Just Be A Man About It Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]"Hey, hey, hold up a minute
Let me stop up here and use this pay
[A]phone [D]rea[A]l q[D]uick"
"Hey, hey Toni, it's me
I was just calling, you know,
[A]just calling to let you know
Don't wait [Bm]up for me tonight
[A]I m[D]ean, I just got a lot of things on my
mind I gotta think about, you know
Just [A]um, I'll be over Brian's house
You know, [Bm]just [D]for the night
[A]I m[D]ean, I mean I know things are different
But you know, it's not you, it's me,
you know? It's really [A]me, you know?
And basically,
[Bm]I just think I'm[D]a need some sp[A]ace"

[Verse 2]
[D]Why you calling me on the phone?
Why you [A]not at home on
[Bm]time?[D][A]
[D]You say you're staying over
[A]at your friends
'Cause you [D]got a [A]lot on your [Bm]mind[A]
Now [D]you're swearing up and
down that it ain't me
Still, you say that [A]things
have [D]changed[A]
So, [D]tell me, what exactly does it [A]mean
[D]When you say you [A]need your space?

[Verse 3]
[Bm]Just don't make [A]no excuses(why y
[D]ou gotta lie to me?), no, no
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [D]it)[A]
Baby, [D]you don't gotta lie to me, no
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [D]it)
If [A]you wanna [D]leave (I can tell you
wanna leave), go [A]on now
(Just be a man [Bm]about it)
Come [A]and grab your things [D](so, come and
get your things and leave) and go on
Right now (just be [A]a man about it) w[Bm]uh,
yeah-ey, [A]yeah-ey, yeah-ey

[Verse 4]
"I [D]"I mean, you gotta understand,
I love you
You know what I'm saying? And
I love you enough to say [A]that
I think, I think you deserve somebody bet[D]ter than me,
you know? [A]And
[D]Right now, I can't give you what you need,
you know? I mean
I wanna love you and I'm [A]gonna
love you one day, but you know
I mean, [Bm]you just gotta understand
where I'm com[A]ing from"
You [D]say right

[Verse 5]
now that you're
not what I'm looking for
And what you [A]really need
is time to [D]grow
[A]You're [D]promising that one
day you may come around
An[A]d I'm supposed to let [Bm]that go
[A]But where the hel[D]l do you get off
Tellin' me your mama said,
I'm not [A]what you [Bm]need?
[A]Tel[D]l you what, since she knows it all
[A]Then tha[D]t's where you[A] need to be

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Just don't make [A]no excus[D]es (why you gotta lie to me?),
[A]no, no
(Just be a man [Bm]about [D]it)
Baby, [A]you don't [D]gotta lie to me (you don't gotta lie to me),
no, no, no, no
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [D]it)
If [A]you wan[D]na leave (I can tell you
[A]wanna leave) go right now
[D](Just be a [A]man about [Bm]it)
[D]Come and [A]get [D]your things (so, come and get
your things and leave) and go, baby
(Just be a [A]man about it) huh yeah,
[Bm]hey, ooh
[A]Can you tell me

[Verse 7]
[D]how you can [A]say you're
in [Bm]love and then [A]treat me so bad?
Boy, [D]you know [Em]it j[A]ust ai[D]n't right
I can[A]not be[D]lieve the way
you handled things
You wouldn't [E]to [A]lie,
if you [E]were [D]a m[A]an (why you gotta lie to me?)

[Verse 8]
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [D]it)[A]
Just be a man [D]about it (you don't gotta
lie to me), baby yeah
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [D]it)[A]
You ain't gotta [D]lie to me (I can tell you wanna [A]leave),
no, no, baby
(Just be a man about it) If you wanna go,
[Bm]grab your [A]things and leave now
[D](So,come and get your things and leave) don't wanna say,
don't wanna be [Bm]no more l[A]yin'
(Just be a man [Bm]about [D]it)[A]
If you wann [D]go, oh, (why you gotta lie to
[A]me?) leave but just be a man about [Bm]it[D]
[A]You ain't [D]gotta (you don't gotta lie to me) be here,
so leave [A]me alone, babe
(Just be a man [Bm]about it)
Baby, [A]just be a [D]man,
ey (I can tell you wanna leave) wuh
(Just be a [A]man [Bm]about [A]it)[D]
(So, come and get your
thing[A]s and leave)