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Understand Your Man

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Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Understand Your Man
***PLEASE RATE AND COMMENT***
Intro:
    C       C       Am     Am
|       |       |      |      |
    F       G       C       C
|       |       |       |       |
 C                           Am
 Don't call my name out your window, I'm leavin';
F                   G7
 I won't even turn my head.
C                          Am
 Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin';
D7                       G7
 I'll be gone like I said.
C
 You would say the same old thing that you'd been sayin' all the long.
 F
 Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut till I'm gone.
 C                               Am
 Don't give me that old familiar cry and cuss and moan;
F     G          C                      Am
 Understand your man. I'm tired of your bad-mouthin'.
F     G          C
 Understand your man.
Dobro Solo:
    C       C       Am     Am
|       |       |      |      |
    F       G       G7     G7
|       |       |      |      |
    C       C       Am     Am
|       |       |      |      |
    D7     D7     G       G
|      |      |       |       |
    C       C       C       C
|       |       |       |       |
    F       F       F       F
|       |       |       |       |
    C       C       Am     Am
|       |       |      |      |
    F       G       C       C
|       |       |       |       |
         C                         Am
 You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army,
F                              G7
 And everything else I leave behind.
 C                              Am
 I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my trav'lin',
D7                       G7
 While I'm untanglin' my mind.
C
 I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore,
 F
 While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before.
C                     Am
 I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter;
F                 G          C
 Then you'll understand your man.
Outro:
    Am         F     G          C
Meditate on it. Understand your man.
           Am               F     G          C
You hear me talkin', honey?  Understand your man.
               Am      F     G          C
'Member what I told ya. Understand your man.
F     G          C
 Understand your man.   (Fade out)

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Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Understand Your Man
***PLEASE RATE AND COMMENT***
Intro:
|   C    |   C    |   Am   |   Am   |
|   F    |   G    |   C    |   C    |
Dobro Solo:
|   C    |   C    |   Am   |   Am   |
|   F    |   G    |   G7   |   G7   |
|   C    |   C    |   Am   |   Am   |
|   D7   |   D7   |   G    |   G    |
|   C    |   C    |   C    |   C    |
|   F    |   F    |   F    |   F    |
|   C    |   C    |   Am   |   Am   |
|   F    |   G    |   C    |   C    |
Outro:

Understand Your Man Chords by Johnny Cash

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The chords for "Understand Your Man" show the original chord names (including C, Am, F, G, G7, D7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.