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