E
F#m
E
F#m

[Verse]
E                        G#m
My resistance is getting weaker,
F#m                    B
I just can't stand the pressure.
E              G#m
I can't be any meeker,
F#m                            B
I've got to find me some other treasure.
A                 B
I need nothing to be a man,
A             B
Because I was born a man.
C#m
And I deserve the right,
A       B              E
To live like any other man.
F#m

E                 G#m
My mind's in such a state,
F#m                B
Sometimes it makes me sick.
E                   G#m
At times I've tried to hate,
F#                    B
But I just don't know the trick.
A                 B
I need nothing to be a man,
A             B
Because I was born a man.
F#            G#m
And I deserve the right,
A       B              E
To feel like any other man
F#m
Mmmmmh
E
   Mmmmmh
F#m
Mmmmmh

[Verse]
E                     G#
Experience has taught me wisdom,
F#m                     B
Thank God I've got some life left.
E               G#m
I'm getting out of serfdom,
F#                B
My soul has stand the test.
A                 B
I need nothing to be a man,
A             B
Because I was born a man
F#m               G#m
And I deserve the right,
A     B              E
To be like any other man.
F#m                E
Ooh like any other man.
F#m                                E
Just let me live like any ordinary man.
F#m                   E
I wanna, wanna, wanna live.