**Capo 1 for recorded key** 
 
Intro: D5 
 
G5 
Boy meets girl it's a delicate thing  
G5 
So much time spent wondering   
D5 
If what you see is what you get  
G5 
I keep looking for a friend and a lover  
G5 
When I find one he ain't the other  
     D5 
Sometimes, I just want to quit  
A5 
One wants a maid one needs his mother  
A5 
They either want space or they want to smother me  
    G5                            A5 
And my poor heart needs somebody who  

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                   D5 
Can take it like a man, steady and strong  
D5 
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on  
G5                                  D5 
True to a promise I can ride in a storm 
D5  
Take it like a man who knows about love  
D5 
And every little thing that a girl dreams of  
G5                            A5 
Someone wise enough to understand 
        E5        D5       G5  
If you want this woman's heart 
               D5  
Take it like a man
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  G5 
I met somebody the other night  
G5 
Started thinking he was Mr. Right 
D5 
Wrong, I might have never known  
      G5 
If a friend hadn't brought it to my attention  
G5 
He's got a wife he forgot to mention  
 D5 
Girl, leave that fool alone  
A5 
I keep hoping and telling myself  
A5 
Somewhere there's one good one left  
      G5                            A5   
Cause my poor heart needs somebody who  
 
CHORUS 
 
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             D5    G5  A5 
 CHORUS 
 
 
D5 
Take it like a man  
D5 
Well honey if you want my heart you gotta  
G5           D5 
Take it like a man  
G5           D5 
Take it like a man