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It's a Man's Man's Man's World (2 versions)

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

1st version is true octave, 2nd version is an octave higher and easier to play

-4  -4 -4 5 -4 4   -4

This is a m-a-n’s world (x2)

-3” -3” -3” -3”  -3”  4 -3”    5  -4 4

But it  wouldn’t  be nothing, noth-i-ng

2 -3”’  2 -3” -3” 3 -3” 4 -3”

Without a  women  or a gi-rl

 

 2   5    5   -4   4   -4

You see, man made the cars

 2   -3” -3” -3” -3” -3” 4 -3”

That take us  over   the ro-ad

5   -4    4  5 -4 4 -4

Man made the tr-a-i-n

2 -3” -3” 3  -3” 3 -3” 3 2

To carry the heavy lo-a-d

 5   5    5  -4 5 -4  -4

Man made the electro light

2  -3” -3” -3” 3  -3”  4 -3”

To take us out of the da-rk

 5   5   -4   5   -4   4  -4 -3”

Man made the boat for the water

 2  -3” -3” -3”   3  -3”

Like Noah   made the arc

 

-4  -4 -4 5  4   5  4   5 -4 4   -4

This is a ma-n’s, ma-n’s, m-a-n’s world

 5  5   -6 -6  -6   -6 -6    -6 -6

But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing

 2  2   2 -3” -3” 3 -3” 4 -3”

Without a  women  or a gi-rl

 

Man thinks about little bitty baby girls and a baby boys

Man make them happy

Cause man make them toys

And after man make everything

Everything he can

You know that man makes money

To buy from other man

 

This is a man’s world

But it would be nothing, nothing

Not one little thing

Without a women or a girl

 

 4    6   4   4   -4 4 -4

He's lost in the wilderness

 4    6   -3” 4 -3” -3”

He's lost in bitterness

 

higher:

 

-8  -8-88-87   -8

This is a m-a-n’s world (x2)

-6 -6  -6  -6  -6   7  -6    8  -8 7

But it wouldn’t be nothing, noth-i-ng

-5 -6’ -5  -6 -6 6 -6 7 -6

Without a  women or a gi-rl

 

-5   8    8   -8   7   -8

You see, man made the cars

 -5   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6  7 -6

That take us over the ro-ad

8   -8    7  8 -8 7 -8

Man made the tr-a-i-n

-5 -6 -6  6  -6 6  -6 6 -5

To carry the heavy lo-a-d

 8   8    8  -8 8 -8  -8

Man made the electro light

-5  -6  -6 -6   6 -6  7 -6

To take us out of the da-rk

 8   8   -8   8   -8   7  -8 -6

Man made the boat for the water

 -5 -6 -6  -6   6  -6

Like Noah made the arc

 

-8  -8 -8 8  7    8  7    8 -8 7   -8

This is a ma-n’s, ma-n’s, m-a-n’s world

 8  8  -10 -10 -10 -10 -10  -10 -10

But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing

-5 -5  -5  -6 -6 6 -6 7 -6

Without a  women or a gi-rl

 

Man thinks about little bitty baby girls and a baby boys

Man make them happy

Cause man make them toys

And after man make everything

Everything he can

You know that man makes money

To buy from other man

 

This is a man’s world

But it would be nothing, nothing

Not one little thing

Without a women or a girl

 

 7    9   7   7   -8 7 -8

He's lost in the wilderness

 7    9   -6  7 -6 -6

He's lost in bitterness

 

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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