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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Glen Ballard/Siedah Garrett From: "BAD" (1987) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] G D/F# Em D C(add9) [ C/D ] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------0-----| B|----3-----3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|------3---------| G|4-----2-------0-|----------------|------0-----0---|----0-----------| D|----------------|------4-------2-|2---2---------2-|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|--3-------------|3---------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x C(add9) x-3-2-0-3-0 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 or x-x-0-0-1-3 G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 D7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3 G7/B x-2-0-0-0-1 C#dim x-4-5-3-5-x or (easier) x-x-2-3-2-3 Csus4/D x-5-5-5-6-x or (easier) x-x-0-0-1-1 Ab/C x-3-1-1-1-x or x-3-6(5)x-x Db x-4-3-1-2-1 or x-4-6-6-6-4 Db/Eb x-x-1-1-2-1 or x-6-6-6-6-x Ddim x-x-0-1-3-1 or x-5-6-4-6-x Dbsus4/Eb x-6-6-6-7-x or x-x-1-1-2-2 Eb/G 3-6-5-3-4-3 Db(add9) x-4-6-6-4-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G D/F# | Em D | C(add9) | C(add9) [ C/D ] | [Verse] G D/F# I'm gonna make a change Em D C(add9) [ C/D ] For once in my life G D/F# It's gonna feel real good Em D C(add9) Gonna make a difference, gonna make it right [Verse] G D/F# As I turn up the collar on Em D My favorite winter coat C(add9) [ C/D ] This wind is blowing my mind G D/F# I see the kids in the street Em With not enough to eat D C(add9) Who am I to be blind? Pretending not to see their needs [Bridge] Am7 G/B A summer's disregard, a broken bottle top C(add9) G/B And one man's soul (and a one man's soul) Am7 G/B They follow each other on the wind ya' know C(add9) C/D [ G ] 'Cause they got nowhere to go, that's why I want you to know [Chorus] 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 [ G ] Take a look at yourself, and then make a change [Interlude] | G D/F# | Em D | C(add9) | C(add9) [ C/D ] | (Na, na, na, ...) [Verse] G D/F# Em D I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love C(add9) It's time that I realize G D/F# Em [ D ] That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan D C(add9) Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone? [Bridge] Am7 G/B A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart C(add9) G/B And a washed-out dream Am7 G/B They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see C(add9) C/D [ G ] 'Cause they got no place to be, that's why I'm starting with me [Chorus] 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 [ G ] Take a look at yourself, and then make a change [Chorus] 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 Csus4/D Csus4/D [ break ] Take a look at yourself, and then make that [Chorus] Ab Ab/C Db Db/Eb Change! I'm starting with the man in the mirror 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 Dbsus4/Eb [ Ab ] You can't close your, then you close your, mind! [Chorus] Ab Ab/C Db Db/Eb I'm starting with the man in the mirror 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 [Interlude] | Ab Eb/G | Fm Eb | Db(add9) | % | Na, na, na ... | Ab Eb/G | Fm Eb | Db(add9) break Na, na, na ... CODA | Db(add9) | (repeat, vocals ad lib) 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