Chorus FAm A man is not his song Am A song is a promise F Am If a man is just his song FAm Then the song is beyond us Verse 1 F Em Am How they, they make it up Dsus2 C F And it sends in deep elation Em Am Eventually it could let you down Dsus2 C F By believing in standing ovation Em Am Dsus2 C F Song won't lift up if made by revenge, so oh sweet Em Am I will, will it Dsus2 C To add up to more than you or me Chorus F Em Am 'Cause a man is not his song FAm And I'm not a story F Am But I wanna sing along FAm If he's singing it for me Verse 2 Em Am Dsus2 That filament that flies by C And it brings yellow light from those yellow summers back F Em Am By coconut palm, snowy pine Dsus2 C I've heard years pass through my ears to hear otherwise F Em Am We all believe in old melodies Dsus2 C Carry tunes around like they carry me Instrumental Em C x4 Bridge C Em A man is not his song Am F (Though we all wanna sing along) C 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...