Goo Goo Dolls – Just A Man (Bass Tab)

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Band: Goo Goo Dolls Song: Just a Man Album: Miracle Pill (2020) Tabbed for: Bass Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm. E|-1--&--2--&--3--&--4--&--|-1--&--2--&--3--&--4--&--|-1--&--2--&--3--&--4--&--|-1--&--2--&--3--&--4--&--| I reference both the studio album as well as live recordings (when available) to ensure the proper "tonality".
[Verse}
   C                         C                         G                         G 
   I,        I've been on my own.     Wasting too much time.    Trying to find the light. The switch inside my
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   C                         C                         G                         G 
   mind. It's hard to know what's real. The truth of just a feeling.               But I can't tell from here.
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[Pre-Chorus]
   C                         A                         G                         D 
       Now I gotta wake up. Been feeling like a stranger. All that I can hear is noise.
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   C                         A                         A#                        D 
   But I was barely breathing. I'm gonna break through the ceiling. Now you're gonna hear my voice.
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[Chorus]
   D                         A                         F                         D 
   You cannot define me.     You will never blind me. Or take the truth away from me again.        Oh and
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   D                         A                         F                         D 
   I'm still trying to finally. Put you all behind me. Yeah, I'll decide just who the hell I am. I'm just a
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   F                         G                         A                 B
   man.           It's all I am.            It's all I am.
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[Verse}
   C                         F                         G                         G 
          The future and the past. Are falling through our hands. And all we have is now. So take me as I 
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   C                         F                         G                         G 
   am. 'Cause it ain't easy.       I know you see me.         And I'm not ashamed to show you who I really am.
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[Pre-Chorus]
   C                         A                         G                         D 
       Now I finally wake up. And I don't see a stranger. I remember who I was.
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   C                         A                         A#                        D 
   And I was barely breathing. Now I'm breaking through the ceiling. Yeah, you're gonna hear my voice.
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[Chorus]
   D                         A                         F                         D                G F E
   You cannot define me.     You will never blind me. Or take the truth away from me again.        Oh and
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   D                         A                         F                         D 
   I'm still trying to finally. Put you all behind me. Yeah, I'll decide just who the hell I am. I'm just a
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   F                         F#                        F                 F       F#
   man.                                     It's all I am.            It's all I am. 
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   F                         F#                        F                 F       F#
   man.           It's all I am.            It's all I am.            It's all I am.            It's all I 
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   A                         G                         F                
   am. 
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[Outro-Chorus]
   D                         A                         F                         D                G F E
   You cannot define me.     You will never blind me. Or take the truth away from me again.        Oh and
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   D                         A                         F                         D 
   I'm still trying to finally. Put you all behind me. Yeah, I'll decide just who the hell I am.
                                                                                                (I'm just a
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   D                         A                         F                         D                G F E
   You cannot define me.     You will never blind me. Or take the truth away from me again.        Oh and
   man.)                                   (It's all I am.)                                     (I'm just a
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   D                         A                         F                         D 
   I'm still trying to finally. Put you all behind me. Yeah, I'll decide just who the hell I am. 
   man.)                                                    (I'll decide just who the hell I am.)
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   D                         D
                  I'm just a man.           
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