[Intro - Palm-muted syncopated guitar riff, driving hi-hats] [Verse 1 - Clean arpeggiated guitar, controlled mid-range vocal] You know every one of my gestures The way I move, the way I'm dressed up You know how I pace 'round the bedroom And you know my favorite records [Pre-Chorus - Drums open up, crash cymbal, guitar widens] You know everything, but you don't know everything [Chorus - Full band, wide distorted power chords, belted vocal] 'Cause I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Guitar adds layered harmony on third repeat] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Band locks in, crash accents on fourth repeat] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Verse 2 - Palm-mute returns, rhythm section tight, vocal pulls back] I need some time to be by myself It's hard enough when I don't have help We're always fighting for no reason at all [Clean guitar swells under the line] And when you're hurt, oh, girl, it's hard for me to watch 'Cause I care about you [Pre-Chorus - Build begins, ride cymbal, bass becomes more active] But it's not like that Yeah, I care about you [Chorus - Full explosion, wide power chords, belted chest voice] But it's not like that 'cause I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Guitar feedback sustains into the next line] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Bridge - Half-time drums, sparse bass, clean ambient guitar, vulnerable vocal] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Stripped down to just reverb-drenched clean guitar] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Bass enters with a simple descending line] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Drums re-enter with a soft tom fill, building tension] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Guitar Solo - Blues-influenced, expressive bends and vibrato, backing band swells under the solo] [Solo starts melodic and crying, builds into aggressive pentatonic runs, ends with a sustained bend that hangs in the air] [Final Chorus - Full band, driving sixteenth-note hi-hats, massive power chords, backing vocals enter] I'm not your man I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Backing vocals: "not your man" harmonized] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Driving crash cymbals, bass locked with kick drum] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Band cuts out on the final "I'm not your man" — just vocal and feedback] I've been trying to tell you, trying to tell you, I'm not your man [Outro - Single distorted power chord rings out, feedback fades, hi-hat counts down and stops] [End]
