Real Men Acoustic chords by Joe Jackson

Tuning: EADGBE

REAL MEN  -  Joe  Jackson

Em   D   G   D   Em   D   C   D   C   D   C   D

Em                   D            G
Take your mind back, I don't know when.
D                 Em               D              C
Sometimes when it always seemed to be just us and them.
Em                    D              G
Girls that wore pink, boys that wore blue.
D                Em             D               C  D  C  D  C  D
Boys that always grew up better men than me and you.
Em                D            G
What's a man now, what's a man mean.
      D              Em            D            C
Is he rough or is he rugged, is he cultural and clean.
Em                         D             G
Now it's all changed, it's got to change more,
         D                  Em            D             C
cause we think it's getting better but no-body's really sure.

CHORUS
    C     D        C       D
And so it goes, go round a-gain,
    C       D       C      D       G    A   B
but now and then we wonder who the real men are.

B   A   B   A   G   Bm   C   D   C   D

Em                 D          G
See the nice boys, dancing in pairs.
D               Em          D                C
Golden earring, golden tan, blow wave in the hair.
Em                         D             G
Sure they're all straight, straight as a line.
D                Em               D                 C  D  C  D  C  D
All the gays are macho, can't you see their leather shine.
          Em                        D          G
You don't want to sound dumb. Don't want to of-fend,
   D               Em             D              C
so don't call me a faggot, not un-less you are a friend.
Em                      D            G
Then if you're tall and handsome and strong,
D                Em          D              C
you can wear the uniform and I could play a-long.

CHORUS

Em                  D              G
Time to get scared, time to change plan.
           D              Em               D           C
Don't know how to treat a lady, don't know how to be a man.
Em                 D           G
Time to admit what you call de-feat,
              D             Em               D                  C  D  C  D  C  D
cause there's women running past you now and you just drag your feet.
Em               D           G
Man makes a gun, man goes to war.
D             Em                D              C
Man can kill, man can drink and man can take a whore.
Em                   D            G
Kill all the Blacks, kill all the Reds.
           D               Em                  D            C
If there's war between the sexes then there'll be no people left.