Billy Joel – Only A Man (Guitar)

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[Intro] Cm7 | | [Verse 1]
Cm7                           F9                         Bb
Only a man who's broken can appreciate the awful pain I feel

F/A              Gm              G7            Cm7
Only a man who's world is always real can ever know

Cm7             F9                          Bb
And who could understand the all consuming pain

F/A               Gm             G7                 C6
Only a man who's weeping in the rain knows where to go
[Chorus]
             F9
And it's not easy

          Bb          F/A             Gm
When you realize that you are on your own

G7       C6
  Ah, ah

                F9
No, no it's not easy

          Bb                  F/A         Gm  G7 |  Cm7  |     |
When you face the thought of living all alone
[Verse 2]
Cm7                                 F9                        Bb
Only a man who wanders through the emptiness of every passing day

F/A                   Gm                G7              Cm7
This is the man whose eyes know what to see and what to say

               F9                          Bb
And who could ever know the feeling in my heart

F/A               Gm                   G7          C6
Only a man whose hopes and dreams are broken all apart
[Chorus]
              F9
And it's not easy

          Bb              F/A               Gm
When you reach out in the dark to touch her face

G7       C6
  Ah, Ah

                F9
No, no it's not easy

        Bb               F/A            Gm   G7 | Cm7
When instead you touch a pillow in her place
[Interlude] (with vocal ad lib) Cm7 | F9 | Bb F/A | Gm G7 | Cm7 | F9 | Bb F/A | Gm G7 | C6 [Chorus]
              F9
And it's not easy

          Bb             F/A               Gm
When you think about the way she combs her hair

G7       C6
  Ah, Ah

                 F9
No no, it's not easy

         Bb         F/A         Gm   G7  |  Cm7  |      |
When the memory of her is everywhere
[Verse 3]
Cm7                            F9                          Bb
Only a man who lies awake and wonders will he never smile again

F/A              Gm                 G7             Cm7
This is the only man whose lonely nights can never end

           F9                                 Bb
And if you want to know the kind of man he'll be

    F/A                   Gm               G7              C6
Oh, listen my friend I'll tell you all you have to know is me
[Chorus]
             F9       C6
And it's not easy, no no

          F9   C6
It's not easy

             F9    C6
Oh, it's not easy, oh

F9        C6
  Oh, oh, ah