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The Man – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
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Written by: McCartney/Jackson
From: "Pipes of Peace” (Paul McCartney, 1983)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Here's my reading of this beautiful song. Comments and suggestions
are highly welcome!
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INTRO / SOLO – timing for chord changes
A7#5 A7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1---------------|0---------------|
B|2---------------|2---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|
A|0---------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Dm Am7 Gm7 G7sus4/C C G7sus4/C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1---------0---3-|----------------|1-----0---------|1-----0---------|
B|3---------1---3-|----------------|3-----1---------|3-----1---------|
G|2---------0---3-|----------------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
D|0---------2---3-|----------------|x-----2---------|x-----2---------|
A|----------0---5-|----------------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
E|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F6 F E E7 Aaug A Dsus4 Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-----1---------|0-------1---0---|3---------------|1---------------|
B|3-----1---------|0---3---2---2---|3---------------|3---------------|
G|2-----2---------|1---1---2---2---|2---------------|2---------------|
D|3-----3---------|2---2---2---2---|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|--------0---0---|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A7#5 x-0-2-0-2-1
Aaug x-0-2-2-2-1
G7sus4/C x-3-x-0-3-1
Dmaj7/A x-0-x-2-2-2
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
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INTRO
| A7#5 | A7 |
| Dm Am7 | Gm7 | G7sus4/C C | G7sus4/C C |
| F6 F | E E7 Aaug A | Dsus4 | Dm |
VERSE
F
There's a man
Gm7 Am7
Who plays the game of life so well
Bbmaj7 F
Ooh, there's such a man
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
His thoughts you can never tell, oooh
BRIDGE
Bbmaj7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Bbmaj7 Am7
'Cause the day has come for him to be free
Bbmaj7 Am7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Bbmaj7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A | Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A |
This is the man
CHORUS
Gm7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Gm7 Am7
'Cause the day has come for him to be free
Gm7 Fmaj7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Gm7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 |
This is the man (break)
VERSE
F
There's a man
Gm7 Am7
Everybody thought they knew
Bbmaj7 F
Ooh, there's such a man
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
He's not like me and you, oooh
BRIDGE
Bbmaj7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Bbmaj7 Am7
As he says, something has happened to me
Bbmaj7 Am7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Bbmaj7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A | Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A |
This is the man
CHORUS
Gm7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Gm7 Am7
'Cause the day has come for him to be free
Gm7 Fmaj7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Gm7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 |
This is the man (break)
SOLO
| A7#5 | A7 |
| Dm Am7 | Gm7 | G7sus4/C C | G7sus4/C C |
| F6 F | E E7 Aaug A | Dsus4 | Dm |
| Gm7 | % | G7sus4/C C | G7sus4/C C |
| F6 F | E E7 Aaug A | Dsus4 | Dm |
VERSE
F Gm7 Am7
Did you know this man can do anything?
Bbmaj7 F
Ooh, there's such a man
Gm7 Am7 Bbmaj7
I wish that we could bring, oooh
BRIDGE
Bbmaj7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Bbmaj7 Am7
'Cause the day has come for him to be free
Bbmaj7 Am7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Bbmaj7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A | Dmaj7 Dmaj7/A |
This is the man
CHORUS
Gm7 Am7
And it's just the way he thought it would be
Gm7 Am7
'Cause the day has come for him to be free
Gm7 Fmaj7
Then he laughs, he kicks then rolls up his sleeves
Gm7 Am7
I'm alive and I'm here forever
(break)
| Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 |
This is the man (ooh yeah)
CODA
Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 |
This is the man
(break)
Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7 Asus2 | Dmaj7
This is the man
(break)