Tuning: E A D G B E

This is an acoustic version of Refusing to be a Man from Propagandhi's 'Less Talk More Rock' album. In order to match the key of the song recorded on the album you'll have to drop your guitar a couple of steps although I usually play it up higher with a capo. This isn't meant to be a super accurate transcription of the song on the album, but just a simple way to play along on an acoustic guitar.

^CI’m not gonna t^Gry and tell you that I’m d^Fifferent from all the rest. ^G ^CI’ve been subje^Gct to the same de-structur^Fe of desire, felt the same e^Gffects. ^CI’m a hetero-se^Gxist traged^Fy. ^G ^CAnd potential r^Gapists all ar^Fe we. Ye^Gah. ^CBut don’t tell me this is natural, this is ^Amnurt^Guri^Fng. ^CThat there’s a difference between sexism an^Amd se^Gxua^Flity. ^CI had different desires prior to my role re^Ammode^Glli^Fng. ^CAnd at six years of age, you don’t challenge their claims, you b^Amecome ^Gthe s^Fame. Or withdraw from the g^Game and hang your head in shame. ^FI think that’s e^Gxactly what I ^Amdid. I tried to sever^G the connectio^Fns. ^Am ^G ^F Between me ^F ^G and them. ^F

^CI fought against their further attempts to convince a kid that bi^Amrthr^Gigh^Ft can bestow. ^CThe power to yield the subordination of wome^Amn. A^Gnd ^Fdo you know… ^CWhat patricentricity means? I found out just a co^Amuple^G of^F days ago. ^CIt means male values über alles a^Amnd w^Ghad^Fdya know!

^FSex has been distorted, v^Gilified. I’m scared of my attraction to ^Ambody^G ty^Fpes. ^FIf everything desired is o^Gbjectified, then maybe er^Amoticism ne^Geds to be red^Fefined. And I refuse to be a^C man.

Propagandhi - Refusing to be a man