Just A Man

C              F                    C 
So there I am, I’m a cradle to myself 
            C            F                           C 
Just so lonesome I’ve struggled with my demons and mental health 
                          F                 C 
And I drink just a little bit to numb the pain, you see I’m going crazy 
            F                C 
Too much liquor and cheap champagne 



                     E7 
There I stand all alone… 
                Am     G            F 
While you’re ringing me on me mobile phone 
          C                E7          Am        G                  F 
And I’m crazy some might say, but they see no lies there up on my face 
           C                   E7 
I did it all the rise and the fall 
          Am                G                 F 
While you stood there and watched me take it all 
           C             G7              C 
Because I am all that I am – I’m just a man 



                F                         C 
So I’ll play another show and do another gig 
                            F                 C 
and In this hole in which I bury myself—I did dig 
               F                  C 
I’ll let the music caress my own ears 
                                    F                                   C 
For a second, I’m sober and it’s back to the top shelf and a few more beers 



                        E7              Am            G         F 
You see I did what you do, and do you blame me for being a musician’s fool? 
           C            E7               Am             G                  F 
I got to stand in the unknown just to see how much of this I might have outgrown 



           C                      E7 
I did it all – the rise and the fall 
             Am                 G           F 
Whilst you stood there and you watched me take it all 
           C             G7              C 
Because I am all that I am – I’m just a man 


Middle 
 F              G               C 
So let me just get out of my own head 
 F              G                      C 
And try love myself a little more… instead.......and there it goes 
 E                       Am 
There it was—it was everything 
   G               F                     C                    E7 
I did it all just for a cause: another plectrum and broken strings 



       Am                    G                  F 
How is it? I was supposed to be on top, if I never win 
          C                       E7 
I did it all — the rise and the fall 
           Am        G             F 
I’ve been beaten and abused and hurt by it all 
       C            E7        E 
But I am all that I am-ahhhhhhhh--------– 


Outro 
N.C.                  C               F 
Mammy take a look at me, tell me your proud of what I am 
          G7        C 
Because I am just a man