The Man Tab by Taylor Swift

The Man tab by Taylor Swift

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Verse 1:

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I would be

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G|------------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-0-0-2-|---2-2-2-2-0-------------|
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complex, I would be cool
They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to   And that would be

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B|---3------1-1-1-3-|-----------------|---3-1-0-------------|---------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-0-0-2-|---2-2-2-2-0---------|
D|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-3-------3-----------|-0---------0---------|
E|-1----1-----------|-3---3-----------|---------------------|---------------------|

okay for me to do
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you


Pre-Chorus:

E|--------0-0-0-0-0-3---|-----------------------|----------0-0-0-0-0-3---|--------------|
B|--------------------1-|----------3-3-3-3---1--|----------------------1-|-------3-3-3--|
G|-0--------------------|------------------2----|------------------------|--------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|--3---------3-----------|-0---0--------|
E|-1--------1-----------|--3---------3----------|------------------------|--------------|

I’d be a fearless leader
I'd be an alpha type
When everyone believes ya
What's that like?


Chorus:

E|-0--0---0-----------|--------------------|-----------------0-------|----------------|
B|----------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3------------|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-1-1-|-1-1-3------1---|
G|--------------2-----|--------------------|-------------------------|-------2--------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------------|-0-----0--------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3---------|-------------------------|----------------|

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man

E|-0--0---0-----------|-------------------------|-0----------------|----------------0-0---|
B|----------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3-------------1-3-|---3-3-1------1-3-|---3-3-3-1----------3-|
G|--------------2-----|-------------------2-----|------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|-3-------3----3---|-0-------0------------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3--------------|------------------|----------------------|

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man

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B|-1--------------|--------------------3-|----------------|------------------|
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A|----------------|----------------------|-3----3---------|-0---0------------|
E|-1----1---------|--3-----3-------------|----------------|------------------|

I'd be the man
I'd be the man       They'd say I


Verse 2:

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B|---3------1-1-1-3-|-----------------|---3-1-0-------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-0-0-2-|---2-2-2-2-0-------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-3-------3-----------|-0---------0-------------|
E|-1----1-----------|-3---3-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|

hustled, put in the work
They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve     What I was

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B|---3------1-1-1-3-|-----------------|---3-1-0-------------|---------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-3-------3-----------|-0---------0---------|
E|-1----1-----------|-3---3-----------|---------------------|---------------------|

wearing, if I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves


Pre-Chorus:

E|----------0-0-0-0-0-3---|-----------------------|----------0-0-0-0-0-3---|-----------0--|
B|----------------------1-|----------3---3-3---1--|----------------------1-|-----3-3-3----|
G|------------------------|------------------2----|------------------------|--------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|--3---------3-----------|-0---0--------|
E|--1---------1-----------|--3---------3----------|------------------------|--------------|

And they would toast to me, oh,
let the players play
I’d be just like Leo
in Saint-Tropez


Chorus:

E|-0--0---0-----------|--------------------|-----------------0-------|----------------|
B|----------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3------------|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-1-1-|-1-1-3------1---|
G|--------------2-----|--------------------|-------------------------|-------2--------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------------|-0-----0--------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3---------|-------------------------|----------------|

I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man

E|-0--0---0-----------|-------------------------|-0----------------|----------------0-0---|
B|----------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3-------------1-3-|---3-3-1------1-3-|---3-3-3-1----------3-|
G|--------------2-----|-------------------2-----|------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|-3-------3----3---|-0-------0------------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3--------------|------------------|----------------------|

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man

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B|-1--------------|--------------------3-|----------------|-----------------3--|
G|----------------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A|----------------|----------------------|-3----3---------|-0---0--------------|
E|-1----1---------|--3-----3-------------|----------------|--------------------|

I’d be the man
I'd be the man         What's it like to brag about


Bridge:

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B|---1-1-3---1-1-1-|---1-1-3---1-1-1-|---1-1-3--1-1-1-|---1-1----1-1-1----|
G|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|-2--------------2--|
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3--------|-0-----0-----------|
E|-1-----1---------|-3-----3---------|----------------|-------------------|

raking in dollars
And getting b**ches and models?
And it's all good if you're bad
And it's okay if you're mad           If I was out

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B|---1-1-3---1-1-1-|---1-1-3---1-1-1-|---1-1-3--1-1-1-|---1-1----------|
G|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|-2--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3--------|-0-----0--------|
E|-1-----1---------|-3-----3---------|----------------|----------------|

flashing my dollars
I'd be a b**ch, not a baller
They'd paint me out to be bad
So, it's okay that I'm mad


Chorus:

E|-0--0-----0-----------|--------------------|-------------------0-------|----------------|
B|------------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3------------|---3-3-3-3-----3-3---3-1-1-|-1-1-3------1---|
G|----------------2-----|--------------------|---------------------------|-------2--------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|-3-------------------------|-0--------------|
E|-1--------------------|-3------------------|---------------------------|----------------|

I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (You know that)

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G|--------------2-----|-------------------2-----|------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|-3-------3----3---|-0-------0---------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3--------------|------------------|-------------------|

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man)
Then I'd be the man (Then I'd be the man)

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B|----------3-1---1-3-|---3-3-3------------|---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-1-1-|-1-1-3------1---|
G|--------------2-----|--------------------|-------------------------|-------2--------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-3---------3-------------|-0-----0--------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3---------|-------------------------|----------------|

I'm so sick of running as fast as I can (As fast as I can)
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (Hey)

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G|--------------2-----|-------------------2-----|------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|-3-------3----3---|-0-------0------------|
E|-1----1-------------|-3--------3--------------|------------------|----------------------|

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)
'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man), then I'd be the man

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B|-1--------------|--------------------3-|----------------|--------------------3-|
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I'd be the man
I'd be the man (Oh)

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B|-1--------------|--------------------3-|----------------|-------3------|
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A|----------------|----------------------|-3----3---------|-0-----0------|
E|-1----1---------|--3-----3-------------|----------------|--------------|

I'd be the man (Yeah)
I'd be the man (I'd be the man)

Outro:

E|----------------|-0------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|--------------1-|---3-3-3------------|-------------3-3-|-3-3------1----|
G|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|--------------------|--3--------------|-0-------------|
E|--1-------------|-3------------------|-----------------|---------------|

If I was a man
Then, I'd be the man

E|--------|
B|-(1)----|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|

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