The Man I Was

G7 320001

[Intro]

Bb C Dm
Bb C Dm

[Verse 1]

  Bb       C       Dm
A cold and early dawn
      Bb   C       Dm
For a man gone so wrong
  Bb            C              Dm
Another lonely way of wasting time
    Bb     C      Dm
So late into the night

[Instrumental]

Dm C G7
Dm C G7

[Pre-Chorus]

Dm                  C                 G7
   It wasn't long ago I was counting my days
Dm                 C                  G7
   With anger and boredom and fear and pain
Dm                   C                G7
   Back then I just wanted to even the score
Dm                  C                  G7
  The pain doesn't translate the same anymore

[Chorus]

Bb
   I'm not going back again
C
  I'm not the man I was back then

Dm        C          G7
  I will start again, I will start again
Bb
   I'm not going back my friend
C                             Dm    C G7
  I'm not the man I was, back then

[Verse]

Dm                    C                 G7
   I couldn't slow it down I know I got mean
Dm                   C                             G7
   I couldn't feel a thing and they couldn't touch me
Dm              C                      G7
  None of those young girls could understand
Dm            C                    G7
  How slowly killing oneself takes, a toll on man

[Chorus]

Bb
  I'm not going back again
C
  I'm not the man I was back then
Dm        C          G7
  I will start again, I will start again
Bb
  I'm not going back my friend
C                               Bb C Dm
  I'm not the man I was, back then

[Instrumental]

Bb C Dm

[Verse]

  Bb       C      Dm
A cold and early dawn
      Bb   C       Dm
For a man gone so wrong
 Bb            C               Dm
Another lonely way of wasting time
   Bb     C       Dm
So late into the night

[Bridge]

Dm C G7
Dm C G7

[Outro]

Bb
  I'm not going back again
C
  I'm not the man I was back then
Bb
  I'm not going back again
C
  I'm not the man I was back then
Dm        C          G7
  I will start again, I will start again
Dm        C          G7
  I paid for my sins,  I will start again
Bb
  I'm not going back my friend
C                              Dm C G7
  I'm not the man I was, back then

• Bb
• C
• Dm
• G7