Intro:

|     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 talkin' 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.

Outro:

          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