Half A Man

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                Half a Man – Randy Newman
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: “Born Again” (1978)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Fm(maj7)  x-x-3-5-5-4
G/D       x-x-0-4-3-3
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-0
D/C       x-3-x-2-3-2
D*        x-x-0-7-7-5
E/D       x-x-0-4-5-4
A/G       3-x-2-2-2-x
A/F#      2-x-2-2-2-x

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[Intro]
| D Fm(maj7) | Fm(maj7) |
| D Fm(maj7) | Fm(maj7) |

[Verse 1]
D
  This big old queen was standing
G
  On the corner of the street
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A                                 
   Waved his hanky at me as I went
        | D | D    G/D |
 rolling by
D
  I pulled the truck up on the 
sidewalk
G
  And I climbed down from the cab
A/E                           D/C
    With my tire-chain and my knife

[Verse 2]
D
   As I approached him
G
   He was trembling like a bird
A                           | D  
   Raised the chain above my head
E/D   | D  E/D    |

D
  He said, "Please, before you kill 
me
G
   Might I have one final word?"
A7                     D
   And this is what he said:

[Chorus]
         Bm          D       E
"I am but half a man, half a man
A/G               A/F#
 I'd like to be a dancer
        Bm
But I'm much too large
Bm           D       E
  Half a man, half a man
A/G                 A/F#          
 An object for your pity, not your
 Bm
 rage"

[Instrumental]
| D | % | G | % |
| A7 | % | D | % |
| D | % | G | % |
| A7 | % | D | % |

[Verse 3]
D                           
  Oh, the strangest feeling's 
  G
sweeping over me
A                              
  Both my speech and manner have 
              D
become much more refined
D                                 
  I said, "Oh, what is this 
           G
feeling? What is wrong with me?"
A                                 
  She said, "Girl, it happens all 
    D
the time

[Chorus]
            Bm          D       E
"Now you are half a man, half a man
A/G                  A/F#
 Look, you're walking and you're 
talking
Bm
Like a fag."
Bm                D       E
  Half a man, I am half a man
A/G    A/F#          Bm
  Holy Jesus, what a drag