Chord To Be A Man - Dax

[Reff]
         G
 i can't hide myself..
           D
 i don't expect you to understand..
        Em
 i just hope i can explain..
           C
 what it's like to be a man..

        G
 it's a lonely road..
                D
 and they don't care about what you know..
      Em
 it's not about how you feel
                 C
 but what you provide inside that home..

     G
yeah, i know this life
                    D
can really beat you down
you wanna scream
                     Em
but you won't make a sound
got so much weight
that you've been holding
          C
but won't show any emotion
as a man it goes unspoken

       G
that we can't cry when life gets hard..
  D
unconditional love's for women,
children, and dogs
Em
 we know that we just have to play
our parts
            C
and don't nobody give a d*mn
about our broken hearts, yeah..

G
 as a man we gotta pave our way..
D
 our only function is to work
and slave..
Em
 there's no respect for you
if you ain't payed..
            C
you're disregarded as a human
and you can't complain..

           G
and if you ever make it up
and actually reach that place..
           D
and find a woman that you love
and give her your last name..
                Em
you'll feel the things
that you provide is only why she stays..
             C
and when you try to explain you'll say

[Reff]
         G
 i can't hide myself..
           D
 i don't expect you to understand..
        Em
 i just hope i can explain..
           C
 what it's like to be a man..

        G
 it's a lonely road..
                D
 and they don't care about what you know..
      Em
 it's not about how you feel
                 C
 but what you provide inside that home..

           G
don't give up, keep fightin'
                          D
as a man our son is our horizon
and our father's actions play a role
              Em
and we end up like 'em
so they can't let us see them hurt
              C
cause we'll embody what they do
and start a generational curse

          G
no wonder most men are so depressed
all the things that they can't express
           D
they go to war get thrown on the shelf
then go back to war
with their mental health
               Em
then grab that bottle and ask for help
try to pull themselves out of h*ll
               C
then fall back down and then realize
that they gon' have to do it themselves

         C
it's the circle of life
as a man you provide
           D
they don't know what you're worth
‘til the day that you die
           C
and that's when they start cryin'
                  D
then move on to a man to confide in

[Reff]

 that's why we feel
          G
 we can't hide ourselves..
            D
 we don't expect you to understand..
         Em
 we just hope we can explain..
           C
 what it's like to be a man..

        G
 it's a lonely road..
               D
 and you don't care about what we know..
      Em
 it's not about how we feel
                C
 but what we provide inside that home..

             G          D
(inside that home) that home..
     Em
it's not about how we feel
               C
but what we provide inside that home..
            (G)
(inside that home)

[Outro]
G D Em C

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===ORIGINAL CHORD===
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[Reff]
         B
 i can't hide myself..
           F#
 i don't expect you to understand..
        G#m
 i just hope i can explain..
           E
 what it's like to be a man..

        B
 it's a lonely road..
                F#
 and they don't care about what you know..
      G#m
 it's not about how you feel
                 E
 but what you provide inside that home..

     B
yeah, i know this life
                    F#
can really beat you down
you wanna scream
                     G#m
but you won't make a sound
got so much weight
that you've been holding
          E
but won't show any emotion
as a man it goes unspoken

       B
that we can't cry when life gets hard..
  F#
unconditional love's for women,
children, and dogs
G#m
 we know that we just have to play
our parts
            E
and don't nobody give a d*mn
about our broken hearts, yeah..

B
 as a man we gotta pave our way..
F#
 our only function is to work
and slave..
G#m
 there's no respect for you
if you ain't payed..
            E
you're disregarded as a human
and you can't complain..

           B
and if you ever make it up
and actually reach that place..
           F#
and find a woman that you love
and give her your last name..
                G#m
you'll feel the things
that you provide is only why she stays..
             E
and when you try to explain you'll say

[Reff]
         B
 i can't hide myself..
           F#
 i don't expect you to understand..
        G#m
 i just hope i can explain..
           E
 what it's like to be a man..

        B
 it's a lonely road..
                F#
 and they don't care about what you know..
      G#m
 it's not about how you feel
                 E
 but what you provide inside that home..

           B
don't give up, keep fightin'
                          F#
as a man our son is our horizon
and our father's actions play a role
              G#m
and we end up like 'em
so they can't let us see them hurt
              E
cause we'll embody what they do
and start a generational curse

          B
no wonder most men are so depressed
all the things that they can't express
           F#
they go to war get thrown on the shelf
then go back to war
with their mental health
               G#m
then grab that bottle and ask for help
try to pull themselves out of h*ll
               E
then fall back down and then realize
that they gon' have to do it themselves

         E
it's the circle of life
as a man you provide
           F#
they don't know what you're worth
‘til the day that you die
           E
and that's when they start cryin'
                  F#
then move on to a man to confide in

[Reff]
 that's why we feel
          B
 we can't hide ourselves..
            F#
 we don't expect you to understand..
         G#m
 we just hope we can explain..
           E
 what it's like to be a man..

        B
 it's a lonely road..
               F#
 and you don't care about what we know..
      G#m
 it's not about how we feel
                E
 but what we provide inside that home..

             B          F#
(inside that home) that home..
     G#m
it's not about how we feel
               E
but what we provide inside that home..
            (B)
(inside that home)

[Outro]
B F# G#m E