BOSTON - "a man ill never be" Tablature
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Author/Artist: Boston
Title: A Man I'll Never Be
Album: Don't Look Back
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If I said what's on my mind you'd turn and walk away
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disappearing way back in your dreams It's so
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hard to be unkind so easy just to say that
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every thing is jkust the way it seems
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You look up at me and somewhere in your mind you'll see
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a man I'll never be
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Lead Fig 1
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If only I could find a way
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I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am It's gettin' harder everyday
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for me to hide behind this dream you see a man I'll neverbe
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I'll never be tr=trill
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dream you see a man I'll neverbe Guitar Solo
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Last time Outro
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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