Tuning: E A D G B E

Lucero – The Man I Was Album: All a Man Should Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yvFQj0DlmQ [Chords] Dm xx0231 Bb x13331 C x32010 G7 320001 [Intro] Bb C Dm Bb C Dm [Verse 1]

A ^Bbcold and ^Cearly da^Dmwn For a ^Bbman g^Cone so w^Dmrong An^Bbother lonely w^Cay of wasting t^Dmime So l^Bbate int^Co the n^Dmight

[Instrumental] Dm C G7 Dm C G7 [Pre-Chorus]

^Dm It wasn't long ag^Co I was counting m^G7y days ^Dm With anger and b^Coredom and fear and^G7 pain ^Dm Back then I just w^Canted to even the^G7 score ^Dm The pain doesn't t^Cranslate the same a^G7nymore

[Chorus]

^Bb I'm not going back again ^C I'm not the man I was back then ^Dm I will s^Ctart again,^G7 I will start again ^Bb I'm not going back my friend ^C I'm not the man I was, back ^Dmthen ^C ^G7

[Verse]

^Dm I couldn't slow it ^Cdown I know I got ^G7mean ^Dm I couldn't feel a ^Cthing and they couldn't touch ^G7me ^Dm None of those ^Cyoung girls could under^G7stand ^Dm How slowly k^Cilling oneself takes,^G7 a toll on man

[Chorus]

^Bb I'm not going back again ^C I'm not the man I was back then ^Dm I will s^Ctart again,^G7 I will start again ^Bb I'm not going back my friend ^C I'm not the man I was, back th^Bben ^C ^Dm

[Instrumental] Bb C Dm [Verse]

A ^Bbcold and ^Cearly d^Dmawn For a ^Bbman g^Cone so w^Dmrong A^Bbnother lonely ^Cway of wasting t^Dmime So ^Bblate in^Cto the n^Dmight

[Bridge] Dm C G7 Dm C G7 [Outro]

^Bb I'm not going back again ^C I'm not the man I was back then ^Bb I'm not going back again ^C I'm not the man I was back then ^Dm I will s^Ctart again,^G7 I will start again ^Dm I paid f^Cor my sins,^G7 I will start again ^Bb I'm not going back my friend ^C I'm not the man I was, back t^Dmhen^C ^G7

*strum Dm C G7

Lucero - The man i was