Intro.
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[Em] mm, mm, mm [Em]
Verse
I was raised on [Em] dust and steel
[C] Told a man should [G] never feel
[D] Hold your pain and [Em] hide your eyes
[C] Never let them [G] see you cry [D]
They call me weak, they call me [Em] wrong
[C] Said a man should just [G] stay strong
[D] But I’ve carried years of [Em] rain
Buried deep [C] inside my [G] pain
Chorus
A man can [Em] cry, a man can break [C]
A man can [G] bend beneath the weight [D]
It doesn’t [Em] mean he’s lost the fight [C]
It means he’s [G] still alive tonight [D]
A man can cry, [Em] let the tears roll [C] free
Even kings [G] can bow on their knees [D]
There’s strength in pain, [Em] no shame in why [C]
It’s not [G] w„uak when a man can [Em] cry
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Verse 2
I’ve been [Em] laughed at by th„u crowd [C]
For[G] saying hurt out loud [D]
They said, “Stand [Em] tall, don’t fall apart” [C]
But they [G] never saw my heart [D]
I loved, I [Em] lost, I paid the cost [C]
I found my-[G] self in what I lost [D]
Every [Em] scar and every line [C]
Tells the [G] story of my time [D]
Chorus
A man can [Em] cry, a man can break [C]
A man can [G] bend beneath the weight [D]
It doesn’t [Em] mean he’s lost the [C] fight
It means he’s [G] still alive tonight [D]
A man can cry, [Em] let the tears roll [C] free
Even kings [G] can bow on their knees [D]
There’s strength in pain, [Em] no shame in why [C]
It’s not [G] weak when a man can [Em] cry
Instrumental
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Bridge
[Em] I have walked that [C] lonely road
[G] Carried more than [D] I could hold
[Em] If your heart is [C] tired and sore
Let it [G] open, let it [D] pour
Chorus
A man can [Em] cry, a man can break [C]
A man can [G] bend beneath the weight [D]
It doesn’t [Em] mean he’s lost the [C] fight
It means he’s [G] still alive tonight [D]
A man can cry, [Em] let the tears roll [C] free
Even kings [G] can bow on their knees [D]
There’s strength in pain, [Em] no shame in why [C]
It’s not [G] weak when a man can [Em] cry
Outro.
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[Em] mm [C] [G] [D] mm, mm, [Em] mm
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