Be The Bigger Man

Intro:

(Small muted strums - watch youtube 
to get strumming pattern)

 | G | Em7 | Cadd9 | D D7 |

Verse 1:
(Single Strum)
G
Sorry son you've got to go to school
 again today
            Em7
'Cause if you don't get educated you
 will never find your way
           Cadd9
I know it doesn't seem it's worth it
 at the moment but it's true
               D                   
These are the best days of your 
          D7
life my boy, would I lie to you?

(full strumming pattern from here)
    G
So grab your lunch and text books 
and get your arse out of the door
         Em7
And I'll drop you at the gates where
 I've dropped you a thousand times 
before
        Cadd9
Do your best to learn some lessons 
have some fun and make some friends
            D                      
You've only got a few years left 
            D7
and you will thank me in the end


Chorus 1:
                Cadd9
I know its hard
         D
But don't cry
               G        D       
'cause these things are sent to 
Cadd9
try
           Cadd9                    
         D            (Hold D here) 
     G
I know you find it hard to see but 
you are always going to be the 
bigger man


Verse 2:

G cont. into quick muted strum.

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G
  Things is dad you never see what 
happens when you go
      Em7
I become the primary target for 
every bully that I know
           Cadd9
You always taught me that the best 
way to avoid a bullies fist
      D                            
Is to ignore them and they'll move 
          D7
along but that's not true is it

(full strumming pattern)
     G
So I accept my daily beating with a 
minimum of fuss
    Em7
And accept that fact that that's 
just how it goes for kids like us
        Cadd9
For the moderately intelligent or 
slightly overweight
    D                            
The best years of your life might 
        D7
not be all that fucking great


Chorus 2:
                Cadd9
I know its hard
         D
But I wont cry
               G        D       
'cause these things are sent to 
Cadd9
try
           Cadd9                    
         D            (Hold D here)
Although I find it hard to see how I
 am ever going to be the bigger man

Bridge:

|G D | Cadd9 |

Em7    D                 Cadd9
I never stood a chance did I...
Em7             D                 
The overweight religious kid with 
 Cadd9
four eyes...
Em7             D        
Everything that they fed me 
     Cadd9
through...
Em7         D                   
Made me a bigger man that all of
Cadd9
 you!


| G | Em7 | Cadd9 | D D7 |

Verse 3:

(single strum)
G
Then one day two decades on I'm 
drinking in the pub
        Em7
And the guy who used to kick my arse
 at school just wonders up
   Cadd9
He tries to be all nice to me as if 
everything had changed
               D (Full strumming 
pattern)  D7
I grabbed the fucker by the throat 
and I carefully explained

       G
That a decade of sustained mental 
and physical abuse
               Em7
At the hands of him and all his 
friends had unsurprisingly produced
            Cadd9
A good deal of repressed resentment 
and the tendency to snap
            D                    
No I don't want to be your friend 
               D7
how could you ever have for that?

Chorus 3:

                       Cadd9
I thought you were hard
         D
So don't cry
               G        D       
'Cause these things are sent to 
Cadd9
try
           Cadd9                   
And that fear you're feeling now is
         D
 no comparison to how
          Cadd9                 
You made me feel at school but I 
         D
wont stoop top being cruel
          Cadd9
And I'll walk away in peace
            D
Because I'm always going to be the 
bigger man

| Cm D7 | G |