Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 It took a bully ridin' my back, to make me man enough to fight

 And a summer with my grandad, to find out what hard work's like

 It took that football coach in high school, to make me tougher than the rest

 And that first beer with my daddy, to put that first hair on my chest

 It took a heart to heart with Jesus, to bring me to my knees

 But it took a woman to make a man out of me

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 It took a pair of soft blue eyes, And a smile so sweet

 To make me reach up high, and really dig down deep

 She made me so much more, than who I used to be

 It took a woman to make a man out of me

 It took the first year we we're datin', and hangin' to much with the boys

 For her to give an ultimatum, for me I'll have to make a choice

 It took that one add in the paper, to sell that sixty eight fire bird

 And buy that diamond ring I gave her, and rent out that little church

 It took the day my baby girl was born, to make a tear roll down my cheek

 But it took a woman to make a man out of me

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 It took a pair of soft blue eyes, And a smile so sweet

 To make me reach up high, and really dig down deep

 She made me so much more, than who I used to be

 Yeah, it took a woman to make a man out of me

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 She made me so much more, than who I used to be

 Yeah, it took a woman, Oh it took a woman, to make a man out of me