Boo Hewerdine

The Man That I Am(Chords)

Boo Hewerdine

Key: G

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G                   C 
I stood the shore at Southampton, 
 G                     D 
Salt wind in my hair, a case in my hand. 
                            G       C 
We were going to western Aus-tralia. 
   G          D          G     C 
It made me the man that I am, I am, 
    G          D         G 
It made me the man that I am. 

G                                 C 
On the crossing they called us the orphans, 
  G                        D 
They were the family that I never had, 
                  G       C 
We said goodbye at Freemantle. 
    G             D         G     C 
And it made me the man that I am, I am, 
   G          D         G 
It made me the man that I am. 

Bm             Em   C  D  G           Em      C      D 
Far away, so  far away,    sometimes I feel so far away, 
       G         Em         C          D 
but the sun is up and it?s a good fine day, 
D      G    Em         C     D 
I've work to do I'll be on my way. 

G                               C 
I don't like to talk about Fair-bridge. 
G                                      D 
What happened there I still don't understand, 
                           G      C 
These days I sleep with the lights on. 
   G          D         G      C 
It made me the man that I am, I am, 
G             D           G 
It made me the man that I am. 

Bm             Em   C  D  G           Em      C      D 
Far away, so  far away,    sometimes I feel so far away, 
       G         Em         C          D 
but the sun is up and it?s a good fine day, 
D      G    Em         C     D 
I've work to do I'll be on my way. 

G                        C 
I stand the shore at Southampton, 
 G                                       D 
It took me forty eight years to be here again 
                              G       C 
I wait for the tears but they won't come 
   G          D         G     C 
It made me the man that I am, I am, 
G             D           G 
It made me the man that I am.
	        

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