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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">The Man in Me</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 (from the album <a href="index.htm" class="recordlink">New Morning</a>, 1970)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21
  22 <p>This is a piano song, and he prefers to play these on the black keys,
  23 hence the original key is Ab major. On a guitar this suggests a capo
  24 on the 1st fret, with the following chords:</p>
  25
  26 <pre class="verse">
  27 [shamelessly happy &quot;la la la la&quot;s throughout the intro:]
  28
  29 G . . . |C /b Am7 . |D . C . |G . . . |
  30 G . . . |C .  .   . |D . . . |G . . . |
  31
  32 G                     C      C/b Am
  33 The man in me will do nearly any task,
  34     D             C                              G
  35 And as for compensation, there's little he would ask.
  36        G
  37 Take a woman like you
  38        C              C/d
  39 To get through to the man in me.
  40
  41 Storm clouds are raging all around my door,
  42 I think to myself I might not take it any more.
  43 Take a woman like your kind
  44 To find the man in me.</pre>
  45 <pre class="bridge">
  46      Am                   G
  47 But, oh, what a wonderful feeling
  48         Am                G
  49 Just to know that you are near,
  50 Am                 G
  51 Sets my a heart a-reeling
  52         Am            D
  53 From my toes up to my ears.</pre>
  54 <pre class="verse">
  55 The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen,
  56 But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine.
  57 Took a woman like you
  58 To get through to the man in me.
  59
  60 G C /b Am  D G
  61 La la la la etc...
  62
  63 repeat and fade
  64 </pre>
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  68 <h2 class="songversion">Version from Paris July 6, 1978</h2>
  69 <pre class="verse">
  70     A                Bm
  71 The man in me will do nearly any thing,
  72 E                         D                    A
  73  As for compensation, whatever you wanna bring.
  74        A
  75 Take a woman like you
  76        Bm      E                 D  A/c#  Bm  A
  77 To get through     to the man in me.</pre>
  78 <pre class="tab">
  79   Bm                                  E
  80   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  81 |-2---------------|-----------------|-0---
  82 |-3---------------|---------3-------|-0---
  83 |-4---------------|-------2-4-2---2-|-1---
  84 |-4---------------|---2-4-------4---|-2---
  85 |-2---------------|-----------------|-2---
  86 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---
  87 ..through</pre>
  88 <pre class="verse">
  89 Storms on the river of no return,
  90 I'd try to teach you how, but I know that you never learn.
  91 Take a woman like your kind
  92 To find the man in me.</pre>
  93 <pre class="bridge">
  94      Bm                   A
  95 But, oh, what a wonderful feeling
  96         Bm                         A
  97 Just to know that you're really there,
  98    Bm                  A
  99 It sets my old heart a-reeling
 100 Bm               C#m        D          E
 101  right from my feet to the top of the stairs.</pre>
 102 <pre class="verse">
 103 How can you believe it? Well, I guess it's true
 104 I'm lying next to her, baby, but I'm thinking of you
 105 Take a woman like you
 106 To get through to the man in me.
 107
 108 [instrumental verse]
 109 </pre>
 110
 111 <pre class="bridge">
 112 Oh, what a wonderful feeling
 113 Just to know that you really exist,
 114 It makes my, makes my head go reeling
 115 All you got to do is look my way, and, baby, I just can't resist
 116 </pre>
 117
 118 <pre class="verse">
 119 [I] go down to the border beneath the sun
 120 Calling out her name, but, baby, you're the one
 121 Take a woman like you
 122 To get through to the man in me.
 123 Take a woman like you
 124 To get through to the man in me.
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