Chords for Bent Van Looy - Shadow Of A Man

[Bbm] _ _ _ I am but a shadow of a [F] man, _ _ _ [Bbm] outed by the grace of your [C] lamp.
[Ab] I [C] slide over your pillow, _ [Fm] _
by sunrise [C] I'll be gone.
_ _ [Bbm]
Maybe on your way to work I'm [F] there.
_ _ _ [Bbm]
Some nights I live [Eb] under the [F] stairs, [Ab] if [C] someone leaves the lights on.
[Fm] _ In the [C] downstairs hall.
_ _ [F] Don't try to change me, you [C] will never understand.
_ [F] Don't try to change me, what [C] I am is what I am.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] I'm just a presence you [F] can't see.
_ _ [Bbm] _ Only in your mirror I [C]
appear, [Ab] [C] indelibly you look through me.
_ [Fm] _
As if I weren't [C] here.
_ _ _ [F]
Don't try to change me, you [C] will never understand.
_ [F]
Don't try to change me, what [Gm] I am is what I [C] am.
[Am] I rely [Dm] on memories, [Gm] shadow dancing in [C] the [Am] dark.
By the [Dm] lamplight down the street, [Gm] right behind [Eb] you as you walk.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] And when you're wide awake [F] in bed, _ _ [Bbm] _ just remember you [F] once said,
[Fm] the one you [C] want the most, _
_ [Fm] _ is the hardest to [C] be had. _
_ [F] Don't try to chase me, you [Eb] will never understand.
_ [F] Don't try to change me, what I [Eb] am is what I am.
[Gm] Don't [C] try to change [F] me, _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] don't [C] try to change [F] me, _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] don't [C] try to change [F] me.
_ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] Don't [C] try to change me.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
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