Key: Eb major
Verse 1
A
D
Understanding is the best
Em
E
D
Between a boy and a girl
E
A
Am
understand
A
D
You know understanding
is a mighty powerful thing,
Verse 2
E
Em
When I see my friends wandering
E
A
D
around through the world,
Never knowing the meaning of the word
C#m
A
Understanding, so in the next few minutes,
Em
Try to explain just exactly what it means
E
A
Now wait a minute, listen,
for instance, you take me
Verse 3
work and pay the rent and the
E
Em
Bills and buy her fine pretty
just waitin' round the
A
D
that woman loves me,
She's gonna go out and find
E
Em
herself one of them who
Will and that's why I
D
Understanding is the best thing in the world,
A
E
D
Between a boy and a girl
Verse 4
D
C#m
Boy and girl and even a
woman or a man,
Em
E
really understand
Am
A
Now listen I don't want
One sided affair, no no
Verse 5
D
Em
E
Catch her, because what I don't see can't hurt me,
you
If I should ever
names like you all might
Em
E
No no
Verse 6
Hardware store and buy myself
Come back, square off,
A
D
and believe her soul's gonna
Belong to the good lord
Verse 7
and I
D
Understanding is the best thing in the world,
A
Em
E
Am
D
Between a boy and a girl
Verse 8
D
C#m
Boy and girl and even a
woman or a man,
E
Em
you really understand
Outro 1
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