Biography:
Todd Rundgren is an American singer-songwriter and producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as founder of the band Utopia. Starting in the 1960s with the psychedelic band Nazz in Philadelphia, his solo career started out successfully with such hits as "I Saw the Light" and "Hello It's Me" (a reworked Nazz tune). With his 1972 release 'Something/Anything?' seen as a magnum opus due to its mix of power pop, rock n roll, and more.
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Other songs:
- I Saw The Light
- Bang On The Drum All Day
- Be Nice To Me
- Can We Still Be Friend
- Can We Still Be Friends
- Cold Morning Light
- Couldnt I Just Tell You
- Dont You Ever Learn
- Dream Goes On Forever
- Dust In The Wind
- Hello Its Me
- If I Have To Be Alone
- International Feel
- It Wouldnt Have Made
- It Wouldnt Have Made Any Difference
- Just One Victory
- Love Is The Answer
- Love Of The Common Man
- Real Man
- Slut
- Sometimes I Dont Know What To Feel
- Tiny Demons
- Wailing Wall
- We Gotta Get You A Woman
- You Left Me Sore
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[Intro]
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Abadd2 Ab Eb Eb/Db Cm9
Abadd2 Ab Eb Eb/Db Cm9 Ebmaj7/F Abmaj9
[Verse 1]
Cm7 Bb/C
When I was a child___
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I thought as a child
Bb/C Cm7
I spoke as a child___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
I didn't know bet - ter, bet - ter
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
But now I'm a man___
Bb/C
I look like a man
Cm7 Bb7 Cm7
I'm old as a man___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
And I should know bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
Got my head in the sky
Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb
And my mind knows what it wants
Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
But my body just drags me down
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
And my world is something you can't see
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
But it's still very real to me
Fmaj7/G G7
You can find it in the hole where I keep my soul
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus 1]
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
There's a real man, a real man.
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Forget about my body and be a real man___
[Verse 2]
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I see with my heart___
Bb/C
Hear with my heart
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I feel with my heart___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Ebm/Ab
Sometimes it works bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
And some so-called friends put me down
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And they pity me for trying
Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
Bad emotions push me a - round
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
But the vision shines on and on
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
It will shine when we all are gone
Fmaj7/G G7
And I'd like to add a little spar-kle while I'm here
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
Light it up - way down inside me
[Chorus 2]
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
There's a real man, a real man
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Forget about bad feelings and be a real man___
[Bridge]
Bb/Eb F/Eb Bb/Eb F/Eb
Some men's world is only hate and mon-ey
F/D C/D F/D C/D
A-fraid of ev-'ry thing and they laugh at nothing
C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7 Bb/Ab
And they on - ly live to crit-i-cize___
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
You can laugh at me now (ha ha ha)
Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
But the time comes to ev-'ry-bod-y
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
When you must de - cide
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
When that day finally comes a-long
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
You might wish you'd been a little more strong
Fmaj7/G G7
Then you'll wake up in the morning cry-in' "Oh my God"
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus-Outro]
Bb6 C
It's a real man
Bm7 Am7
a real man
Got to grow up sometime
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man, a real man
Suffer them slings and arrows
Bb6 C
Be a real man
Bm7 Am7
Now be a real man
Don't sell yourself for nothing
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man, be a real man
Don't take no crap from no one
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man___, be a real man
Get your trip together
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7 Gm/Bb
Be a real man, be a real man___
Abadd2 Ab Eb Eb/Db Cm9
Abadd2 Ab Eb Eb/Db Cm9
Abadd2 Ab Eb Eb/Db Cm9 Ebmaj7/F Abmaj9
[Verse 1]
Cm7 Bb/C
When I was a child___
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I thought as a child
Bb/C Cm7
I spoke as a child___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
I didn't know bet - ter, bet - ter
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
But now I'm a man___
Bb/C
I look like a man
Cm7 Bb7 Cm7
I'm old as a man___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Eb/Ab
And I should know bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
Got my head in the sky
Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb
And my mind knows what it wants
Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
But my body just drags me down
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
And my world is something you can't see
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
But it's still very real to me
Fmaj7/G G7
You can find it in the hole where I keep my soul
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus 1]
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
There's a real man, a real man.
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Forget about my body and be a real man___
[Verse 2]
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I see with my heart___
Bb/C
Hear with my heart
Cm7 Bb/C Cm7
I feel with my heart___
Eb/Db Ab/Db Bbm/Ab Ebm/Ab
Sometimes it works bet - ter, bet - ter
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
And some so-called friends put me down
Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb
And they pity me for trying
Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
Bad emotions push me a - round
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
But the vision shines on and on
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
It will shine when we all are gone
Fmaj7/G G7
And I'd like to add a little spar-kle while I'm here
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
Light it up - way down inside me
[Chorus 2]
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
There's a real man, a real man
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Forget about bad feelings and be a real man___
[Bridge]
Bb/Eb F/Eb Bb/Eb F/Eb
Some men's world is only hate and mon-ey
F/D C/D F/D C/D
A-fraid of ev-'ry thing and they laugh at nothing
C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Am7 Bb/Ab
And they on - ly live to crit-i-cize___
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
You can laugh at me now (ha ha ha)
Ab/Bb Abmaj7/Bb Bb7
But the time comes to ev-'ry-bod-y
Abmaj7/Bb Bb7 Ab/Bb Ebmaj9
When you must de - cide
Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
When that day finally comes a-long
Db/Eb Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7
You might wish you'd been a little more strong
Fmaj7/G G7
Then you'll wake up in the morning cry-in' "Oh my God"
Fmaj7/G G7 F/G N.C.
There it is - way down inside me
[Chorus-Outro]
Bb6 C
It's a real man
Bm7 Am7
a real man
Got to grow up sometime
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man, a real man
Suffer them slings and arrows
Bb6 C
Be a real man
Bm7 Am7
Now be a real man
Don't sell yourself for nothing
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man, be a real man
Don't take no crap from no one
Bb6 C Bm7 Am7
Be a real man___, be a real man
Get your trip together
Csus2 C Bm7 Am7 Gm/Bb
Be a real man, be a real man___
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