I'm Not the Man by Ben Folds
From the album So There
VERSE:
D
What will they write about me
A G D/G A
What will the version be when all is said and done
D Bm F#m
Will they remember all of the places seen
A G D/G A
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
G D A
I'm just wandering on
CHORUS:
G Em
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Bm A
And all I've been
G
I'm long since on my way
Em Bm A
To learning nothing comes for free
Em D
But I'm not the man
G A
I'm not the man
G Em Bm A
I used to be
VERSE:
D Bm
So it all comes out in the wash
F#m
What would you see?
A G D A
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
Bm A
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
F#m G D A
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
G D A
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
CHORUS:
G Em
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Bm A
And all I've been
G
I'm long since on my way
Em Bm A
To learning nothing comes for free
Em D
But I'm not the man
G A
I'm not the man
D A/C# Bm A
I used to be
BRIDGE:
G A Bm A
Don't leave me behind
G A Bm A
Don't leave me behind
G
Like I left you behind
CHORUS:
G Em
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Bm A
And all I've been
G
I'm long since on my way
Em Bm A
To learning nothing comes for free
G Em
I had a lot of time to waste
Bm A
I wrote the lines upon my face
G Em Bm A
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
G D/F#
But I'm not the man
G D/F#
I'm not the man
G A
I'm not the man
G Em Bm A
But I used to be
G Em
I used to be my father's son
Bm A
I used to be number one
G Em
I used to be paper and pencil
Bm A
I used to be endless potential
G Em
I used to be heaven and earth
Bm A
I used to be my net worth
G Em
I used to be one public drunken moment
Bm A
I used to be high paid and low rent
G Em
I used to be a man on a mission
Bm
My best chart position
A
The man in the mirror
G
Your brother, your killer
Em
A new day, a new town
Bm
Your racehorse, your cash cow
A
Till I let you all down
G D/F#
Now I want to be
G A
I want to be
D
Just want to be
