Understand Your Man Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
91.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] Don't call my name [A] out your [Am] window when I'm leaving, [F] I won't even turn [G] my head.
[C] Don't send your kinfolks [Am] to give me no talking, [A] [D] I'll be gone like [G] I said.
[C] You'd say the same old thing that you've been saying all [Eb] along, [F] lay there in your bed and
keep your mouth shut till I'm [C] gone.
Don't give me that old familiar [Am] cryin' cussin' moan.
[F] [G] Understand [C] you old man, I'm [Am] tired of your bad [F]-mouthing.
[G] Understand [C] you old man, [Bm] [C]
[Em] [Am] [F]
[G] [C]
[Am] [D]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] you can give my other [Em] suit [Am] to the Salvation Army, [F] and everything
else I [G] leave behind.
[C] I ain't taking nothing [Am] that'll slow down my traveling [D] while I'm untangled in my [G] mind.
[C] I ain't gonna repeat what I said [Eb] anymore [F] while I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed [E] before.
[C] I'll be as [Am] gone as a wild goose in winter.
[Dm] Then you'll [G]
understand [C] you old man, [Am] meditate [G] on it.
[F] [G]
Understand [C] you old man, you hear me [Am] talking, [F] understand [G]
[C] you old man, remember what [Am] I told
you, [F] [G] understand.
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] Don't call my name [A] out your [Am] window when I'm leaving, [F] I won't even turn [G] my head.
[C] Don't send your kinfolks [Am] to give me no talking, [A] [D] I'll be gone like [G] I said.
[C] You'd say the same old thing that you've been saying all [Eb] along, [F] lay there in your bed and
keep your mouth shut till I'm [C] gone.
Don't give me that old familiar [Am] cryin' cussin' moan.
[F] [G] Understand [C] you old man, I'm [Am] tired of your bad [F]-mouthing.
[G] Understand [C] you old man, [Bm] [C]
[Em] [Am] [F]
[G] [C]
[Am] [D]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C] you can give my other [Em] suit [Am] to the Salvation Army, [F] and everything
else I [G] leave behind.
[C] I ain't taking nothing [Am] that'll slow down my traveling [D] while I'm untangled in my [G] mind.
[C] I ain't gonna repeat what I said [Eb] anymore [F] while I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed [E] before.
[C] I'll be as [Am] gone as a wild goose in winter.
[Dm] Then you'll [G]
understand [C] you old man, [Am] meditate [G] on it.
[F] [G]
Understand [C] you old man, you hear me [Am] talking, [F] understand [G]
[C] you old man, remember what [Am] I told
you, [F] [G] understand.
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Key:
C
G
Am
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D
C
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Am
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Don't call my name [A] out your [Am] window when I'm leaving, _ [F] I won't even turn [G] my head.
_ _ [C] Don't send your kinfolks [Am] to give me no talking, [A] _ [D] _ I'll be gone like [G] I said.
_ _ _ [C] You'd say the same old thing that you've been saying all [Eb] along, [F] lay there in your bed and
keep your mouth shut till I'm [C] gone.
Don't give me that old familiar [Am] cryin' cussin' moan.
[F] _ [G] Understand [C] you old man, I'm [Am] tired of your bad [F]-mouthing.
[G] Understand [C] you old man, _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ you can give my other [Em] suit [Am] to the Salvation Army, [F] and everything
else I [G] leave behind.
_ _ [C] I ain't taking nothing [Am] that'll slow down my traveling [D] while I'm untangled in my [G] mind.
_ _ [C] I ain't gonna repeat what I said [Eb] anymore [F] while I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed [E] before.
[C] I'll be as [Am] gone as a wild goose in winter.
[Dm] Then you'll [G]
understand [C] you old man, [Am] meditate [G] on it.
_ [F] _ [G]
Understand [C] you old man, you hear me [Am] talking, _ [F] understand [G] _
[C] you old man, remember what [Am] I told
you, _ [F] _ _ [G] understand.
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Don't call my name [A] out your [Am] window when I'm leaving, _ [F] I won't even turn [G] my head.
_ _ [C] Don't send your kinfolks [Am] to give me no talking, [A] _ [D] _ I'll be gone like [G] I said.
_ _ _ [C] You'd say the same old thing that you've been saying all [Eb] along, [F] lay there in your bed and
keep your mouth shut till I'm [C] gone.
Don't give me that old familiar [Am] cryin' cussin' moan.
[F] _ [G] Understand [C] you old man, I'm [Am] tired of your bad [F]-mouthing.
[G] Understand [C] you old man, _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ you can give my other [Em] suit [Am] to the Salvation Army, [F] and everything
else I [G] leave behind.
_ _ [C] I ain't taking nothing [Am] that'll slow down my traveling [D] while I'm untangled in my [G] mind.
_ _ [C] I ain't gonna repeat what I said [Eb] anymore [F] while I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed [E] before.
[C] I'll be as [Am] gone as a wild goose in winter.
[Dm] Then you'll [G]
understand [C] you old man, [Am] meditate [G] on it.
_ [F] _ [G]
Understand [C] you old man, you hear me [Am] talking, _ [F] understand [G] _
[C] you old man, remember what [Am] I told
you, _ [F] _ _ [G] understand.
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _