Measure of a Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]When I[A][Em][G]
[D][A][Em][G]
[D]was fifteen,
I [A]left home young
[Em]Tore up the tracks and then some[G]
[D]Me and my dad didn't [A]see eye to eye
[D]I nev[Em]er took to him,
he [G]never took the time
[Bm]Bullet proof[A], more than tough
[G]Smarter than he ever was

[Verse 2]
Well, I [D]burned those wheels
down the [A]highway
And [Em]I learned what I learned the [G]hard way
Do the be[D]st you can do,
love [A]many, trust few
Work [F#m]hard for t[D]he money
in your [G]hands
That's [D]the meas[G]ure of [D]a man
[A]Yeah, the measure of a man
[Em][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]Anger burns, love coo[A]ls it down
[Em]Pretty young woman
turned my head [G]around
[D]The world through her eyes
looked so dif[A]ferent
She [Em]lives on faith,
she [G]looks for forgiveness
[Bm]Fool proof[A], it ain't easy
I [Em]need [D]her, she [G]needs me
[A]She stole

[Verse 4]
[D]my heart on this hig[A]hway
She taught [Em]me to love through
the [G]hard days
Yeah, she's [D]cool when I'm not; she's
[A]as steady as a rock
She's [D]as solid as the
ring on my [G]hand
That's the measure of [D]a man
[A]Yeah, the measure of a m[Em]an
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][A]
[Em][G]

[Verse 5]
[Bm]Last night she handed me
[A]a son of my own
[F#m]It killed me [D]to do it,
[G]but I picked up the phone

[Verse 6]
Hey, Dad, [D]I burned ten years
down this [A]highway
And [D]I learned [Em]what I
learned the [G]hard way
Truth is, I [D]need you; we'll
cry if [A]we need to
And I'll swal[D]low my pride [G]if you can
That's the measure of [D]a man
Oh [A]yeah, the measure of

[Outro 1]
a man.
[Em][G][D][A]
[Em][G]