Chris Young - It Takes A Man: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "It Takes A Man" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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               Em/D   D             Em/D  D
She locked her fingers and bowed her head
               E7/G#                 G
She said, "I'm late and I'm really scared"
            Em/D B                 Em/D  D
Now you can go    but I hope you stay
           E7/G#           G
I'm gonna keep  it either way

Chorus:
       G          D              G              D
In my daddy's El Camino in her driveway in the rain
  G                   D                   A
Starin' through that windshield, I could see
            G
my future change
                         D               G
And my heart hit like a hammer, and my thoughts
              Bm
were runnin' wild
     A                                    G
Any fool can make a baby, but it takes a man
             D
to raise a child

I laid my head down on the wheel
She said "I know, I know it don't seem real"
She closed her eyes but the tears flowed through
She said "don't hate me for loving you"

Chorus

      Em
Oh, I could not reassure her,
           D/F#
I couldn't say what I had planed
          G                           A
Couldn't put three words together, so I just took
her hand

Chorus:
In my daddy's El Camino
In her driveway in the rain
Staring through that windshield
I could see my future change
And my heart hit like a hammer
And my thoughts were running wild
Any fool can make a baby


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

E7

Guitar chord E7

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "It Takes A Man" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "It Takes A Man" by Chris Young.