Man Down Chords by Rihanna
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156.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
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[Cm] I didn't mean to end his life, I know it was a right.
I [Bb] can't even sleep and I can't get it out my mind.
I [Cm] need to get out of sight, or I end up behind [Bb]
bars.
What [Cm] started out as a simple altercation,
turns [Bb] into a real sticky situation.
Me just [Ab] thinking on the time that I'm passing
makes [Bb] me want to cry.
[Cm]
Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been [Cm] somebody's son.
And I took [Bb] his heart with,
I've [Cm]
run.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm] Man [Ab]
down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum [Fm] pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Cm] Man down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb] just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
[D] In [Bb] front of a big old.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in Central [Cm] Station.
I call her Peggy Sue, and [Bb] she puts pride on my shoes.
What you expect me to do if [Cm] you're playing me for a fool?
I will lose my cool, [Bb] and reach for my fire.
Didn't [Cm] mean to lay low, but his cool [Bb] head to turn back now.
[Ab] I was thinking now he's [Fm] no longer [Bb] living,
so I'm about to leave town.
[Cm] Yeah.
Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been [Cm] somebody's son.
And I took [Bb] his heart with,
I pulled out [Cm] that gun.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm]
[Ab] Man down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm] Man [Cm] down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
[Bb] In front of a big old.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, [Bb] I just shot a man down,
in Central Station.
What do you mean no?
I said [Cm] I never thought I'd do it, never thought I'd do [Bb] it,
never thought I'd do it.
Oh, [Cm] gosh, whatever happens to me,
ever happen to [Bb] me, ever happens to me.
Why [Cm] did I pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull the trigger?
[Bb]
And ended my life so soon
[Ab] When I pulled the trigger, pulled the trigger, pulled it from you.
[Bb]
Somebody tell me what I'm going to do, what I'm going to do.
[Cm]
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
Me say run man down,
oh me [Cm] say
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum [Bb] pum pum pum,
[Cm] I'm a criminal, criminal, criminal.
Oh [Bb] Lord have mercy, now I am a criminal.
Man down, [Ab] tell the judge please give me minimal.
Run [Bb] out the town, none of them can see me now, see [C] me.
[Cm] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man [Gm] down,
[Cm] in central station, in [Bb] front of the big old
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man down,
in [Cm] central station.
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[Cm]
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[Cm] I didn't mean to end his life, I know it was a right.
I [Bb] can't even sleep and I can't get it out my mind.
I [Cm] need to get out of sight, or I end up behind [Bb]
bars.
What [Cm] started out as a simple altercation,
turns [Bb] into a real sticky situation.
Me just [Ab] thinking on the time that I'm passing
makes [Bb] me want to cry.
[Cm]
Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been [Cm] somebody's son.
And I took [Bb] his heart with,
I've [Cm]
run.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm] Man [Ab]
down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum [Fm] pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Cm] Man down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb] just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
[D] In [Bb] front of a big old.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in Central [Cm] Station.
I call her Peggy Sue, and [Bb] she puts pride on my shoes.
What you expect me to do if [Cm] you're playing me for a fool?
I will lose my cool, [Bb] and reach for my fire.
Didn't [Cm] mean to lay low, but his cool [Bb] head to turn back now.
[Ab] I was thinking now he's [Fm] no longer [Bb] living,
so I'm about to leave town.
[Cm] Yeah.
Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been [Cm] somebody's son.
And I took [Bb] his heart with,
I pulled out [Cm] that gun.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm]
[Ab] Man down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
[Gm] Man [Cm] down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
[Bb] In front of a big old.
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, [Bb] I just shot a man down,
in Central Station.
What do you mean no?
I said [Cm] I never thought I'd do it, never thought I'd do [Bb] it,
never thought I'd do it.
Oh, [Cm] gosh, whatever happens to me,
ever happen to [Bb] me, ever happens to me.
Why [Cm] did I pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull the trigger?
[Bb]
And ended my life so soon
[Ab] When I pulled the trigger, pulled the trigger, pulled it from you.
[Bb]
Somebody tell me what I'm going to do, what I'm going to do.
[Cm]
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
Me say run man down,
oh me [Cm] say
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum [Bb] pum pum pum,
[Cm] I'm a criminal, criminal, criminal.
Oh [Bb] Lord have mercy, now I am a criminal.
Man down, [Ab] tell the judge please give me minimal.
Run [Bb] out the town, none of them can see me now, see [C] me.
[Cm] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man [Gm] down,
[Cm] in central station, in [Bb] front of the big old
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ab] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man down,
in [Cm] central station.
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ I didn't mean to end his life, I know it was a right.
I [Bb] can't even sleep and I can't get it out my mind.
I [Cm] need to get out of sight, or I end up behind [Bb]
bars.
_ _ _ _ What [Cm] started out as a simple altercation,
turns [Bb] into a real sticky situation.
