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Song title:      Man In The Mirror
Original Album:	 Bad

Words and Music by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett
Copyright © 1988 Epic Records
Published by Sony Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Notes:
The INTRO Figure is the synth intro transcribed for guitar (but an 8ve lower).
But you could strum this and it would sound OK.


[play: INTRO Figure]

INTRO Figure
  G               D5/F#             Em              D
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3-----------3-----------|-----3---------------3-----------|
|-4-----------2---------------0---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------4---------------2---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


  Cadd9                                             C/D
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------0-----------|
|---------------------3-----------|-------------3-------------------|
|-------------0-----------0-------|---------0-----------------------|
|-2-------2-------------------2---|---------------------------------|
|-----3---------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:
Notes:
Play as picked INTRO figure. Or find a strumming pattern that would suit.

Chords:
G     320033    D     xx0232
D5/F# 2x023x    Cadd9 x32030
Em    022000    C/D   xx0010 or xx0013 or x5555x

G           D5/F#         Em     D        | Cadd9 | Cadd9 C/D |
  I'm gonna make a change    for once in my life
           G         D5/F#
It's gonna feel real good
             Em                D     | Cadd9 | Cadd9 C/D |
Gonna make a difference, gonna make it right


VERSE2:
Chords:
G     320033    D     xx0232
D5/F# 2x023x    Cadd9 x32030
Em    022000    C/D   xx0010 or xx0013 or x5555x

     G           D5/F#     Em             D
As I turn up the collar on    my favorite winter coat

Cadd9                   | Cadd9 C/D |
  This wind is blowing my mind
          G           D5/F#            Em
I see the kids in the street with not enough to eat
D          Cadd9
  Who am I to be blind? Pretending not to see their needs


PRE-CHORUS1:
Chords:
Am7   x02010    C/D  xx0010 or xx0013 or x5555x
G/B   x20003    G    320033
Cadd9 x32030

Am7                    G/B                     Cadd9
  A summer's disregard,    a broken bottle-top       and one man's soul.
     Am7                      G/B
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
            Cadd9         C/D
'Cause they got   nowhere to go, that's why I want you to know


CHORUS:
Chords:
G       320033    G7/B     x20001 or xx3433
G/B     x20003    C#dim    x4535x
C       x32010    Csus4/D  x5556x or xx0563
D7sus4  xx0213

G     G/B               C          D7sus4
  I'm starting with the man in the mirror
G     G/B           C          D7sus4
  I'm asking him to change his ways
G        G7/B               C        C#dim
  And no message could have been any clearer
       Csus4/D
If you want    to make the world a better place
       Csus4/D
Take a look    at yourself, and then make a change


INTERLUDE:
Chords:
G     320033    D     xx0232
D5/F# 2x023x    Cadd9 x32030
Em    022000    C/D   xx0010 or xx0013


[play: 4/4| G D5/F# | Em D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 C/D |
                     (Na, na, na. na, na, na...)


VERSE3:
Chords:
G     320033    D     xx0232
D5/F# 2x023x    Cadd9 x32030
Em    022000    C/D   xx0010 or xx0013

G             D5/F#     Em           D
  I've been a victim of    a selfish kind of love
Cadd9                      C/D
  It's time that I realize
               G            D5/F#       Em
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
D             Cadd9
  Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?


PRE-CHORUS2:
Chords:
Am7   x02010    C/D  xx0010 or xx0013 or x5555x
G/B   x20003    G    320033
Cadd9 x32030

Am7                       G/B
  A willow deeply scarred,    somebody's broken heart
Cadd9              G/B
  And a washed-out dream
     Am7                       G/B
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
            Cadd9           C/D
'Cause they got no place to be, that's why I'm starting with me


[repeat CHORUS1]


CHORUS2:
Notes:
Modulates to Ab on "Change!"

Chords:
G       320033    G7/B     x20001 or xx3433
G/B     x20003    C#dim    x4535x
C       x32010    Csus4/D  x5556x or xx0563
D7sus4  xx0213    Ab       466544 or xxx898

G     G/B               C          D7sus4
  I'm starting with the man in the mirror
G     G/B           C          D7sus4
  I'm asking him to change his ways
G        G/B                C        C#dim
  And no message could have been any clearer
       Csus4/D
If you want to make the world a better place
       Csus4/D                               Ab
Take a look at yourself, and then make that "Change!"


CHORUS3:
Chords:
Ab/C  x3x544    Ddim      x5646x
Db    x46664    Dbsus4/Eb xx1122
Db/Eb x6666x    Ab        466544 or xxx898

    Ab/C              Db         Db/Eb
I'm starting with the man in the mirror (oh yeah!)
Ab    Ab/C          Db         Db/Eb
  I'm asking him to change his ways
Ab   Ab/C               Db       Ddim
  No message could have been any clearer
       Dbsus4/Eb
If you want     to make the world a better place
       Dbsus4/Eb   
Take a look     at yourself and then make the change
          Dbsus4/Eb
You gotta get it right, while you got the time
          Dbsus4/Eb            Dbsus4/Eb      Ab
You can't close your, then you close     your mind!


CHORUS4:
Chords:
Ab    466544 or xxx898   Db/Eb     x6666x
Ab/C  x3x544             Ddim      x5646x
Db    x46664             Dbsus4/Eb xx1122

Ab    Ab/C              Db         Db/Eb
  I'm starting with the man in the mirror (oh, yeah!)
Ab    Ab/C          Db         Db/Eb
  I'm asking him to change his ways
Ab   Ab/C               Db       Ddim
  No message could have been any clearer
       Dbsus4/Eb
If you want      to make the world a better place
       Dbsus4/Eb                               Ab
Take a look      at yourself and then make the change


INTERLUDE:
Chords:
Ab    466544 or xxx898   Eb        x68886
Eb/G  365343             Db(add9)  x46644
Fm    133111

[play: 4/4| Ab Eb/G | Fm Eb | Db(add9) | % | 
                      (Na, na, na ...)

          | Ab Eb/G | Fm Eb | Db(add9) |
                      (Na, na, na ...)


CODA:
Chords:
Db(add9)  x46644

[| Db(add9) |  (repeat; and ad lib vocals)]

I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Chime on!
(Change)

Just lift yourself
You know you've got to stop it yourself!

(Yeah! Make that change!)
I've got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)

You got to, you got to not let yourself, brother
Hoo!
(Yeah! Make that change!)

You know, I've got to get that man, that man
(Man in the mirror)

You've got to move! Chime on! Chime on!
You got to stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! Make that change)

Stand up and lift yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)

You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it

Db(add9)
  (Change) Make that change