Chords for Lou Rawls - Natural Man

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] You know, _ _ [Eb] there was a time if somebody told you to [Db] do something, _ _ you did [Abm] it.
Bang!
Boom!
Right [Bb] on.
[Ebm] And there were no questions asked either.
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Yes sir, yes ma [Ebm]'am, you never said no.
_ [Eb] Oh, but things are [Ebm] changing folks.
Yeah, hey, it's a new day, you know.
And folks now want to know, what's the point of doing it?
You know, folks want to take [Db] their lives into their own hands and make [Eb] their own choices.
_ _ No longer do they want to go along [Ebm] with the program because somebody else says it's right.
You know what I mean?
_ Folks just want to do their own thing.
[Eb] Different strokes for different folks, [Db] right?
_ [Eb] Or you do [Db] your thing and I'll [Eb] do mine.
I won't get in your way and you better not get in mine.
You understand that?
_ _ This was the song.
_ I don't want no gold [Bb] watch for working [Eb] 50 years from nine [Ebm] to five.
_ [C] _ While my boss is hustling, champagne and I'm melting spirits some day.
[Fm] I'm going to be happy and free, _ living and loving. _ _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] I _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ refuse to listen to people when they say that I live too high. _
_ [C] I want to taste it now before my wonder life streaks on by.
I [F] want to be [Bb] happy and free, _
_ [Fm] living and loving.
I want _ to be happy [Bb] and free, living and [Gm] loving.
I want to be like a natural man.
Like a natural [Cm] man.
Like a natural man.
[C] Like a natural [F] man.
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_ _ [D] _ I've tried to do what [Eb] others said that I should do. _ _
They said [C] I should fit in, fool them, make it well.
[F] Those kind of dudes make me crazy and blue.
_ I just can't take it [Eb] when you see [Gm] me walking.
[Ab] Won't you notice [Eb] the brown looking eyes? _
[Cm] _ _ My feet are on the ground. _
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[Bb] I want to be happy and free, _
_ [F] living and loving.
I [Eb] want to be [Bb] happy and free, living _ and loving.
I want to be like a [C] natural man. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Like a natural man. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Like a natural man.
_ _ _ [Eb] I've tried to do what others said that I should do.
My feet are on the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Like a natural [Eb] man.
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] Like a natural man. _ _ _ _ _ _
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