Tom: Fm
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[Verse 1]
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When I was a child___
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I thought as a child
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E|spo| ke as a child---
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I didn't know bet - ter, bet - ter
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But now I'm a man___
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I look like a man
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I'm old as a man___
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And I should know bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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Got my head in the sky
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And my mind knows what it wants
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But my body just drags me down
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And my world is something you can't see
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But it's still very real to me
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You can find it in the hole where I keep my soul
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There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus 1]
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There's a real man, a real man.
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Forget about my body and be a real man___
[Verse 2]
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I see with my heart___
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Hear with my heart
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I feel with my heart___
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Sometimes it works bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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And some so-called friends put me down
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And they pity me for trying
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Bad emotions push me a - round
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But the vision shines on and on
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It will shine when we all are gone
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And I'd like to add a little spar-kle while I'm here
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Light it up - way down inside me
[Chorus 2]
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There's a real man, a real man
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Forget about bad feelings and be a real man___
[Bridge]
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Some men's world is only hate and mon-ey
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A-fraid of ev-'ry thing and they laugh at nothing
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And they on - ly live to crit-i-cize___
[Pre-Chorus 3]
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You can laugh at me now (ha ha ha)
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But the time comes to ev-'ry-bod-y
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When you must de - cide
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When that day finally comes a-long
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You might wish you'd been a little more strong
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Then you'll wake up in the morning cry-in' "Oh my God"
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There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus-Outro]
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It's a real man
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a real man
Got to grow up sometime
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Be a real man, a real man
Suffer them slings and arrows
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Be a real man
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Now be a real man
Don't sell yourself for nothing
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Be a real man, be a real man
Don't take no crap from no one
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Be a real man___, be a real man
Get your trip together
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Be a real man, be a real man___
