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The Band of Heathens feat. Hayes Carll – The Man In Me Chords

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
 G          C
Ooooh oooh oooh oooh
            Am
La la la la la la la
D            D7
 La la la la la la la la
    G
 la la la la li la la la
G
La la la
C         Am
 La la la la
D                           G
 La la la la la la la la la la

VERSE:
    G
The man in me will
    C          Am
do nearly any task,
D             C
As for compensation,
                           G
there's a little he would ask.
        G
Take a woman like you
        Am             D       G
To get through to the man in me.
 G
Storm clouds are raging
 C             Am
all around my door,
D             C
I think to myself I might
                 G
not take it any more.
            G
It takes a woman like your kind
    Am       D       G
To find the man in me.

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CHORUS:
 Am                     G
Ohhh, what a wonderful feeling
 Am                        G
Just to know that you are near,
 Am                G
Sets my a heart a-reeling
         Am            D
From my toes up to my ears.

VERSE:
    G
The man in me will hide sometimes
    C               Am
to keep from bein' seen,
     D                      C
But that's just because he doesn't
                           G
want to turn into some machine.
            G
It takes a woman like you
        C              D       G
To get through to the man in me.

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OUTRO:
G
La la la la la la la
      C           Am
la la la la la la la
D
 La la la la la la la
    G
 la la la la la
 G        C     Am
Laaaa laa ah ah ah
 D        G
Laaaaa ah ah ah ah ah
 G        C     Am
Laaaaa ah ah ah ah
 D        G
Laaaaa ah ah ah ah ah
 G        C     Am
Laaaaa ah ah ah ah
 D        C        G
Laaaaa ah ah ah ah ah

How to play The Man In Me: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Man In Me by The Band of Heathens feat. Hayes Carll on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Man In Me by The Band of Heathens feat. Hayes Carll is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, C, Am, D and D7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – C – Am – D (I – IV – ii – V in G major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – reh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.