A Natural Man Chords by Lou Rawls

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_ _ You know, there was a time when if someone told you to do something, you did it.
Bam, right on, no questions asked.
It was yes sir and yes ma'am.
You never said no, [Eb] you know.
But you know, things are changing nowadays.
It's a new day, babies.
_ Folks want to take their own lives into their hands and make their own choices.
_ No longer do they want to go along with the program because everybody says right.
You know what I mean?
Let me tell you what I'm talking about.
You see, because_
I don't want no gold watch for working 50 years from 9 to 5.
_ [C] _ _ While the boss is guzzling champagne and I'm building beer in some dive.
Because I [G] want to be happy and free.
Living [F] and loving for me.
I want to be happy and free.
Living and [Bb] loving for me like a natural [C] man.
[G] Like a natural [C] man.
A natural [G] man.
[Bb] Like a [A] natural man.
Well now, _ [Eb] I refuse to listen to people saying that I live too high.
_ _ [C] I'm gonna taste it now before my one life streaks on by.
Because I [F] want to be happy and free.
Living and loving [C]
for me.
I want to be happy and free.
Living and [G] loving for me just like a natural [C] man.
Like a natural man.
I said a [F] natural man.
[C] Just like a natural man.
[F] Well [D] now, I try to do what others [Eb] say that I should do.
_ _ They say [C] that I should fit in, fool them, make it well.
[G] Those kind of dudes just make me crazy and blue.
Man, I just can't take [Eb] it.
So when you see me walking, won't you notice that for I don't look in my eyes.
_ _ [C] _ My feet are on the ground and my soul is searching for the sky.
Because I [G] want to be happy and free.
Living and loving for me.
[F] I want to be.
[C] You know boy, [Eb] yes ma'am. Yes. _ _ _ _ _ _
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