Intro
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
[Verse]
F# A#m
My resistance is getting weaker,
G#m C#
I just can't stand the pressure.
F# A#m
I can't be any meeker,
G#m C#
I've got to find me some other treasure.
B C#
I need nothing to be a man,
B C#
Because I was born a man.
D#m
And I deserve the right,
B C# F#
To live like any other man.
G#m
F# A#m
My mind's in such a state,
G#m C#
Sometimes it makes me sick.
F# A#m
At times I've tried to hate,
G# C#
But I just don't know the trick.
B C#
I need nothing to be a man,
B C#
Because I was born a man.
G# A#m
And I deserve the right,
B C# F#
To feel like any other man
G#m
Mmmmmh
F#
Mmmmmh
G#m
Mmmmmh
[Verse]
F# A#
Experience has taught me wisdom,
G#m C#
Thank God I've got some life left.
F# A#m
I'm getting out of serfdom,
G# C#
My soul has stand the test.
B C#
I need nothing to be a man,
B C#
Because I was born a man
G#m A#m
And I deserve the right,
B C# F#
To be like any other man.
G#m F#
Ooh like any other man.
G#m F#
Just let me live like any ordinary man.
G#m F#
I wanna, wanna, wanna live.
Ooh, yeah, yeah.