James Tucker - Man I Am Chords

[Intro]
G G Cadd9 G


[Verse 1]
     G
When I was a young boy I used to play army
      Cadd9                   G G/F#
I'd invite my friends over to fight
         Em
yea we'd line up our ranks and we'd say our grace
      Cadd9              G
as we fought on into the night

well here now i do stand somewhere between a grown man
      Cadd9                    G G/F#
and a boy just playin with his friends
         Em
yea I’ve taken the oath to protect and to hope
        Cadd9                   G
like my brother and my grandpas did
Cadd9                  G
so mama I’m writing to say
         Cadd9           G
that I’m finding im doin ok
       Cadd9                      Em               D
yea im learning to learn that the hardest fight is within


[Chorus]
           Cadd9      Em
So tell my paw, after all
         Cadd9           G
he’s the best man I ever saw
                      Cadd9    Em          D
and I'm sorry for the fights in my younger years
                Cadd9         Em
and tell my big sister that i miss her
        Cadd9                   G
she was right about a couple of things
      Cadd9                    Em              D
I'm a reckless romantic with a head as hard as nails
                     Cadd9   D
I'm just learning to be
                   Cadd9 Em A Em Cadd9 Em G
the man that I am


[Verse 2]
G
yea you were my sweetheart i asked you out of my car
Cadd9                    G G/F#
at the schoolhouse on 4/21
Em
and our love had its faults and mostly at my cost
        Cadd9                   G
I was a lover who loved to have fun
G
time is a strange thing and my brain rearranged
    Cadd9                   G
the plans that i had for my life
        Em
yea and part of that was splitting paths
       Cadd9                        G
with a girl who thought of being my wife


[Chorus]
             Cadd9           Em
So tell your mother that I'm sorry
    Cadd9                  G
for making her little girl cry
       Cadd9                   Em                  D
theres another man she’s gunna make him a pretty bride
              Cadd9           Em
and tell your father that I'm thankful
        Cadd9                    G
for the moments we shared in the past
       Cadd9           Em               D
He’s a good man with a heart as pure as gold
                     Cadd9  D
I'm just learning to be

the man I am


[Brigde]
Em
well this life is a strange thing
    C                               D              G
and God knows I've done things that I am not proud of
        Em                     C
but His grace it amazes me the life and the truth it brings
    D
I'm thankful its more than enough


[Chorus]
           Cadd9      Em
So tell my paw, after all
         Cadd9           G
he’s the best man I ever saw
        Cadd9         Em                   D
and I'm sorry for the fights in my younger years
                Cadd9         Em
and tell my big sister that I miss her
        Cadd9                   G
she was right about a couple of things
      Cadd9                    Em              D
I'm a reckless romantic with a head as hard as nails
                     Cadd9   D
I'm just learning to be

the man that I am