Destroyed By Man Chords
by Mel Tillis
Destroyed By Man by Mel Tillis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C G
There's a girl in a barroom we all know her well
A7 D7
Her name fits the stories that some men like to tell
G C
She may be young and pretty with lips red as wine
G D7 G
A girl who's eyes reflect the years no make-up can hide
C G
In her world walk the lonely the rejected and condemned
A7 D7
It's a world that once entered there's no turning back again
G C G
Like a rose that lies crushed and crumpled on the sand
D7 G
She was created by heaven now destroyed by man
C G
Destroyed by man and the love that she gave
A7 D7
Lost unless heaven counts her worthy to save
C G
Men don't respect her still they hold her hand
D7 G
She was created by heaven now destroyed by man