| ***PLEASE RATE AND COMMENT*** |
| | C | C | Am | Am | |
| | F | G | C | C | |
| C | Am | |
| Don’t call my name out your | window when you’re 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 |
| Under- | stand your | man. I’m tired of your | bad-mouthin’. |
| F | G | C |
| Under- | stand 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 | |
| G | Am | |
| You can | give my other suit to the | Salvation Army, |
| F | G7 |
| And ev’rything else I leave be- | hind. |
| 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 under- | stand your | man. |
| Am | F | G | C | |
| Medi- | tate on it. | Under- | stand your | man. |
| Am | F | G | C |
| You hear me | talk-in | ’, honey? | Under-stand your man. |
| Am | F | G | C | |
| ’Member what I | told ya | . Under- | stand your | man. |
| F | G | C |
| Under- | stand your | man. (Fade out) |
| Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/johnny_cash/understand_your_man_crd.htm |