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                     IT TAKES A LOT KNOW A MAN - Damien Rice
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This is a simplified version of this song for the acoustic guitar. Frankly, this
tab could use all the help it could get. Let me know any corrections and I will
update them right away.

CAPO 3

[Intro]

(Let the bass notes ring)

E|----------------|-------------------|
B|--1---1--4--1--0| 1-----1-----1-----1|
G|2---2----0--0--0| 2--2--2--2--2--2--2|
D|2---2-----------| 3--3-----3-----3---|    x 2
A|0---------------|-------------------|
E|---------0------| 1------------------|


  Am      Em       F
  Am      Em       F


[Verse]

                        Am  Em  F
It takes a lot to know a man
                        Am  Em  F
It takes a lot to understand
                 Am  Em  F
The warrior, the sage
                 Am  Em  F
The little boy in rage
                        Am  Em  F 
It takes a lot to know a woman
                              Am  Em  F 
A lot to understand what's humming
                      Am  Em  F 
The honey-bee, that stings
                        Am  Em  F
The little girl with wings


[Chorus]

                  Am       Dm       G       E      Am
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help, to be yourself
    Dm      Esus4              E
to know and love what you live with
                  Am       Dm       G         Em      Am
It takes a lot to be, to touch, to feel, the slow re-veal
   Dm           E
of what another body needs


[Verse]

                        Am  Em  F
It tales a lot to know a man
                        Am  Em  F
A lot to know to understand
                   Am  Em  F
the father and the son
                   Am  Em  F
the hunted and the gone
                          Am  Em  F
It takes a lot to know a woman
                           Am  Em  F
A lot to comprehend what's coming
                     Am  Em  F
The mother and the child
                   Am  Em  F
The muse and the beguiled


[Chorus]

                  Am       Dm       G       E      Am
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help, to be yourself
    Dm      Esus4              E
to know and love what you live with
                  Am       Dm       G        Em     Am
It takes a lot to be, to touch, to feel, the slow reveal
   Dm           E
of what another body needs


[Chorus]

                 Am       Dm       G       E      Am
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help, to be yourself
    Dm      Esus4              E
to know and love what you live with
                  Am       Dm       G        Em     Am
It takes a lot to be, to touch, to feel, the slow reveal
   Dm           E
of what another body needs


[Chorus]

                 Am       Dm       G       E      Am
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help, to be yourself
    Dm      Esus4              E
to know and love what you live with
                  Am       Dm       G        Em     Am
It takes a lot to be, to touch, to feel, the slow reveal
   Dm           E
of what another body needs


[Bridge]

Am           Dm              F   E
What are you so afraid to lose?
Am                 Dm                  F           E
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (so afraid to lose)
Am           Dm              F   E
What are you so afraid to lose?
Am                 Dm                  F           E
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (It takes a lot to know a man...)
Am           Dm              F   E
What are you so afraid to lose? (It takes a lot to know a man...)
Am                 Dm                  F           E
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (It takes a lot to know a man...)
Am              Dm           F   E
What is it you carry on your bag? (It takes a lot to know a man...)
Am             Dm                    F     E
What is it you notice when you can't laugh? (Know you can, have to know...)