Chords
The Man In Me

The Man in Me was written and performed by Bob Dylan, featuring on his 1970 album New Morning. The song gained wider recognition after being featured in the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski in 1998. The lyrics reflect on personal transformation and redemption, themes that were recurrent in Dylans work at the time.

Key: G

Introduction:  G   C   G/B   Am   D   G   G   C   C6   D   G  

     G                  C       G/B  Am 
The man in me will do nearly any task
     D             C6                              G 
And as for compensation there' s little he would ask
        G 
Take a woman like you
        C               C/D        G 
To get through to the man in me

 G                        C     G/B       Am 
Storm clouds are raging all around my door
 D7             C6                            G 
 I think to myself I might not take it any more
        G 
Take a woman like your kind
    C         C/D         G 
To find the man in me

     Am                   G 
But oh what a wonderful feeling
 Am                           G 
  Just to know that you are near
 Am                   G 
  Sets my a heart a-reeling
         Am             D    D7 
From my toes up to my ears

     G                                 C          G/B    Am 
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein'  seen
     D                       C6                              G 
But that' s just because he doesn' t want to turn into some machine
        G 
Take a woman like you
        C               C/D         G 
To get through to the man in me

   D       G 
(repeat and fade)