Understanding chords by
Ray Charles
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Key: Eb major
Verse 1
C
C

F
F

Understanding is the best
C
C

thing in the world,
Gm
Gm

G
G

F
F

Between a boy and a girl
Em
Em

Boy and girl and even a
F
F

woman or a man,
Gm
Gm

It's always better when you really
G
G

C
C

Cm
Cm

understand
C
C

F
F

You know understanding
is a mighty powerful thing,
C
C

that's why it makes me so sad
Verse 2
G
G

Gm
Gm

When I see my friends wandering
G
G

C
C

F
F

around through the world,
Never knowing the meaning of the word
Em
Em

C
C

Understanding, so in the next few minutes,
F
F

I'm gonna
Gm
Gm

Try to explain just exactly what it means
G
G

C
C

Now wait a minute, listen,
for instance, you take me
Cm
Cm

And my old lady,
F
F

we gotta good thing goin'
Verse 3
C
C

Because I know If I don't
work and pay the rent and the
G
G

Gm
Gm

Bills and buy her fine pretty
Cm
Cm

clothes to wear well,
F
F

There are fifteen other guys
just waitin' round the
Em
Em

Corner, and I don't care how much
C
C

F
F

that woman loves me,
She's gonna go out and find
G
G

Gm
Gm

herself one of them who
Will and that's why I
C
C

believe that
F
F

Understanding is the best thing in the world,
C
C

G
G

F
F

Between a boy and a girl
Verse 4
F
F

Em
Em

Boy and girl and even a
woman or a man,
F
F

It's always better when you
Gm
Gm

G
G

really understand
Cm
Cm

C
C

Now listen I don't want
F
F

you to think that this is a
One sided affair, no no
C
C

Because my old lady also understands
Gm
Gm

that a man must
F
F

Have respect
Verse 5
F
F

What I mean is,
Em
Em

if she must play around don't let me
F
F

Gm
Gm

G
G

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

Understand? but on the other hand,
If I should ever
F
F

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

And call her a bunch of bad
names like you all might
Gm
Gm

G
G

No no
Verse 6
Gm
Gm

What I'm gonna do,
F
F

I'm gonna go down- town to the
Hardware store and buy myself
Em
Em

a double blade axe,
Come back, square off,
C
C

F
F

and believe her soul's gonna
Belong to the good lord
Verse 7
Gm
Gm

Because her head's gonna belong to me,
and I
G
G

Guarantee she'll know what I
C
C

mean when I'll say
F
F

Understanding is the best thing in the world,
C
C

Gm
Gm

G
G

Cm
Cm

F
F

Between a boy and a girl
Verse 8
F
F

Em
Em

Boy and girl and even a
woman or a man,
F
F

It's always better when
G
G

Gm
Gm

you really understand
Outro 1
G
G

C
C

F
F

C
C

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