This is a man‘s world (1966)    (video)

 

  - - - - - - - - - - -  Dm   - Am                 Dm             - Am

This is a man‘s world,          this is a man‘s world,

Gm                                       A                                           Dm  - Am - Dm- Am

    but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.

     

                  - Dm                                - Am - Dm                                       - Am

1. You see,        man made the cars                  to take us over the road,

Dm                          Am  - Dm                       Am

    man made the  train            to carry the heavy load.

Dm                        Am              - Dm                                 Am

    Man made the electro lights         to take us out of the dark,

Dm                        Am                      - Dm                                 Am

    man made the boat for the water,         like Noah made the ark.

 

                 Gm

This is a man‘s, man‘s, man‘s world,

A                                                                     Dm                   - Am - Dm - Am

    but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.

 

    Dm                          Am                    - Dm                 Am

2.     Man thinks about little baby girls         and baby boys,

Dm                          Am     - Dm                                        Am

    man make them happy,        ‘cause man makes them toys.

Dm                               Am                         Dm              - Am

    And after man make everything, everything he can,

                                                Dm     - Am                              Dm   -  Am

    you know that man makes money         to buy from other man.

 

                 Gm                                        A

This is a man‘s world, but it would be nothing,

                                                                               Dm   - Am - Dm - Am

nothing, not one little thing, without a woman or a girl.

 

                   - Dm                              - Am

+  He‘s lost          in the wilderness,

Dm              - Am - Dm                  Am  - Dm

    he‘s lost,                   and bitterness,         he‘s lost ….

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (James Brown)