[Refrão]
                      F  Em  Am 
 A man is not his song  
                      F  Em  Am 
 A song is a promise 
                       F  Em  Am 
 If a man is just his song 
                          F  Em  Am 
 Then the song is beyond us 

verse 1 
F            Em             Am 
  How they, they make it up 
         Dsus2          C   F 
  And it sends in deep elation 
             Em                  Am 
  Eventually it could let you down 
          Dsus2          C   F 
  By believing in standing ovation 
        Em          Am        Dsus2      C         F 
  Song won’t lift up if made by revenge, so oh sweet 
        Em          Am 
  I will, will it 
               Dsus2            C 
  To add up to more than you or me 


[Refrão]
                      F  Em  Am 
 'Cause a man is not his song 
                    F  Em  Am 
  And I’m not a story 
                      F  Em  Am 
  But I wanna sing along 
                          F  Em  Am 
  If he’s singing it for me 

verse 2 
Em             Am            Dsus2  
  That filament that flies by 
          C 
  And it brings yellow light from those yellow summers back 
F          Em             Am 
  By coconut palm, snowy pine 
           Dsus2                   C 
  I’ve heard years pass through my ears to hear otherwise 
F                   Em        Am 
  We all believe in old melodies 
        Dsus2                      C 
  Carry tunes around like they carry me 

Instrumental 
Em C x4 
  
Bridge 
    C              Em   
  A man is not his song 
              Am             F 
  (Though we all wanna sing along) 
            C                     Em   
  We’ve all heard those old melodies 
                 Am               
  (Like they’re singing right to me) 

Outro 
  F                    Em    
  More than a melody’s needed 
  Am                   F 
  More than a melody’s needed 
  Em                   Am 
  More than a melody’s needed 
  F                    Em 
  More than a melody’s needed...