Only A Man chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
Cm7Cm7  |    |

Verse 1:
Cm7Cm7              F9F9             Bb majorBb
Only a man who's broken can appreciate the awful pain I feel
F/AF/A       G minorGm       G7G7      Cm7Cm7
Only a man who's world is always real can ever know
Cm7Cm7       F9F9             Bb majorBb
And who could understand the all consuming pain
F/AF/A        G minorGm       G7G7         C6C6
Only a man who's weeping in the rain knows where to go

Chorus:
       F9F9
And it's not easy
     Bb majorBb     F/AF/A       G minorGm
When you realize that you are on your own
G7G7    C6C6
 Ah, ah
        F9F9
No, no it's not easy
     Bb majorBb         F/AF/A     G minorGm G7G7 | Cm7Cm7 |   |
When you face the thought of living all alone

Verse 2:
Cm7Cm7                 F9F9            Bb majorBb
Only a man who wanders through the emptiness of every passing day
F/AF/A          G minorGm        G7G7       Cm7Cm7
This is the man whose eyes know what to see and what to say
        F9F9             Bb majorBb
And who could ever know the feeling in my heart
F/AF/A        G minorGm          G7G7     C6C6
Only a man whose hopes and dreams are broken all apart

Chorus:
       F9F9
And it's not easy
     Bb majorBb       F/AF/A        G minorGm
When you reach out in the dark to touch her face
G7G7    C6C6
 Ah, Ah
        F9F9
No, no it's not easy
    Bb majorBb        F/AF/A      G minorGm  G7G7 | Cm7Cm7
When instead you touch a pillow in her place

Interlude: (with vocal ad lib)
Cm7Cm7  | F9F9 | Bb majorBb F/AF/A | G minorGm G7G7 |
Cm7Cm7  | F9F9 | Bb majorBb F/AF/A | G minorGm G7G7 | C6C6

Chorus:
       F9F9
And it's not easy
     Bb majorBb       F/AF/A        G minorGm
When you think about the way she combs her hair

G7G7    C6C6
 Ah, Ah
         F9F9
No no, it's not easy
     Bb majorBb     F/AF/A     G minorGm  G7G7 | Cm7Cm7 |   |
When the memory of her is everywhere

Verse 3:
Cm7Cm7              F9F9             Bb majorBb
Only a man who lies awake and wonders will he never smile again
F/AF/A       G minorGm         G7G7       Cm7Cm7
This is the only man whose lonely nights can never end
      F9F9                 Bb majorBb
And if you want to know the kind of man he'll be
  F/AF/A          G minorGm        G7G7       C6C6
Oh, listen my friend I'll tell you all you have to know is me

Chorus:
       F9F9    C6C6
And it's not easy, no no
     F9F9  C6C6
It's not easy
       F9F9  C6C6
Oh, it's not easy, oh
F9F9    C6C6
 Oh, oh, ah