**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 Refr?o ------------- 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 -------------------- 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 Instumental: D5 G5 D5 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