Me just [Ab] thinking on the time that I'm passing
makes [Bb] me want to cry.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been _ [Cm] somebody's son.
_ _ And I took [Bb] his heart with,
_ _ I've _ [Cm]
run.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ [Gm] _ Man [Ab]
down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum [Fm] pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ _ [Cm] Man down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb] just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
_ _ _ [D] In [Bb] front of a big old.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in Central [Cm] Station.
I call her Peggy Sue, and [Bb] she puts pride on my shoes.
What you expect me to do if [Cm] you're playing me for a fool?
I will lose my cool, [Bb] and reach for my fire.
_ _ Didn't [Cm] mean to lay _ _ low, but his cool [Bb] head to turn back now. _ _ _
[Ab] I was thinking now he's [Fm] no longer [Bb] living,
so I'm about to leave _ town.
[Cm] Yeah.
_ _ Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been _ [Cm] somebody's son.
_ _ And I took [Bb] his heart with,
_ I pulled out [Cm] that gun.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
[Ab] Man down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ [Gm] Man [Cm] down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central _ Station.
_ _ _ [Bb] In front of a big old.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, _ [Bb] I just shot a man down,
in Central Station.
What do you mean no?
I said [Cm] I never thought I'd do it, never thought I'd do [Bb] it,
never thought I'd do it.
Oh, [Cm] gosh, whatever happens to me,
ever happen to [Bb] me, ever happens to me.
_ Why [Cm] did I pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull the trigger?
_ [Bb]
And ended my life so soon
[Ab] When I pulled the trigger, pulled the trigger, pulled it from you.
[Bb]
Somebody tell me what I'm going to do, what I'm going to do.
[Cm]
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
Me say run man down,
oh me [Cm] say_
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum [Bb] pum pum pum,
_ _ _ _ [Cm] I'm a criminal, criminal, criminal.
Oh [Bb] Lord have mercy, now I am a criminal.
Man down, [Ab] tell the judge please give me minimal.
Run [Bb] out the town, none of them can see me now, see [C] me.
[Cm] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man _ [Gm] down,
[Cm] in central _ station, _ _ in [Bb] front of the big old_
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[Ab] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man _ down,
in [Cm] central station.
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ I didn't mean to end his life, I know it was a right.
I [Bb] can't even sleep and I can't get it out my mind.
I [Cm] need to get out of sight, or I end up behind [Bb]
bars.
_ _ _ _ What [Cm] started out as a simple altercation,
turns [Bb] into a real sticky situation.
Me just [Ab] thinking on the time that I'm passing
makes [Bb] me want to cry.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been _ [Cm] somebody's son.
_ _ And I took [Bb] his heart with,
_ _ I've _ [Cm]
run.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ [Gm] _ Man [Ab]
down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum [Fm] pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ _ [Cm] Man down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb] just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central Station.
_ _ _ [D] In [Bb] front of a big old.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in Central [Cm] Station.
I call her Peggy Sue, and [Bb] she puts pride on my shoes.
What you expect me to do if [Cm] you're playing me for a fool?
I will lose my cool, [Bb] and reach for my fire.
_ _ Didn't [Cm] mean to lay _ _ low, but his cool [Bb] head to turn back now. _ _ _
[Ab] I was thinking now he's [Fm] no longer [Bb] living,
so I'm about to leave _ town.
[Cm] Yeah.
_ _ Cause I didn't mean [Bb] to hurt him,
could have been _ [Cm] somebody's son.
_ _ And I took [Bb] his heart with,
_ I pulled out [Cm] that gun.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
[Ab] Man down.
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
_ _ [Gm] Man [Cm] down.
Mama, mama, mama, I [Bb]
just shot a man down,
in [Cm] Central _ Station.
_ _ _ [Bb] In front of a big old.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Mama, mama, mama, _ [Bb] I just shot a man down,
in Central Station.
What do you mean no?
I said [Cm] I never thought I'd do it, never thought I'd do [Bb] it,
never thought I'd do it.
Oh, [Cm] gosh, whatever happens to me,
ever happen to [Bb] me, ever happens to me.
_ Why [Cm] did I pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull the trigger?
_ [Bb]
And ended my life so soon
[Ab] When I pulled the trigger, pulled the trigger, pulled it from you.
[Bb]
Somebody tell me what I'm going to do, what I'm going to do.
[Cm]
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, [Bb] rum pum pum pum.
Me say run man down,
oh me [Cm] say_
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum [Bb] pum pum pum,
_ _ _ _ [Cm] I'm a criminal, criminal, criminal.
Oh [Bb] Lord have mercy, now I am a criminal.
Man down, [Ab] tell the judge please give me minimal.
Run [Bb] out the town, none of them can see me now, see [C] me.
[Cm] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man _ [Gm] down,
[Cm] in central _ station, _ _ in [Bb] front of the big old_
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[Ab] Oh mama, mama, mama, [Bb] hide your shadow man _ down,
in [Cm] central station.
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