A Man Is Not His Song Chords

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A Man Is Not His Song by Feist is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Em, Am, Dsus2 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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                      F  Em  Am 
 A man is not his song  
                      F  Em  Am 
 A song is a promise 
                       F  Em  Am 
 If a man is just his song 
                          F  Em  Am 
 Then the song is beyond us 

verse 1 
F            Em             Am 
  How they, they make it up 
         Dsus2          C   F 
  And it sends in deep elation 
             Em                  Am 
  Eventually it could let you down 
          Dsus2          C   F 
  By believing in standing ovation 
        Em          Am        Dsus2      C         F 
  Song won’t lift up if made by revenge, so oh sweet 
        Em          Am 
  I will, will it 
               Dsus2            C 
  To add up to more than you or me 

                      F  Em  Am 
 'Cause a man is not his song 
                    F  Em  Am 
  And I’m not a story 
                      F  Em  Am 
  But I wanna sing along 
                          F  Em  Am 
  If he’s singing it for me 

verse 2 
Em             Am            Dsus2  
  That filament that flies by 
          C 
  And it brings yellow light from those yellow summers back 
F          Em             Am 
  By coconut palm, snowy pine 
           Dsus2                   C 
  I’ve heard years pass through my ears to hear otherwise 
F                   Em        Am 
  We all believe in old melodies 
        Dsus2                      C 
  Carry tunes around like they carry me 

Instrumental 
Em C x4 
  
Bridge 
    C              Em   
  A man is not his song 
              Am             F 
  (Though we all wanna sing along) 
            C                     Em   
  We’ve all heard those old melodies 
                 Am               
  (Like they’re singing right to me) 

Outro 
  F                    Em    
  More than a melody’s needed 
  Am                   F 
  More than a melody’s needed 
  Em                   Am 
  More than a melody’s needed 
  F                    Em 
  More than a melody’s needed... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante