Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson

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                Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
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Written by: Glen Ballard/Siedah Garrett
From: "BAD" (1987)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
  G       D/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|----3-----3-
G|4-----2-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

     Em      D
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|--3------
--0-|---------
----|------4--
----|---------
----|---------

        C(add9
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-3-----|------
-------|------
-----2-|2---2-
-------|--3---
-------|------

)             
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
--0-------|---
----3-----|---
0-----0---|---
--------2-|---
----------|3--
----------|---

    [ C/D ]
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------0-----|
---3---------|
-0-----------|
-------------|
-------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-
D/F#      2-x-
C(add9)   x-3-
C/D       x-x-
G/B       x-2-
D7sus4    x-x-
G7/B      x-2-
C#dim     x-4-
Csus4/D   x-5-

D-G-B-E
0-2-3-x
2-0-3-0
0-0-1-0  or x-
0-0-0-3
0-2-1-3
0-0-0-1
5-3-5-x  or (e
5-5-6-x  or (e

x-0-0-1-3
asier) x-x-2-3
asier) x-x-0-0

-2-3
-1-1

Ab/C      x-3-
Db        x-4-
Db/Eb     x-x-
Ddim      x-x-
Dbsus4/Eb x-6-
Eb/G      3-6-
Db(add9)  x-4-

1-1-1-x  or x-3-6(5)x-x 
3-1-2-1  or x-4-6-6-6-4
1-1-2-1  or x-6-6-6-6-x
0-1-3-1  or x-5-6-4-6-x
6-6-7-x  or x-x-1-1-2-2
5-3-4-3
6-6-4-4

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[Intro]
|   |   |  |  [  ] |


[Verse]
          
 I'm gonna mak

#
e a change
           
  For once in 

       [  ]
my life
             
It's gonna fee

       
l real good
             
Gonna make a d

             
ifference, gon

          
na make it rig


ht


[Verse]
             
As I turn up t

   
he collar on
           
 My favorite w

           
inter coat
       
 This wind is 

              
blowing my min

     [  ]
d
             
I see the kids

        
 in the street
         
With not enoug

h to eat
         
 Who am I to b


e blind? Prete

nding not to s

ee their needs


[Bridge]
           
 A summer's di

        
sregard, a bro

ken bottle top
       
 And one man's

   
 soul (and a o

ne man's soul)
           
They follow ea

              
ch other on th

  
e wind ya' kno

w
            
'Cause they go

        
t nowhere to g

/            
o, that's why 

              
I want you to 

   [  ]
know


[Chorus]
          
 I'm starting 

             
with the man i

      
n the mirror
          
 I'm asking hi

             
m to change hi

  
s ways
         
 And no messag

             
e could have b

        
een any cleare

r
       
If you want to

 make the worl

d a better pla

ce
       
Take a look at

              
 yourself, and

              
 then make a c

  [  ]
hange


[Interlude]
|   |  
           (Na

 |  |  [  ] |
, na, na, ...)


[Verse]
            
 I've been a v

/         
ictim of a sel

     
fish kind of l

ove
       
 It's time tha

  
t I realize
              
That there are

             
 some with no 

        
home, not a ni

             [  ]
ckel to loan
            
 Could it be r

(        
eally me, pret

       
ending that th

ey're not alon

e?


[Bridge]
           
 A willow deep

           
ly scarred, so

mebody's broke

n heart
       
 And a washed-

    
out dream
           
They follow th

              
e pattern of t

   
he wind ya' se

e
            
'Cause they go

         
t no place to 

           
be, that's why

              
 I'm starting 

      [  ]
with me


[Chorus]
          
 I'm starting 

             
with the man i

      
n the mirror
          
 I'm asking hi

             
m to change hi

  
s ways
          
 And no messag

             
e could have b

        
een any cleare

r
       
If you want to

 make the worl

d a better pla

ce
       
Take a look at

              
 yourself, and

              
 then make a c

  [  ]
hange


[Chorus]
          
 I'm starting 

             
with the man i

      
n the mirror
          
 I'm asking hi

             
m to change hi

  
s ways
          
 And no messag

             
e could have b

        
een any cleare

r
       
If you want to

 make the worl

d a better pla

ce
       
Take a look at

              
 yourself, and

       
 then make    

 [  ]
that


[Chorus]
          
Change! I'm st

/            
arting with th

           
e man in the m


irror
        
 I'm asking hi

            
m to change hi

  
s ways
        
 No message co

            
uld have been 

    
any clearer
       
If you want to


 make the worl

d a better pla

ce
       
Take a look at

   
 yourself and 

then make the 

change
          
You gotta get 


it right, whil

e you got the 

time
          
You can't clos

         
e your, then y

    
ou close     y

   [ 
our,       min

 ]
d!


[Chorus]
        
 I'm starting 

            
with the man i

      
n the mirror
        
 I'm asking hi

            
m to change hi

  
s ways
        
 No message co

            
uld have been 

    
any clearer
       
If you want to


 make the worl

d a better pla

ce
       
Take a look at

   
 yourself and 

then make the 

change

[Interlude]
|   | 
             N

  |  | % | 
a, na, na ...
|   | 
             N

  |  
a, na, na ...


CODA
|  | 
(repeat, vocal

s 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


  (Change) Mak

e that change