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