Hard To Be A Man
Hard To Be A Man – Key of B – (by Art Carter) Style: Country/Rock, Tempo: 98 BPM, 4/4 (Intro) | D#m . . . | E . . . | D#m . . . | B . . . |
(Verse 1) F# B F# E B Woman… I know you feel... I've let you down...
F# B F# E E F# Woman… and this time... you say that... you are... leaving this town.... B E B E F# G#m (Woman… Woman...) Woman… Woman... I love... you... B E B E F# G#m E (Woman… Woman...) (that we're.. through...) Woman… Woman... please don't say... that we're.. through...
(Turnaround) | D#m . . . | E . B . | (Verse 2) F# B F# E B (Darling…) Darling… I know this life's... been hard to take... F# B F# E E F# (Darling…) Darling… and sometimes... you lay there... awake... all through the night.... B E B E F# G#m (Darling… Darling...) Darling… Darling... I need... you...

B E B E F# G#m E B (Darling… Darling...) (that we're.. through...) Darling… Darling... please don't say... that we're.. through...
(Chorus 1)
E F# B A F# (oooooooooooooooooooooooooo...) (does all that he can... ) Don't you know that when a man... does all that he can...
E F# A B (to make it work somehow...) To do the best that he knows how... to make it work somehow...
E B G#m E (ooooooooooooooooooooooo...) (that I am talking about...) Can't you see that it was me?... that I am talking about...
F# F# Woman..... try to... understand...
E F# F# G#m (Sometimes.... it's hard... to be.... a man...) Sometimes..... it's hard... to be.... a man...
(Turnaround) | D#m . . . | E . B . |
(Verse 3) – (half verse) F# B F# E B Baby… we've been through worse... than this before... F# B F# E E F# Baby… and I pray... that this time... you won't... head out that door....

(Turnaround) | D#m . . . | E . B . |
(Chorus 2)
E F# B A F# (oooooooooooooooooooooooooo...) (does all that he can... ) Don't you know that when a man... does all that he can...
E F# A B (to make it work somehow...) To do the best that he knows how... to make it work somehow...
E B E F# G#m (ooooooooooooooooooooooo...) (that I am talking about...) Can't you see that it was me?... that I am talking about...
E B Woman...