Real Men Chords

by Joe Jackson
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Ifer [a] 673.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jun 4, 2022

Chords

Em
D
G
D/F#
Em7
D/C
C
A
B
F#/B
E/A
Bm

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[Intro]
Em  D   G   D/F#   Em7  D   D/C
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 1]
Em                   D            G
Take your mind back, I don't know when.
D/F#              Em7              D              D/C C
Sometimes when it always seemed to be just us and them.
Em                    D              G
Girls that wore pink, boys that wore blue.
D/F#             Em7            D               D/C C
Boys that always grew up better men than me and you.
 
[Bridge]
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 2]
Em                D            G
What's a men now, what's a man mean.
      D/F#           Em7          D            D/C C
Is he rough or is he rugged is he cultural and clean.
Em                         D             G
Now it's all changed, it's got to change more,
          D/F#               Em7          D             D/C C
'cause we think it's getting better but nobody's really sure.
 
[Chorus]
 C   C  D  D    C    C    D D
And so it goes, go round again,
 C   C   D   D    C   C      D  D    G   A   B
but now and then we wonder who the real men are.
 
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
G           Bm
Aha hahaha aahaa
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 3]
Em                 D          G
See the nice boys, dancing in pairs.
D/F#            Em7         D                D/C C
Golden earring, golden tan, blow-wave in the hair.
Em                         D             G
Sure they're all straight, straight as a line,
D/F#             Em7              D                  D/C C
all the gays are macho, can't you see their leather shine.
 
[Bridge]
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 4]
          Em                        D         G
You don't want to sound dumb, don't want to offend.
   D/F#            Em7           D              D/C C
So don't call me a faggot, not unless you are a friend.
Em                       D            G
Then if you're tall, and handsome and strong,
D/F#             Em7         D             D/C C
you can wear the uniform and I could play along.
 
[Chorus]
 C   C  D  D    C    C    D D
And so it goes, go round again,
 C   C   D   D    C   C      D  D    G   A   B
but now and then we wonder who the real men are.
 
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
G           Bm
Aha hahaha aahaa
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 5]
Em                  D              G
Time to get scared, time to change plan.
           D/F#           Em7              D           D/C C
Don't know how to treat a lady, don't know how to be a man.
Em                  D          G
Time to admit, what you call defeat
               D/F#          Em7               D                  D/C C
'cause there's women running past you now, and you just drag your feet.
 
[Bridge]
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
 
[Verse 6]
Em               D           G
Man makes a gun, man goes to war,
D/F#          Em7               D              D/C C
Man can kill, man can drink and man can take a whore.
Em                   D            G
Kill all the blacks, kill all the reds,
           D/F#            Em7                 D            D/C C
if there's war between the sexes then there'll be no people left.
 
[Chorus]
 C   C  D  D    C    C    D D
And so it goes, go round again,
 C   C   D   D    C   C      D  D    G   A   B
but now and then we wonder who the real men are.
 
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
F#/B B   B B    F#/B B B  E/A  A A   E/A  A A
O    hooooooo        Ohoo o hohohoho
G           Bm
Aha hahaha aahaa
C C D D  N.C.  C C D D C C D D
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