Chords for Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - The Man (Home Movie Footage, 1981)
Tempo:
131.05 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Dm] [Gm]
Michael was [Dm] interested in [G] writing with me and he rang me.
He rang [Dm] me this time.
[F] It was different.
[E] [A] He rang me up [Gm] and [Dm] I didn't [F] believe it was him.
[Gb] So I said,
who's this?
[G] He said, Michael.
[Am] You sure?
[Bb] Michael who?
[D] Anyway, so we had a joke about that
[N] kind of thing.
He said, yeah I'd like to come over [Am] and write with you.
[Dm] So I said, great, because I really love this voice.
He's a great [C] singer and
a great dancer.
[Db] So I'm very impressed with him anyway.
So he came over to England
[Am] and we just sat down.
[Dm] I thought, [Gm] well, [Am] it's not easy to just sit [Db] down with anyone you [D] don't know
[A] and just write, start a [E] songwriting.
[Bb] You've got to get the chemistry right.
[C] But I thought, well, it is Michael.
I mean, I'll [Gm] just try.
If it doesn't [Am] work, we just throw it away.
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Am]
[D]
[F] As a man, [G] everybody thought [Am] they knew.
[Bb]
[F] [Gm] He's not like me [Am] and you.
[Bb]
And it's just the way he [Am] thought it would be.
As [Bb] he says, something [Am] has happened to me.
And [Bb] he laughs.
He picks [C] and rolls up [Am] the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive.
[Am]
[D]
[Em] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
And [Gm] he laughs as he smiles [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [Gbm] is the [A] man.
[D]
[Bbm] [A]
[Dm] [C] [Gm]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [F] [E]
[G] [E] [G] [Dm]
[C] [Bb]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [E]
[Bbm] [E] [Dm]
Did you [F] know [G] this man can do [Am] anything?
[Bb]
And such a [F] man.
[Gm] I wish that we [Am] could bring.
[Bb]
And it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
[Bb] Because the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
[Gbm] [E] [D]
[Dm] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [D] is the man.
This is the man.
[A] [Gbm]
This is the [A] man.
[D] [A] [D]
[N]
[Dm] [Gm]
Michael was [Dm] interested in [G] writing with me and he rang me.
He rang [Dm] me this time.
[F] It was different.
[E] [A] He rang me up [Gm] and [Dm] I didn't [F] believe it was him.
[Gb] So I said,
who's this?
[G] He said, Michael.
[Am] You sure?
[Bb] Michael who?
[D] Anyway, so we had a joke about that
[N] kind of thing.
He said, yeah I'd like to come over [Am] and write with you.
[Dm] So I said, great, because I really love this voice.
He's a great [C] singer and
a great dancer.
[Db] So I'm very impressed with him anyway.
So he came over to England
[Am] and we just sat down.
[Dm] I thought, [Gm] well, [Am] it's not easy to just sit [Db] down with anyone you [D] don't know
[A] and just write, start a [E] songwriting.
[Bb] You've got to get the chemistry right.
[C] But I thought, well, it is Michael.
I mean, I'll [Gm] just try.
If it doesn't [Am] work, we just throw it away.
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Am]
[D]
[F] As a man, [G] everybody thought [Am] they knew.
[Bb]
[F] [Gm] He's not like me [Am] and you.
[Bb]
And it's just the way he [Am] thought it would be.
As [Bb] he says, something [Am] has happened to me.
And [Bb] he laughs.
He picks [C] and rolls up [Am] the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive.
[Am]
[D]
[Em] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
And [Gm] he laughs as he smiles [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [Gbm] is the [A] man.
[D]
[Bbm] [A]
[Dm] [C] [Gm]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [F] [E]
[G] [E] [G] [Dm]
[C] [Bb]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [E]
[Bbm] [E] [Dm]
Did you [F] know [G] this man can do [Am] anything?
[Bb]
And such a [F] man.
[Gm] I wish that we [Am] could bring.
[Bb]
And it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
[Bb] Because the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
[Gbm] [E] [D]
[Dm] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [D] is the man.
This is the man.
[A] [Gbm]
This is the [A] man.
[D] [A] [D]
[N]
Key:
Am
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Am
Gm
Bb
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
Michael was [Dm] interested in [G] writing with me and he rang me.
He rang [Dm] me this time.
[F] It was different.
[E] [A] He rang me up [Gm] and _ _ [Dm] I didn't [F] believe it was him.
[Gb] So I said,
who's this?
[G] He said, Michael.
[Am] You sure?
[Bb] _ Michael who? _
[D] Anyway, so we had a joke about that
[N] kind of thing.
He said, yeah I'd like to come over [Am] and write with you.
[Dm] So I said, great, because I really love this voice.
He's a great [C] singer and
a great dancer.
_ [Db] So I'm very impressed with him anyway.
So he came over to England
[Am] and we just sat down.
[Dm] I thought, [Gm] well, [Am] it's not easy to just sit [Db] down with anyone you [D] don't know
[A] and just write, start a [E] songwriting.
[Bb] You've got to get the chemistry right.
[C] But I thought, well, it is Michael.
I mean, I'll [Gm] just try.
If it doesn't [Am] work, we just throw it away.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] As a man, _ _ [G] everybody thought [Am] they knew.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] He's not like me [Am] and you.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And it's just the way he [Am] thought it would be.
As [Bb] he says, something [Am] has happened to me.
And [Bb] he laughs.
He picks [C] and rolls up [Am] the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
And [Gm] he laughs as he smiles [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [Gbm] is the [A] man.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bbm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Did you [F] know _ [G] this man can do _ [Am] anything?
_ _ [Bb] _
And such a [F] man.
_ [Gm] I wish that we [Am] could bring.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
[Bb] Because the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [D] is the man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is the man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ _
This is the [A] man.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
Michael was [Dm] interested in [G] writing with me and he rang me.
He rang [Dm] me this time.
[F] It was different.
[E] [A] He rang me up [Gm] and _ _ [Dm] I didn't [F] believe it was him.
[Gb] So I said,
who's this?
[G] He said, Michael.
[Am] You sure?
[Bb] _ Michael who? _
[D] Anyway, so we had a joke about that
[N] kind of thing.
He said, yeah I'd like to come over [Am] and write with you.
[Dm] So I said, great, because I really love this voice.
He's a great [C] singer and
a great dancer.
_ [Db] So I'm very impressed with him anyway.
So he came over to England
[Am] and we just sat down.
[Dm] I thought, [Gm] well, [Am] it's not easy to just sit [Db] down with anyone you [D] don't know
[A] and just write, start a [E] songwriting.
[Bb] You've got to get the chemistry right.
[C] But I thought, well, it is Michael.
I mean, I'll [Gm] just try.
If it doesn't [Am] work, we just throw it away.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] As a man, _ _ [G] everybody thought [Am] they knew.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] He's not like me [Am] and you.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And it's just the way he [Am] thought it would be.
As [Bb] he says, something [Am] has happened to me.
And [Bb] he laughs.
He picks [C] and rolls up [Am] the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
And [Gm] he laughs as he smiles [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [Gbm] is the [A] man.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bbm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Did you [F] know _ [G] this man can do _ [Am] anything?
_ _ [Bb] _
And such a [F] man.
_ [Gm] I wish that we [Am] could bring.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
[Bb] Because the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Bb] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] And [Gm] it's just the way [Am] he thought it would be.
Because [Gm] the day has come [Am] for him to be free.
[Bb] And he laughs.
He picks [Am] and rolls up the sleeves.
[Gm] I'm alive and I'm here [Am] forever.
This [D] is the man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is the man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ _
This is the [A] man.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _