Before playing this song i suggest you listen to the song first, so you can get
the rhy. figures and the correct rests. Also, thier are additional repeats.
Have fun playing this. :)


INTRO: Repeat the intro

e------------7-----------------5--I------------3-----------------5--
B--5----5-------------5----5------I--5----5------------5----5-------
G---------------------------------I---------------------------------
D---------------------------------I---------------------------------
A---------------------------------I---------------------------------
E---------------------------------I---------------------------------


VERSE:
e---------------------------------I---------------------------------
B---------------------------------I---------------------------------
G--7----9-------------------------I---------------------------9-----
D--7----9-------------------------I---------------------------9-----
A--5----7-------------------------I---------------------------7-----
E---------------------------------I---------------------------------

e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G--9------------------------------
D--9------------------------------
A--7------------------------------
E---------------------------------


PRE-CHORUS:

    Am             Em
And I have__ been blamed,
    Am          Em
And I have__ re-pent-ed.__
    Am              Em              D          Em
I'm   work-ing my__ way__ to-ward__ our un-ion mend-ed.__
    Am             Em
And I have__ been shamed,
    Am           Em
And I have__ re-pent-ed.___
    Am              Em              D          Em
I'm   work-ing my__ way__ to-ward__ our un-ion mend-ed.__


CHORUS:

C              B7                Am                 Em
   We don't fare___ well with end-less rep-ri-mands.___
C               B7               Am             Em
   We don't do well with__ a life__ served_ as a___ sen-tence.__
C                  B7                  Am                 Em
   This won't work well  if___ you're hell-bent__ on your___ of-fense.
C         B7               Am                 Em
   I am a man  who__ un-der - stands_ your ret-i-cence.__


OUTRO:

C/E*-B7/E*-Am/E*-Em

*Bass plays E, for all Am, C and B7 chords in the Pre-Chorus, chorus and outro.


LYRICS FOR WHOLE SONG:

I am a man as a man I've been told
Bacon is brought to the house in this mold
Born of your bellies I yearn for the cord
Years I have groveled repentance ignored

And I have been blamed
And I have repented
I'm working my way toward our union mended

I am man who has grown from a son
Been crucified by enrag-ed women
I am son who was raised by such men
I'm often reminded of the fools I'm among

And I have been shamed
And I have relented
I'm working my way toward our union mended
And I have been shamed
And I have repented
I'm working my way toward our union mended

We don't fare well with endless reprimands
And we don't do well with a life served as a sentence
And this won't work well if you're hell bent on your offense
'Cause I am a man who understands your reticence

I am a man who still does what he can
To dispel our archaic reputation
I am a man who has heard all he can
'Cause I don't fare well with endless punishment

'Cause I have been blamed
And I have repented
I'm working my way toward our union mended
And we have been blamed and we have repented
I'm working my way toward our union mended

We don't fare well with endless reprimands
And we don't do well with a life served as a sentence
And this won't work well if you're hell bent on your offense
'Cause I am a man who understands your reticence