I'm The Boss chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
C 
F 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) Before
a man
G 
marries one thing,  (G major) 
he should get straight.
Who is the captain?
C 
 (C major) Who is the first mate to mop stand
F 
and airport to scrub  (F major) on his knees?
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A  (G major) man's entitled to decisions like these.
C 
 (C major) I'm the boss.
He's the boss.
There's no doubt of it.
G 
I'm the  (G major) boss.
He's the boss.
C 
And I'm  (C major) proud of it.
I make the decisions
F 
and mine  (F major) is the final one.
G 
Don't  (G major) tell me how the dishes
C 
F 
G 
should be  (C major) done.  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 
My woman and I,
Dm 
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we live  (D minor) in tran (G major) quility.
Don't ask how to spell it,
C 
I'm  (C major) not nobility
I say men are smarter
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and my  (F major) woman agrees
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What  (G major) I  cook for supper
C 
should be up to  (C major) me
He's the boss, there's no doubt of it
G 
C 
He's the  (G major) boss, and I'm  (C major) proud of it
I make the decisions
F 
and mine  (F major) is the final one
G 
Don't  (G major) tell me how the dishes
C 
F 
G 
should be  (C major) done  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Take my advice,  (G major) friend,
stay in the driver's seat
You give in an inch
C 
and you're  (C major) doomed to defeat
Let her know you're the boss,
F 
man can't  (F major) live on his knees
G 
Fold  (G major) the baby's diapers
any way that you please
C 
 (C major) I'm the boss, there's no doubt of it
G 
C 
I'm the  (G major) boss, be so  (C major) proud of it
I make the decisions
F 
and mine  (F major) is the final one
G 
Don't  (G major) tell me how the dishes
C 
should be  (C major) done