STEPHEN LYNCH - "Half A Man" Tablature

Half a Man - Stephen Lynch
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Chord file written by David Reichert
davemann@home.com


Capo on 3rd fret.

4/4 time

/ - denotes downstrum 1/8 note
\ - denotes upstrum 1/8 note
space would be quarter rest more or less



Chords Used: E C G and D

Intro, Verse, and first part of chorus:
Free and easy feel strumming with stacatto like strokes

E G D
/// \\ / /\/\ /// \\ / /\/\
(repeat twice)


E G
/// \\ / /\/\ /// \\ / /\/\

D C
//////// ////// then two quick taps or pause


Second part of Chorus

Where he sings "Half a man... yeah I'm half a man..."
all it is is just D, C, and E


Form D Form C Form E

E-----2-------0-------0------------
B-----3-------1-------0------------
G---2---2-----0-------1------------
D-0---------2---2-----2------------
A---------3---------2--------------
E-----------------0----------------


Verse 1:
E G D E
All my days, I live with my disgrace
G D E
I'm afraid to show my face
G D C
Or at least take off my underwear...


see i was born, like a half-way neutered pet
I don't have a matching set
It's a part of me that, just ain't there
please don't stare...


Chorus 1:

well I'm a gamblin man without two dice
I'm like uncle ben with only one grain of rice
oh to have two testes would be so nice

D C E
But im half a man...
yeah im half a man...


Verse 2:

Wanna die, and all just call it quits
I can't find a cup that fits
and at baseball games, i feel so dumb
when i hear, ball one..

Oh my god, how could you have been so cruel
To give me one family jewel
And the one that's there must.. feel so sad..
He's a lonely nad

Chorus 2:

Well I'm a marathon runner with just one leg
I'm a fallopian tube with just one egg
Oh I want another teste do I have to beg.. or be

Half a man...
yeah im half a man...

End Verse/chorus: (same chords as chorus)

Well I'm a tweedle dee with no tweedle dum
and I'm a siskel and Ebert with just one thumb..
and I'm a yo ho ho, with no bottle of rum.. I'm just

Half a man..
yeah I'm, half a man..