A Man Is Not His Song Chords
by Feist
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.
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...