What It’s Like to Be a Man
Recorded by Dax
Album: Single (2023)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
None

(Chorus)
I can't hide (G) myself, I don't ex-(D)pect you to understand
I just hope (Em) I can explain what it's like (C) to be a man
It's a lone-(G)ly road and they don't (D)care about what you know
It's (Em)not 'bout how you feel, but what you provide (C) inside that home

(Verse)
Yeah, (G) I know this life can really beat you down, (D) uh
You wanna scream but you won't make a sound, (Em) uh
Got so much weight that you've been holdin'
But won't (C)show any emotion, as a man, that goes unspoken
That we (G) can't cry when life gets hard
Un-(D)conditional love for women, children and dogs
(Em) We know that we just have to play our parts
And don't no-(C)body give a damn about our broken hearts, yeah
(G) As a man, we gotta pave our way
(D) Our only function is to work and slave
(Em) There's no respect for you if you ain't paid
You're disre-(C)garded as a human and you can't complain
And if you (G)ever make it up and actually reach that place
And find a (D)woman that you love and give her your last name
You'll feel the (Em)things that you provide is only why she stays
And when you (C)try to explain, you'll say

(Chorus)
I can't hide (G) myself, I don't ex-(D)pect you to understand
I just hope (Em) I can explain what it's like (C) to be a man (What it's like to be a man)
It's a lone-(G)ly road (It's a lonely road)
And they don't (D)care 'bout what you know (Care 'bout what you know)
It's (Em)not 'bout how you feel, but what you pro-(C)vide inside that home 

(Verse)
Don't give up, (G) keep fightin’ as a man, our son is our ho-(D)rizon
And our fathers' actions play a role and we end up (Em)like him
So they can't let us see them hurt
'Cause they'll em-(C)body what we do and start a generational curse
No wonder most (G) men are so depressed, all the things that they can't express
They go to war, (D) get thrown on the shelf, then go back to war with they mental health
Then grab that (Em)bottle and ask for help
Try to pull themselves out of hell, then fall back down (C) and then realize
That they gon' have to do it themselves

(Break)
It's the (C)circle of life, as a man, you provide
They don't (D)know what you're worth 'til the day that you die
And that's (C)when they start cryin'
Then move on to a (D)man to confide in

(Chorus)
That's why we feel we can't (G)hide ourselves
We don't ex-(D)pect you to understand
We just (Em)hope we can explain
What it's (C)like to be a man (What it's like to be a man)
It's a (G)lonely road (It's a lonely road)
And you don't (D)care 'bout what we know (Care 'bout what we know)
It's (Em)not 'bout how we feel
But what we pro-(C)vide inside that home (Inside that home)
(G) That home (D)

(Outro.)
It's (Em)not 'bout how we feel
But what we pro-(C)vide inside that home (Inside that (G)home)
(D) (Em) (C) - - - - -