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Date: 3/7/99; 2:08:19 PM
From: Guitar Picker 
Subject: CRD: The Measure of a Man  by Andy Landis

 Words and music: Larry Boone and Rick Bowles
 Performer: Andy Landis
 Harmony vocals: Ricky Skaggs
 Album: Stranger (1993)

 Best played with bar chords


 The Measure of a Man

               G
 You may never buy me a big house,
                                           A
 A Cadillac to cruise in with the top down,
                       G
 That ain't the way I am.

 I judge a man by the gold on the inside,
                                              A  D
 I'm not fooled by the glitter on the outside,
                             G
 That ain't the measure of a man.


 Chorus:
                      A
 It's not how far you go,
                       G
 It's not how much you make.
                      D
 Boy it's what you've give,
              G
 Not what you take.
                       A
 It's being strong and true,
                      G
 To those counting on you.
                A              D
 It's lending a hand, making a stand,
            D            G
 That's the measure of a man.


 Give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.
 Stand behind every word you say.
 Seal a deal with a shake of your hand.
 If you're a few rungs short of the top of the ladder,
 When you meet your Maker what will it matter?
 That ain't the measure of a man.

 Chorus

 It's lending a hand, making a stand,
 That's the measure of a man.