F  Em  Am
A man is not his song
                     F  Em  Am
A song is a promise
                      F  Em  Am
If a man is just his song
                         F  Em  Am
Then the song is beyond us

[Verse 1]
F            Em             Am
  How they, they make it up
       Dsus2         C/G   F
And it sends in deep elation
           Em                  Am
Eventually it could let you down
        Dsus2        C/G   F
By believing in standing ovation
      Em          Am        Dsus2      C/G       F
Song won’t lift up if made by revenge, so oh sweet
      Em          Am
I will, will it
             Dsus2            C/G
To add up to more than you or me

[Chorus]
                     F  Em  Am
'Cause a man is not his song
                  F  Em  Am
And I’m not a story
                    F  Em  Am
But I wanna sing along
                        F  Em  Am
If he’s singing it for me

[Verse 2]
Em             Am            Dsus2
  That filament that flies by
        C/G
And it brings yellow light from those yellow summers back
F          Em             Am
  By coconut palm, snowy pine
         Dsus2                   C/G
I’ve heard years pass through my ears to hear otherwise
F                   Em        Am
  We all believe in old melodies
      Dsus2                      C/G
Carry tunes around like they carry me

[Instrumental]
Em C/G x4

[Bridge]
  C/G            Em
A man is not his song
            Am             F
(Though we all wanna sing along)
          C/G                   Em
We’ve all heard those old melodies
               Am
(Like they’re singing right to me)

[Outro]
F                    Em
More than a melody’s needed
Am                   F
More than a melody’s needed
Em                   Am
More than a melody’s needed
F                    Em
More than a melody’s needed...