🎸 Verse 1: C# E Is it the pain of the drinkin' G#m C# Or the Sunday sinking feelin'? Fm F# Uh, the car never seems to work D When it's late, your girlfriend's on a date E C And the hero with her in your dream D In your sleep, it seemed like you
🎸 Pre-Chorus: D Turn around, ask yourself D Turn around, ask yourself 🎸 Chorus: A#m D# C# B Manchild, will you ever win? A#m D# B C# Manchild, look at the state you're in 🎸 Verse 2: C# E Could you go undercover G#m C# And sell your brand new lover? Fm F# Could you be someone else for a night? D E Maybe someone else will love you C You sell your soul for a tacky song D Like the one you hear on the radio 🎸 Pre-Chorus: D Turn around, ask yourself D Turn around, ask yourself 🎸 Chorus: A#m D# C# B Manchild, will you ever win A#m D# B C# Manchild, look at the state you're in, yeah A#m D# C# B Manchild, he will make you cry A#m D# A#m D# A#m D# Manchild, Manchild, Manchild 🎸 Bridge: D#m From Monday down to Friday A#m You're workin' on another man's car D#m Or is it in the factory? A#m It doesn't matter where you are 🎸 Interlude: C#m 🎸 Verse 3: C# Just turn around and ask yourself, "Is this communication " A Accentuate the positive to give some illustration B See Manchild, you're no one, you turn the microphone on G#m Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on C#m To the point that I need the air that I breathe A B Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive G#m For the meantime another mean rhyme (I keep on sayin' it) C#m I know what the time is, the crowd will keep on playin' it A Through the speaker boxes loud's my diagnosis B 'Cause I believe in miracles and words in steady doses G#m Enough R E S P E and C T Respect yourself, express, no stress, the mike is easy Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe 🎸 Chorus: A#m D# C# B Manchild, will you ever win A#m D# B C# Manchild, look at the state you're in, yeah A#m D# C# B Manchild, he will make you cry A#m D# A#m D# A#m D# Manchild, Manchild, Manchild B C# He's the apple of your eye 🎸 Outro: C# Once bitten, twice shy, why don't you bite me again? A Just take it in the right and go tell your friend B Are you ready for the words? I turn the microphone on G#m C#m A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on The style I'm stimulating dance floors A Raise your body temperature now and B This demands for power in the amp, you know loud's my diagnosis G#m 'Cause I believe in miracles, words in heavy doses