THE MAN by Ed Sheeran
Key: AmAm | Capo: 2fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
Em7*                 Am 
Now I don't want to hate you
                              G6* 
Just wish you'd never gone for the man
    F
And waited two weeks at least
           Em7*  
Before you let him take you
  Am
I stayed true
                                  G6* 
I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
     F
He's waiting for the time to move
              Em7*  
I knew he had his eyes on you
     Am
He's not the right guy for you
                  G6* 
Don't hate me cos I write the truth
   F
No I would never lie to you
                 Em7*  
But it was never fine to lose you
    Am
And what a way to find out
   G6*                 F
It never came from my mouth
You never changed your mind
                   Em7*              Am
But you were just afraid to find out
                                          G6*         
But f- it, I won't be changing the subject I love it
F                                      Em7*  
I'll make your little secret public its nothing
         Am
I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with 
G6*                    F
In your closet to get back at me
Trapped and I'm lacking sleep
Em7*            Am                            G6* 
Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually
F                           
You're practically my family
                        Em7*                 Am
If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be
                                           G6* 
But tragically our love just lost the will to live
F
But would I kill to give it one more shot
           Em7* 
I think not
[Hook]
        Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more
Em7*      Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more
Verse 2
                    Am
Recently I tend to zone out
Up in my headphones to Holocene
G6*                F
You promised your body but I'm away so much
            Em7*                Am
I stay more celibate than in a monastery
                               G6* 
Im not cut out for life on the road
             F
Cos I didn't know I'd miss you this much
           Em7*                   Am
And at the time we'd just go, so sue me
                             G6* 
I guess I'm not the man that you need
     F
Ever since you went to uni
                       Em7*        Am
I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack
                                             G6* 
Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
       F                                                Em7* 
But when I broke the industry that's when I broke your heart
               Am
I was supposed to chart and celebrate
                    G6* 
But good things are over fast
       F                                 
I know it was hard to deal with and see this
       Em7*                Am* 
I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
     G6*               F
Then I turn the music off
                                       Em7*            Am
And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
                       G6* 
I never really want to believe this
    F
Got advice from my dad and he
                    Em7*              Am
Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need
                       G6* 
I guess I'm unaware of it
   F                                          Em7* 
Success is nothing if you have no one left to share it with
[Hook]
        Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more
Em7*      Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more
 
Verse 3
    Em7*                       Am
And since you left I've given up my days off
                         G6* 
It's what I need to stay strong
           F                              Em7* 
I know you have a day job But mine is 24/7
            Am                                       G6* 
I fell like writing a book I guess I lied in the hook
            F                                           Em7* 
Cos I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
          Am                                    G6* 
The irony is if my career and music didn't exist
       F                                              Em7* 
In six years yeah you'd probably be my wife with a kid
                  Am                             G6* 
I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink
               F                                   Em7* 
And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and it's
               Am                                     G6* 
Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill
           F
And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27
     Em7*        Am                                         G6* 
I'll die from a thrill Go down in history as just a wasted talent
      F                                          Em7*       Am
Can I face the challenge Or did I make a mistake erasing
                                        G6* 
It's only therapy My thoughts just get ahead of me
F                                                Em7*         Am
Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
                                   G6* 
Either way I guess I'm not prepared
             F
But I'll say this:
                                         Em7*         Am* 
These things happen for a reason and you can't change
                              G6* 
Take my apology I'm sorry for the honesty
             F
But I had to get this off my chest
[Hook]
        Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more
Em7*      Am
I don't love you baby
G6*      F 
I don't need you baby
Em7*     Am
I don't want you no
G6*  F
Any-more