Key: Eb major
Verse 1
D
G
Understanding is the best
Am
A
G
Between a boy and a girl
A
D
Dm
understand
D
G
You know understanding
is a mighty powerful thing,
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,
Am
Try to explain just exactly what it means
A
D
Now wait a minute, listen,
for instance, you take me
Verse 3
work and pay the rent and the
A
Am
Bills and buy her fine pretty
just waitin' round the
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
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,
Am
A
really understand
Dm
D
Now listen I don't want
One sided affair, no no
Verse 5
G
Am
A
Catch her, because what I don't see can't hurt me,
you
If I should ever
names like you all might
Am
A
No no
Verse 6
Hardware store and buy myself
Come back, square off,
D
G
and believe her soul's gonna
Belong to the good lord
Verse 7
and I
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,
A
Am
you really understand
Outro 1
A
D
G
D
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