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G 
Boy meets girl it's a delicate thing  
G 
So much time spent wondering   
D 
If what you see is what you get  
G 
I keep looking for a friend and a lover  
G 
When I find one he ain't the other  
     D 
Sometimes, I just want to quit  
A 
One wants a maid one needs his mother  
A 
They either want space or they want to smother me  
    G                            A 
And my poor heart needs somebody who  

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                   D 
Can take it like a man, steady and strong  
D 
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on  
G                                  D 
True to a promise I can ride in a storm 
D  
Take it like a man who knows about love  
D 
And every little thing that a girl dreams of  
G                            A 
Someone wise enough to understand 
        Em        D       G  
If you want this woman's heart 
               D  
Take it like a man
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  G 
I met somebody the other night  
G 
Started thinking he was Mr. Right 
D 
Wrong, I might have never known  
      G 
If a friend hadn't brought it to my attention  
G 
He's got a wife he forgot to mention  
 D 
Girl, leave that fool alone  
A 
I keep hoping and telling myself  
A 
Somewhere there's one good one left  
      G                            A   
Cause my poor heart needs somebody who  
 
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D 
Take it like a man  
D 
Well honey if you want my heart you gotta  
G           D 
Take it like a man  
G           D 
Take it like a man