Chords for Hanne Boel ~ A Man`s Gotta Do

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I've been a racist. _ _ _ _
Living in the fields.
Work to be done. _
Pain.
_ _ Sweat. _ _
Keeping it together.
No one knows how.
When they [Bb] don't automatically live.
They cling hard to forget and forgive.
_ Yes, [G] they're doing their best to survive.
Yes, they're doing their best to stay alive. _ _ _
[D] Don't tell nobody that you've heard and sighed.
[Eb] Hold your head up.
[F] Take it all in for a swipe.
[G] What a man's gotta do.
[Gm] What a man's gotta do.
[G] A man's [Gm] gotta do.
What a man's gotta do.
You gotta [G] lean on your father.
Lean on your [G] mother.
Lean on your brother and your sister too. _
Work in the day.
Sleep in the night.
If you all pull together, you can make it through.
You're [Bb] the victims of political sin.
_ They deny you the right to fit in.
Now [G] you're paying the price for your life. _ _
Wondering how the hell you're gonna survive. _ _ _
[D] Don't let nobody see the pain inside.
[Eb] Tear you apart when [F] the dream has died.
[G] No, a man's gotta do [Gm] what a man's gotta do.
[G] A man's [C] gotta do what [Gm] a man's gotta do.
[G] Yes, a man's gotta [Gm] do it and woman too.
[G] A man's [F] gotta do it [Gm] and woman too.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ When [Bb] they burn down your house in the night
and they dare you to stand outside it,
you [G] can wait for the heavens to fall
_ or you can try to make sense of it all. _ _
[D] Don't care if people turn their backs on you.
[Eb] One thing is certain, [F] one thing is true
that [G] a man's gotta do what [Gm] a man's gotta do.
[G] A man's gotta do what [Gm] a man's gotta do.
If [D] there's no way to go down, well, cry. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ You [G] see, a man's gotta do [Gm] what a man's gotta do.
[G] A man's gotta [Gm] do what a man's gotta do.
Yes, [G] a man's gotta [Gm] do it _ and woman too.
[G] A man's gotta do it [Gm] and woman too.
[G] Yeah, _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[G] yeah, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ yeah.
Gotta [G] lean on your [Gm] father, lean on your mother.
[G] Lean [A] on your brother and your sister too.
[G] When [Gm] they say _ _ [G] if you all pull together,
[Gm] you can make it through.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ Listen [G] up. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't let nobody [Gm] see the pain inside. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ You've [G] gotta hold your head [Gm] _ _ [Bb] up.
You've gotta hold your head up.
_ _ You've gotta hold your head up. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] You've gotta hold your [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Gm] head up.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] You've gotta hold _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[G] your head up.
[Gm] _ No, I-I [G] just want to be a-a-a-a [Gm] _ -a-a-a_
just to [G] see you _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
smile a _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ -a-a-a-a-a-a-a_.
and then I'll-a-a-a-a-a-a-a_
kiss you a-a-a-a-a-a-a_
_ _ and then I'll-a-a-a-a-a-a_
can you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] see me smiling a-a _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ -a-a-a-a-a _
[G]-a_
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