Understanding

Understanding easy guitar chords by Ray Charles

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • Dm

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • Dm

    • Verse 1
    D
    G

    Understanding is the best
    D

    thing in the world,
    Am
    A
    G

    Between a boy and a girl
    F#m

    Boy and girl and even a
    G

    woman or a man,
    Am

    It's always better when you really
    A
    D
    Dm

    understand
    D
    G

    You know understanding

    is a mighty powerful thing,
    D

    that's why it makes me so sad
    Verse 2
    A
    Am

    When I see my friends wandering
    A
    D
    G

    around through the world,

    Never knowing the meaning of the word
    F#m
    D

    Understanding, so in the next few minutes,
    G

    I'm gonna
    Am

    Try to explain just exactly what it means
    A
    D

    Now wait a minute, listen,

    for instance, you take me
    Dm

    And my old lady,
    G

    we gotta good thing goin'
    Verse 3
    D

    Because I know If I don't

    work and pay the rent and the
    A
    Am

    Bills and buy her fine pretty
    Dm

    clothes to wear well,
    G

    There are fifteen other guys

    just waitin' round the
    F#m

    Corner, and I don't care how much
    D
    G

    that woman loves me,

    She's gonna go out and find
    A
    Am

    herself one of them who

    Will and that's why I
    D

    believe that
    G

    Understanding is the best thing in the world,
    D

    A
    G

    Between a boy and a girl
    Verse 4
    G
    F#m

    Boy and girl and even a

    woman or a man,
    G

    It's always better when you
    Am
    A

    really understand
    Dm
    D

    Now listen I don't want
    G

    you to think that this is a

    One sided affair, no no
    D

    Because my old lady also understands
    Am

    that a man must
    G

    Have respect
    Verse 5
    G

    What I mean is,
    F#m

    if she must play around don't let me
    G
    Am
    A

    Catch her, because what I don't see can't hurt me,

    you
    D

    Understand? but on the other hand,

    If I should ever
    G

    Catch her I'm not gonna talk about- a
    D

    And call her a bunch of bad

    names like you all might
    Am
    A

    No no
    Verse 6
    Am

    What I'm gonna do,
    G

    I'm gonna go down- town to the

    Hardware store and buy myself
    F#m

    a double blade axe,

    Come back, square off,
    D
    G

    and believe her soul's gonna

    Belong to the good lord
    Verse 7
    Am

    Because her head's gonna belong to me,

    and I
    A

    Guarantee she'll know what I
    D

    mean when I'll say
    G

    Understanding is the best thing in the world,
    D

    Am
    A
    Dm
    G

    Between a boy and a girl
    Verse 8
    G
    F#m

    Boy and girl and even a

    woman or a man,
    G

    It's always better when
    A
    Am

    you really understand
    Outro 1
    A
    D
    G
    D

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