The Man I Used To Be chords by Eli Creed

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

♫ Intro:

Bm    D    A

           Bm
Mmmm mm mm mm


♫ Chorus:
                   Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
           D
Lost that boy somewhere between
         A
Whiskey nights and broken dreams
                   Bm
Yeah, I came back changed, you see

                   Bm         A
I ain’t the man I used to be
                       Bm      Bm
And maybe that’s what saved me


♫ Verse:
          Bm
I walked roads nobody sees
         D
Paid my dues on bloodied knees
           A
Burned my past in gasoline
            Bm
Watched it fade like distant screams

        Bm
If you knew the things I’ve done
                 D
You’d swear the old me’s dead and gone
         A
But the truth is… I had to break
         Bm
Just to rise from my own grave


♫ Pre-chorus:
       G
Every sin I carry still
           A
Taught me how to climb that hill
       G
Every scar became a key
      A
To unlock who I’m meant to be…


♫ Chorus:
N.C.               Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
           D
Lost that boy somewhere between
         A
Whiskey nights and broken dream
                   Bm
Yeah, I came back changed, you see

                   Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
      D
Ohhhh oh oh oh
                       A
And maybe that’s what saved me
      Bm
Ohhh ohhhh yeah


[Instrumental/Solo]
Bm   D   A   Bm


♫ Verse:
        Bm
People talk but they don’t know
         D
Where I ran when the storm got close
         A
Heard a voice say “son, let go,”
                   Bm
But the price was pain I couldn’t show

       Bm
I saw darkness face to face
          D
Felt the fire that left no trace
           A
Came back home with different eyes
           Bm
Now I see truth inside the lies


♫ Pre-chorus:
       G
Every night I fell apart
         A
Built a stronger, colder heart
             G
But somehow through that misery
             A
I found the newer version of me


♫ Chorus:
                   Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
           D
Lost that boy somewhere between
         A
Whiskey nights and broken dream
                   Bm
Yeah, I came back changed, you see

                   Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
      D
Ohhhh oh oh oh
                       A
And maybe that’s what saved me
      Bm
Ohhh ohhhh yeah


[Instrumental/Solo]
Bm   D   A   Bm


♫ Bridge:
      G
If redemption's on the line
           A
I'll take every step this time
            G
'Cause the man before was weak
         A
And the new one finally speaks


♫ Chorus:
N.C.               Bm
I ain’t the man I used to be
           D
Lost that boy somewhere between
         A
Whiskey nights and broken dream
                   G
Yeah, I came back changed, you see


♫ Outro:
                   Bm         D
I ain’t the man I used to be
N.C.
But I'm who I'm meant to be