Mannish Boy Chords by The Newcomers
Tempo:
106.55 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Fm
Gm
Ab
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Eb] I was brought [Gm] up in a rough [Fm] neighborhood [Ab]
where [Eb] you learn [Gm] more in the streets [Fm] than you learn
in [Eb] the streets.
Some of the fellas [Fm] used to drive me [Eb] around, [Gm] but they were [Eb] only jealous.
[Fm] Tell us what I was putting down.
[Ab] While they were too far away.
[Bb] I was climbing up and down [Ab] trees.
Peggy and [Eb] Susan would [Bb] be playing their house.
I [Eb] was a man in, [Cm] [Fm]
yeah, [Eb] a man in, a [Ab] man in [Gm] four.
[Cm] [Eb]
I remember [Fm] [Gm] my
[Cm] [Eb] mama.
[Gm]
She used to [Ab] try and talk on to me.
[Fm]
She [Gm] said, listen son, there's no limit [Fm] to what you can do.
[Eb] Don't waste your time [Fm] with Tom, Dick and Harry.
[Eb] [Gm] The company you [Eb] keep [Fm] is the name you will carry.
[Ab] When I went on and dropped out of school.
[Bb] Because I thought I was a man.
[Ab] But then when I was 18, there [Bb] was another thing I was doing.
[Eb] I was a man in, a [Cm] [Fm] man in four.
Yeah, [Eb] a man [Ab] in [Gm] four.
[Eb] [F] Go Jim.
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
A man in, a man in four.
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Eb] I was brought [Gm] up in a rough [Fm] neighborhood [Ab]
where [Eb] you learn [Gm] more in the streets [Fm] than you learn
in [Eb] the streets.
Some of the fellas [Fm] used to drive me [Eb] around, [Gm] but they were [Eb] only jealous.
[Fm] Tell us what I was putting down.
[Ab] While they were too far away.
[Bb] I was climbing up and down [Ab] trees.
Peggy and [Eb] Susan would [Bb] be playing their house.
I [Eb] was a man in, [Cm] [Fm]
yeah, [Eb] a man in, a [Ab] man in [Gm] four.
[Cm] [Eb]
I remember [Fm] [Gm] my
[Cm] [Eb] mama.
[Gm]
She used to [Ab] try and talk on to me.
[Fm]
She [Gm] said, listen son, there's no limit [Fm] to what you can do.
[Eb] Don't waste your time [Fm] with Tom, Dick and Harry.
[Eb] [Gm] The company you [Eb] keep [Fm] is the name you will carry.
[Ab] When I went on and dropped out of school.
[Bb] Because I thought I was a man.
[Ab] But then when I was 18, there [Bb] was another thing I was doing.
[Eb] I was a man in, a [Cm] [Fm] man in four.
Yeah, [Eb] a man [Ab] in [Gm] four.
[Eb] [F] Go Jim.
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm]
A man in, a man in four.
Key:
Eb
Fm
Gm
Ab
Cm
Eb
Fm
Gm
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] I was brought [Gm] up in a rough [Fm] neighborhood _ [Ab]
where [Eb] _ you learn [Gm] more in the streets _ [Fm] than you learn
in [Eb] the streets.
_ Some of the fellas _ _ [Fm] used to drive me [Eb] around, _ [Gm] but they were [Eb] only jealous.
_ [Fm] Tell us what I was putting down.
_ [Ab] While they were too far away.
[Bb] I was climbing up and down [Ab] trees. _
Peggy and [Eb] Susan would [Bb] be playing their house.
I [Eb] was a man in, _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
yeah, _ [Eb] _ a man in, a [Ab] man in [Gm] four. _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
I remember [Fm] [Gm] my _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] mama.
[Gm]
She used to [Ab] try and talk on to me.
[Fm] _
_ She [Gm] said, listen son, there's no limit [Fm] to what you can do.
_ [Eb] _ _ Don't waste your time _ [Fm] with Tom, Dick and Harry.
[Eb] _ [Gm] The company you [Eb] keep [Fm] is the name you will carry.
_ [Ab] When I went on and dropped out of school.
_ [Bb] Because I thought I was a man.
_ _ [Ab] But then when I was 18, there [Bb] was another thing I was doing.
[Eb] I was a man in, a [Cm] [Fm] man in four. _
Yeah, [Eb] a _ man _ [Ab] in [Gm] four. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] Go Jim.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A man in, a man in four.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] I was brought [Gm] up in a rough [Fm] neighborhood _ [Ab]
where [Eb] _ you learn [Gm] more in the streets _ [Fm] than you learn
in [Eb] the streets.
_ Some of the fellas _ _ [Fm] used to drive me [Eb] around, _ [Gm] but they were [Eb] only jealous.
_ [Fm] Tell us what I was putting down.
_ [Ab] While they were too far away.
[Bb] I was climbing up and down [Ab] trees. _
Peggy and [Eb] Susan would [Bb] be playing their house.
I [Eb] was a man in, _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
yeah, _ [Eb] _ a man in, a [Ab] man in [Gm] four. _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
I remember [Fm] [Gm] my _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] mama.
[Gm]
She used to [Ab] try and talk on to me.
[Fm] _
_ She [Gm] said, listen son, there's no limit [Fm] to what you can do.
_ [Eb] _ _ Don't waste your time _ [Fm] with Tom, Dick and Harry.
[Eb] _ [Gm] The company you [Eb] keep [Fm] is the name you will carry.
_ [Ab] When I went on and dropped out of school.
_ [Bb] Because I thought I was a man.
_ _ [Ab] But then when I was 18, there [Bb] was another thing I was doing.
[Eb] I was a man in, a [Cm] [Fm] man in four. _
Yeah, [Eb] a _ man _ [Ab] in [Gm] four. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] Go Jim.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A man in, a man in four.
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