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It's A Man's Man's Man's World
James Brown
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00:00 Song Demo
01:25 Lesson Intro
02:30 Chords
04:35 Strumming Pattern
08:17 Improve Your Strumming!
08:53 Strumming pattern practice
10:08 Lesson Outro

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[INTRO]

                          E7     

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[CHORUS]

                Am    Em

This is a man's world

          Am           Em

This is a man's world

Dm

But it wouldn’t be nothing

E      E7                    Am   Em  Am   Em

Nothing without a woman or a girl

 

 

[VERSE 1]

        Am                Em

You see man made the cars

Am                      Em

To take us over the road

Am                 Em

Man made the train

Am                 Em

To carry the heavy load

Am             Em

Man made the electro lights

Am                    Em

To take us out of the dark

Am           Em

Man made the boat for the water

Am                 Em

Like Noah made the ark

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

          Dm

This is a man's man's, man's world

E               

But it would be nothing

 E7                     Am  Em  Am   Em

Nothing without a woman or a girl

 

 

[VERSE 2]

Am                 Em

Man thinks about a little baby girls

Am               Em

      And a baby boys

Am            Em

Man make them happy 

Am                    Em

'Cause man makes them toys

Am            Em

And after man make everything,

      Am            Em

Everything he can

                        Am     Em

You know that man makes money

            Am          Em

To buy from other man

 

 

[CHORUS]

          Dm

This is a man's world

                E     

But it would be nothing, nothing

                 E7

Not one little thing

                Am   Em  Am   Em

Without a woman or a girl

 

 

[OUTRO]

           Am                   Em

He's lost        In the wilderness

Am         Em

  He's lost 

Am         Em

  And bitterness

Am               Em

  He's lost, lost and ...