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BORN A MAN

   Transcribed by Wellington Gomes
(Brazil)
Artist: The Bee Gees
Song:
BORN A MAN
Composer:
Barry Gibb
Year of Composition:
1966
Year of Recording:
1966
Album:
Spicks and Specks
Year of Releasing:
1966
Track:
11  --  Running: 3'11"
Intro: G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F

G  F                    G          F
     When I was just a little boy,
G      F          G   F
  when I didn't know,
G     F           G        F
  my daddy put me on his knee
G       F                   G  F
  and showed me the way to go.
    G             F   G             F
He said: a woman will   do her best
G            F           G   F
  to make a fool out of you,
 G       F        G         F
so be a man and stand the chest
G               F       G
  and see what you can do.
           C  C4 C  C4     G   G4  G
I'm glad I am      born a man,
G4         D7  C7     G   F  G  F
I'm glad I am born a man.


G     F               G         F
  If you got what it takes, my boy,
G         F        G     F
  you can always choose.
G         F                    G        F
  Work it out before it's too late, my boy,
G       F              G
  make sure you never lose.
           C  C4 C  C4     G   G4  G
I'm glad I am      born a man,
G4         D7  C7     G   F/G  G  F/G
I'm glad I am born a man.


G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  oh!


G  F  G  F                     G         F  
           You don't believe what I say.


G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F



G        F    G            F
  Every woman   wants some man
G              F    G       F
  to live and learn on her lap.
G             F  G           F
  Where do I go,   baby, if you go,
G              F          G
  arrangement:   man and wife.
           C  C4 C  C4     G   G4  G
I'm glad I am      born a man,
G4         D7  C7     G   F/G  G  F/G
I'm glad I am born a man.


G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G
  Born a man,
F
  born a man
G       F/G
  Born a man,
G       F/G
  born a man...

G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F  G

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