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 [Gm] sir and yes ma'am.
You never said no, [G] you know.
But you know, things are changing nowadays.
It's a new day, babies.
_ Folks want to take
their own lives into their [A] 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, _ [Eb] _ because_ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ I refuse to listen to people saying that I live too high.
_ _ [C] I'm going to taste it now
before my one life streaks on by.
Because I [G] want to be happy and free.
[Cm] Living [G] and loving
for me.
[Eb] I want [G] to be happy and free.
[Eb] Living and [F] _ [C] loving for me.
Just like a natural _ _ _ _
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[F] man.
Well [D] now, I try to do what others [Eb] say that I should do. _
They say [C] that I should date it,
fool them, fake it.
Well, [G] those kind [Cm] of juices make me crazy and blue.
Man, I just can't
take [Eb] it.
So when you see me walking, won't you notice that purple glow in my eyes?
I
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_ want [G] to be happy and free.
[Cm] Living and loving [Bb] for me.
[Cm] I want to be happy and free.
Living
and _ loving for me.
Just [Eb] like a natural [C] man.
Just like a natural man.
A natural [Eb] man.
I
want to be happy and free.
Living and loving for me.
Just like a natural man.
Just like
a natural man.
Just like a natural [C] man.
Just like a natural man.
_ Just [Eb] _ like a natural _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ man. _
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