Shania Twain-Man I Feel Like A Woman - BPM - 125
[Intro - BPM 125 - Slow groove - Lower 5th Vocal harmony for the choruses][Main Riff No drums ]
Easier way to play riff
G5 G5 E5 D5 - G5 G5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-----5--5--------------|
A|---------7-5-------------------|
E|---3-3-3-----------------------|
Lets go girls
[Vamp]
[G] - 2 bars no drums - offbeat riff * sustained longer than the others
X* xxX xxX xxX xxX
"come on" drums in - 2 bars
[Verse 1 - C can play C then C7 and pull off the 7th to open string
to simulate riff - then bend whole Bb chord slightly]
[G] I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright
Gonna let it all hang [C]* out [Bb]
[G] Wanna make some noise - Really raise my voice
Yeah, I wanna scream and [C] shout [Bb]
[Vamp - that implies the main riff - count triplets]
xxx xx[G] xx[G] xx[Em]
B S B S
[D5]xx xx[G] xx[G] (stop guitar)
B S B S xxB S
('ah' on the 1)
[Verse 2]
[G]No inhibitions, make no conditions
Get a little outta [C] line [Bb]
[G]I ain't gonna act politically correct
I only wanna have a good [C] time [Bb]
[F] The best thing about being a woman
[G] Is the prerogative To have a little fun and
[Chorus - with D play high A to simulate melody]
[D] Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady Men's shirt, short skirts
Oh, oh, [Bm] oh really go wild, yeah
[G] Doin' it in [D] style
Oh, oh, oh get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair - Do what I dare
Oh, oh, [Bm] oh I wanna be free
Yeah, to [G] feel the way I [Em7] feel (drums 1 bar)
Man!(drums stop) I feel like a woman!
[Main Riff- Gsus4 - 33x--3 - *=drums back - Em can put run in - 022 020]
[G] [G] [Em] [D5] - [G] [G] x x
[C - or G/C] [C] [Em] [D5] - [C] [C] x x
[Verse]
[G] The girls need a break - Tonight we're gonna take
[G] The chance to get out on the [C] town [Bb]
[G] We don't need romance - We only wanna dance
[G] We're gonna let our hair hang [C] down [Bb]
[F] The best thing about being woman
[G] Is the prerogative To have a little fun and
[Chorus]
[D] Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady - Men's shirt, short skirts
Oh, oh, [Bm] oh really go wild, yeah
[G] Doin' it in [D] style
Oh, oh, oh get in the action feel the attraction
Color my hair - Do what I dare
Oh, oh, [Bm] oh I wanna be free
Yeah, to [G] feel the way I [Em7] feel (stop)
Man! I feel like a woman!
[Solo - Play chords higher to make more interesting
- can use Higher Ground technique to play triplets - 6 beats each chord]
[F] [C] [G] [G]
[F] [C] [G] [G] oh yeah
Play this figure over G - triplet strumming - sounds quite full
[G]
E -3-------------
B -3-------------
G -5b7-------------
D ---------------
A ---------------
E ---------------
[F] The best thing about being woman
[G] Is the prerogative to have a little fun (stop with snare)
fun fun(snare)
[Chorus]
[D] Oh, oh, oh (play D - x00235) go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirt, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh [Bm] really go wild, yeah
[G] Doin' it in [D] style
Oh, oh, oh get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair - Do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh [Bm] I wanna be free
Yeah, to [G] feel the way [Em7] I feel
(the way I feel)
(stop) Man! I feel like a woman!
[Outro - *=drums back]
[G] [G] [Em] [Em7]*
[G] [G] [G] [G] - [G] [G] [Em] [Em7]
[C] [C] [C] [C] - [C] [C] [Em] [Em7]
[G] [G] [G] [G] - [G] [G] [Em] [Em7]
[C] [C] [C] [C] - [C] [C] [Em] [Em7]
[G] [G] [G] [G] - woo [G] [G] woo [Em] [Em7]
wooo [C] [C] [C] [C] - I feel[C] [C] like[Em] a[Em7]
wom[G] an[G]
B B
[End]