Chords for Isthmus Live Sessions: Lucero - "The Man I Was"
Tempo:
72.475 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
G
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] And I'm going to sing a song called Cold [C]
[Dm] Nervy Dog.
Cold Nervy Dog [Bb] for a man [C] gone [Dm] so wrong.
Another lonely [C] way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] in June [Dm] at night.
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C] [D]
[G] [Dm] It wasn't long ago [G] I was counting my days.
[Dm] [F] Anger and boredom, [G] fear and pain.
[Dm] Back then I just wanted [G] to even the score.
[Dm] The pain [C] doesn't translate [G] the same anymore.
[Bb] I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I will [C] not start [G] again.
I will not start [Bb] again.
I'm not going back [C] my friend.
I'm not the man I [Dm] was back then.
[D]
[G] [Dm] I couldn't slow it down, [G] no I got me.
[Dm] I couldn't [F] feel a thing [G] and it couldn't touch me.
[Dm] None of [F] those young [G] girls understand.
[Dm] I slowly kill [G] it when self-taste.
I told all the [Bb] men I'm not going [Gm] back again.
[C] I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I [C] will not [G] start again.
I will not [Bb] start again.
I'm not going [C] back my friend.
I'm not the man I [Em] was [Bb] back [C] then.
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] Cold [C] and [Dm] early dawn for a man [C]
gone [Dm] so wrong.
[Bb] Another [C] lonely way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] and [Dm] tonight I'm [C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] [Bb] not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Bb] back then.
I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[F] I will not start [G] again.
I will not start [Dm] again.
[C] I'm not paying for [G] myself.
[Bb] I'm not going back my [C] friend.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] That's called the man I was.
That works on accordion all right.
[Dm] And I'm going to sing a song called Cold [C]
[Dm] Nervy Dog.
Cold Nervy Dog [Bb] for a man [C] gone [Dm] so wrong.
Another lonely [C] way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] in June [Dm] at night.
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C] [D]
[G] [Dm] It wasn't long ago [G] I was counting my days.
[Dm] [F] Anger and boredom, [G] fear and pain.
[Dm] Back then I just wanted [G] to even the score.
[Dm] The pain [C] doesn't translate [G] the same anymore.
[Bb] I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I will [C] not start [G] again.
I will not start [Bb] again.
I'm not going back [C] my friend.
I'm not the man I [Dm] was back then.
[D]
[G] [Dm] I couldn't slow it down, [G] no I got me.
[Dm] I couldn't [F] feel a thing [G] and it couldn't touch me.
[Dm] None of [F] those young [G] girls understand.
[Dm] I slowly kill [G] it when self-taste.
I told all the [Bb] men I'm not going [Gm] back again.
[C] I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I [C] will not [G] start again.
I will not [Bb] start again.
I'm not going [C] back my friend.
I'm not the man I [Em] was [Bb] back [C] then.
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] Cold [C] and [Dm] early dawn for a man [C]
gone [Dm] so wrong.
[Bb] Another [C] lonely way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] and [Dm] tonight I'm [C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] [Bb] not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Bb] back then.
I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[F] I will not start [G] again.
I will not start [Dm] again.
[C] I'm not paying for [G] myself.
[Bb] I'm not going back my [C] friend.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] That's called the man I was.
That works on accordion all right.
Key:
Dm
C
G
Bb
F
Dm
C
G
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ And _ I'm going to sing a song called Cold [C] _
[Dm] Nervy Dog.
Cold Nervy Dog _ [Bb] for a man [C] gone [Dm] so wrong.
_ _ Another lonely [C] way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] in June [Dm] at night.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ It wasn't long ago [G] I was counting my days.
_ [Dm] _ [F] Anger and boredom, [G] fear and pain.
_ [Dm] _ Back then I just wanted [G] to even the score.
_ _ [Dm] _ The pain [C] doesn't translate [G] the same anymore.
_ _ [Bb] _ I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I will [C] not start [G] again.
I will not start [Bb] again.
I'm not going back [C] my friend.
I'm not the man I [Dm] was back then.
_ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ I couldn't slow it down, [G] no I got me.
_ _ [Dm] _ I couldn't [F] feel a thing [G] and it couldn't touch me.
_ [Dm] _ None of [F] those young [G] girls understand.
_ _ [Dm] _ I slowly kill [G] it when self-taste.
I told all the [Bb] men I'm not going [Gm] back again.
[C] I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I [C] will not [G] start again.
I will not [Bb] start again.
_ I'm not going [C] back my friend.
I'm not the man I [Em] was [Bb] back [C] then.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Cold [C] and [Dm] early dawn for a man [C]
gone [Dm] so wrong.
_ _ [Bb] Another [C] lonely way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] and [Dm] tonight I'm _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Bb] back then.
I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[F] I will not start [G] again.
I will not start [Dm] again.
[C] I'm not paying for [G] myself.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ I'm not going back my [C] friend.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ That's called the man I was.
That works on accordion all right.
_ [Dm] _ And _ I'm going to sing a song called Cold [C] _
[Dm] Nervy Dog.
Cold Nervy Dog _ [Bb] for a man [C] gone [Dm] so wrong.
_ _ Another lonely [C] way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] in June [Dm] at night.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ It wasn't long ago [G] I was counting my days.
_ [Dm] _ [F] Anger and boredom, [G] fear and pain.
_ [Dm] _ Back then I just wanted [G] to even the score.
_ _ [Dm] _ The pain [C] doesn't translate [G] the same anymore.
_ _ [Bb] _ I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I will [C] not start [G] again.
I will not start [Bb] again.
I'm not going back [C] my friend.
I'm not the man I [Dm] was back then.
_ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ I couldn't slow it down, [G] no I got me.
_ _ [Dm] _ I couldn't [F] feel a thing [G] and it couldn't touch me.
_ [Dm] _ None of [F] those young [G] girls understand.
_ _ [Dm] _ I slowly kill [G] it when self-taste.
I told all the [Bb] men I'm not going [Gm] back again.
[C] I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
I [C] will not [G] start again.
I will not [Bb] start again.
_ I'm not going [C] back my friend.
I'm not the man I [Em] was [Bb] back [C] then.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Cold [C] and [Dm] early dawn for a man [C]
gone [Dm] so wrong.
_ _ [Bb] Another [C] lonely way, [Dm] wasting time.
[Bb] It's late [C] and [Dm] tonight I'm _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Bb] back then.
I'm not going back [C] again.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[F] I will not start [G] again.
I will not start [Dm] again.
[C] I'm not paying for [G] myself.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ I'm not going back my [C] friend.
I'm not the man I was [Dm] back then.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ That's called the man I was.
That works on accordion all right.