Live acoustic version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iQzC-SRj0o
[Intro]
G Em C Em (x2)
[Verse 1]
G Em
What makes a man, is it to turn the other cheek?
G D
Is what makes a man to avenge a friend in grief, oh
Em7 Cadd9
What makes a man, is it to win or just compete
G D G
What makes a man, is it the heart to admit defeat
G Em
What makes a man, is it a vow to never lie
G D
Is what makes a man to disguise his desperate cries, oh
Em7 Cadd9
Is what makes a man the attitude to do or die
G D G
What makes a man, is it to stand and question why
G Em
What makes a man, is it the equals that he's killed
G D
What makes a man is the reputation he can build
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Is what makes a man the count of tally marks to coffins that he's filled
G D G
What makes a man, is it the stains from blood he's spilled
[Instrumental]
G Em C Em (x2)
[Verse 2]
G Em
What makes a man, is it the pain he can endure
G D
What makes a man, is it the country that he serves, oh
Em7 Cadd9
What makes a man, is it the trauma he preserves
G D G
What makes a man defend the banner that he burns
G Em
What makes a man, is it the cash that he collects
G D
What makes a man, is it the girls that fear the respect, oh
Em7 Cadd9
What makes a man, is it to one-up the known best
G D G
What makes a man, the one who cleans or makes the mess
G Em
What makes a man, is it to cause his lover's moans
G D
Is what makes a man the push to never be alone, oh
Em7 Cadd9
What makes a man, is it a woman of his own
G D G
What makes a man, is it the man that he can clone
G Em
What makes a man, is it the son he works to teach
G D
What makes a man, is it the goals he's set and reached, oh
Em7 Cadd9
What makes a man, is it his house built on the beach
G D G
What makes a man, is it to prove he is no leech
[Outro]
G Em C Em (x6)