Ed Sheeran

The Man

Ed Sheeran


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( Em7 Am G6 F )

Em7                 Am
Now I don't want to hate you
                                      G6
Just wish you'd never gone for the man
    F
And waited two weeks at least
           Em7
Before you let him take you
  Am
I stayed true
                                  G6
I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
     F
He's waiting for the time to move
              Em7
I knew he had his eyes on you
     Am
He's not the right guy for you
                  G6
Don't hate me cos I write the truth
   F
No I would never lie to you
                 Em7
But it was never fine to lose you
    Am
And what a way to find out
   G6                 F
It never came from my mouth
You never changed your mind
                   Em7              Am
But you were just afraid to find out
                                          G6
But f- it, I won't be changing the subject I love it
F                                      Em7
I'll make your little secret public its nothing
         Am
I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with 
G6                    F
In your closet to get back at me
Trapped and I'm lacking sleep
Em7            Am                            G6
Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually
F
You're practically my family
                        Em7                 Am
If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be
                                           G6
But tragically our love just lost the will to live
F
But would I kill to give it one more shot
           Em7
I think not

        Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

Em7      Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

                   Am
Recently I tend to zone out

Up in my headphones to Holocene
G6                F
You promised your body but I'm away so much
            Em7                Am
I stay more celibate than in a monastery
                               G6
Im not cut out for life on the road
             F
Cos I didn't know I'd miss you this much
           Em7                   Am
And at the time we'd just go, so sue me
                             G6
I guess I'm not the man that you need
     F
Ever since you went to uni
                       Em7        Am
I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack
                                             G6
Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
           F                                                Em7
But when I broke the industry that's when I broke your heart

               Am
I was supposed to chart and celebrate
                    G6
But good things are over fast
       F
I know it was hard to deal with and see this
       Em7                 Am
I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
     G6               F
Then I turn the music off
                                       Em7            Am
And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
                       G6
I never really want to believe this
    F
Got advice from my dad and he
                    Em7              Am
Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need
                       G6
I guess I'm unaware of it
   F                                          Em7
Success is nothing if you have no one left to share it with

        Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

Em7      Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

    Em7                       Am
And since you left I've given up my days off
                         G6
It's what I need to stay strong
           F                              Em7
I know you have a day job But mine is 24/7
            Am                                       G6
I fell like writing a book I guess I lied in the hook
            F                                           Em7
Cos I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
          Am                                    G6
The irony is if my career and music didn't exist
       F                                              Em7
In six years yeah you'd probably be my wife with a kid
                  Am                             G6
I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink
               F                                   Em7
And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and it's
               Am                                     G6
Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill
           F
And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27
     Em7        Am                                         G6
I'll die from a thrill Go down in history as just a wasted talent
      F                                          Em7       Am
Can I face the challenge Or did I make a mistake erasing
                                        G6
It's only therapy My thoughts just get ahead of me
F                                                Em7         Am
Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
                                   G6
Either way I guess I'm not prepared
             F
But I'll say this:
                                         Em7          Am
These things happen for a reason and you can't change
                              G6
Take my apology I'm sorry for the honesty
             F
But I had to get this off my chest

        Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

Em7      Am
I don't love you baby
G6      F
I don't need you baby
Em7     Am
I don't want you no
G6  F
Any-more

( Em7 Am G6 F )