The Man Himself

A E A A E A E G#m C#m B F#m E A E G#m C#m B F#m G#m A E The days, the weeks A And the years rolled on by all the unending pavement G#m B A C#m B/Eb B And beauty in the architecture of a two-bed that I can scarcely see E B You see? There was angels in the ornaments in underneath you F#m G#m A And they’re hummin' away, hummin' away 'til I get what I need E Hey, now G#m C#m I dunno what to feel, I dunno how to feel right B F#m E A But I want to become my own man, I guess E Hey, now G#m C#m I dunno if I'll ever feel right B F#m G#m A And let everything change to things that can make a man grow tall G#m A F#m E A G#m There's a painting of you and it hangs in our kitchen now A C#m B/Eb B E 'Cause when my kid's getting high in a hot-wired symphony B Mm, and I'm looking for sage advice F#m E A You'll be hummin' away, hummin' away like everything's fine E Hey, now G#m C#m I dunno what to feel, I dunno how to feel right B F#m E A But I want to become my own man, I guess E Hey, now G#m C#m I dunno if I'll ever feel right B F#m G#m A And let everything change to things that can make a man grow tall G#m A B/Eb E G#m A B/Eb E A C#m B G#m B A So take a single step at a simple pace C#m B A And the outward momentum will maybe unfuck you in time C#m B So comb your hair and clean your teeth G#m B A And dial back home at least once or twice a week F#m E A And be sure that you'll see them a lot more than I did with mine F#m G#m A E But if they're out of the way, out of the way, then everything's fine E G#m C#m B I dunno what to feel, I dunno how to feel right F#m E A But I want to become my own man, I guess E Hey, now G#m C#m I dunno if I'll ever feel right B F#m G#m A And let everything change to things that can make a man grow tall E I'm out of the way, out of the way and everything G#m C#m Out of the way, out of the way and everything B F#m E Out of the way, hummin' away, hummin' away, hummin' away A Hummin' away, out of the way and everything E Out of the way, out of the way and everything G#m C#m Out of the way, out of the way and everything B F#m G#m A Out of the way, out of the way and everything's fine