Bsus4  B  E 
oh........... 
          
 

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Chord set

F# · B · F#sus4 · C#m7 · D# · E · G#m · A#m · G#sus4 · G# · C# · F#m · A · D · G · C · F · Am · Dm7 · G7 · E7 · Asus4 · C#m · A# · Bsus4

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.