Tuning: E A D G B E

Album: Blues Words & Music: McKinley Morganfield, Mrlvin London & Ellas McDaniel *NOTE* Hendrix is dowb 1/4 step. I've done this in Standard tuning for ease of playing, The chords are what he was using. [Intro]

^F#7 Mamma! ^F#7Mamma hankin', Take one! ^F#7Oh ooo yeah! ^F#7Whoa, ho yeah. ^F#7Yeah. Ev-'ry thing's gonna be alright this mornin' ^F#7Have mercy! E D B7 E D B7 E6 D B7 E D B7 Asus4 ^B7Oh, ^Ewho^Da, ^B7whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, ^Eoh.^D ^B7whoa, whoa, ^Ehey.^D ^B7 Hey!^E ^D

[Verse 1]

^BWhen I was a young boy^E ^D ^B7Right about the age of 5, I think^E ^D ^B7I had some-thin' in my pocket^E ^D ^B7Keep a lot of folk alive^E ^D ^B7Now I'm a man,^E6 ^D ^B7age 21^E ^D ^B7You know baby^E, ^D ^B7we have whole lots of fun^E ^D

[Chorus]

^B7Cause I'm a man,^E ^D ^B7spelled M^E ^D ^B7A child'^E ^D ^B7N, boy ^E ^D ^B7That's what I am^E, ^D ^B7Am,^E ^D ^B7Now, now I^E ^D ^B7Am.^E ^D

[Interlude]

^B7Deh, deh, do, deh, deh, do, deh, deh, ^E do, deh, do, do, do. ^B7Deh, deh, do, deh, deh, do, deh, deh, ^E do, deh, deh, do. B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D ^B7 Hey!^E ^D

[Verse 2]

^B7All you pretty women^E, ^D ^B7Stand in line.^E ^D ^B7I'll make love to you,^E ^D ^B7Hour's time^E. ^D ^B7Line I shoot^E6 ^D6 ^B7Will never miss^E. ^D ^B7The way I make love^E6, ^D6 ^B7You just can't resist^E ^D

[Chorus]

^B7'Cause I'm a man, spelled M, A, child, now, N. ^B7Call me, you child. Na, na, na, na, na.

[Interlude]

^B7Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. ^B7Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do^E6. ^B B7 E6 B7 E B B7 E6 D6 B

[Solo]

^B7Ah, ow, wah. Aw, aw, wah. Wah, wah, oh, wah, wah. ^B7Wah, wah, wah, wow. Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, ow. Wah, wah, wah, wah, oh. Wah, wah, wah, ^Ewah^D, ^B7 Wah, wah, wah ^Ewa^Dh,^B7 wah, wah wah, wah ^Ewah, ^Dwah, ^B7wah, wah.^E ^D B7 E D B7 E6 D B7 E6 D B

[Bridge]

'Cause I'm a ^Eman,^D Al-^Brigh^B7t. E E7 E D9 B9 F# A E Dadd9 B E Eadd9 Dadd9 B B B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D ^B7 Yeah! ^E ^D

[Solo] B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D [Bridge]

'Cause 8mm a ^E5man,^D5 child,^A5 you hear ^B5my... I ^Bsaid I'm a ^E5man^D5, ^A5hear ^B5me sayin'. Well, I'm a ^E5man, ^D5 ^A5hey, ^B5hey, hey. Said I'm a ^E5man.^D5 ^A5 ^B5Hey, baby.

[Tag]

^A5 ^B5 ^D5 ^E5 ^B7Yeah^E. ^D [Verse 3] ^B7I'm goin' down south, uh^E ^D ^B7To Kansas too^E, ^D ^B7bring back my second cousin^E, ^D ^B7Little John the Conqueroo.^E ^D ^B7Cause I'm a man,^E ^D ^B7The fun we have^E ^D ^B7Chasin' rabbits^E ^D ^B7In the sand, ^Enow.^D ^B7Hey, hey hey, ^E ^DYeah, hey.^B7 Woo, hoo. Hey, hey, hey,hey,^B7 Hey!

[Outro] B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7 E D B7

Jimi Hendrix - Mannish boy