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Johnny Cash - Understand Your Man Chords

Chord reference C, Am, F, G, D, G7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C]Don’t call my name out your [Am]window, I’m leaving [F]I won’t even turn my [G]head [C]Don’t sent your kin folk to [Am]give me no talking [D]I’ll be gone like I [G7]said

[C]You’d just say the same old things that [C7]you been saying all along [F]Lay there in your bed and keep your [Fm]mouth shut till I’m gone [C]Don’t give me that old familiar [Am]cry and fuss and moan [F]Under[G7]stand your [C]man

I’m tired of your [Am]bad mouthing [F]Under[G7]stand your [C]man

[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [Am] [D] [G7]

[C]You can give my other suits to the [Am]Salvation Army [F]And everything else I leave be[G]hind [C]I ain’t taking nothing that’ll [Am]slow down my traveling [D]While I’m untangling my [G]mind

[C]I ain’t gonna repeat what I [C7]said any more [F]While I’m breathing air that ain’t been [Fm]breathed before [C]I’ll be as gone as the [Am]wild goose in winter [F]Then you’ll under[G7]stand your [C]man

Medi[Am]tate on it

[F]Under[G7]stand your [C]man You hear me [Am]talking, honey? [F]Under[G7]stand your [C]man Hear what I [Am]told you?

Artist Johnny Cash
Album I Walk the Line
Genres Country, Folk
Year 1964
Key C

How to Play Understand Your Man on Guitar?

Johnny Cash - Understand Your Man can be played in the key of C using the C, Am, F, G, D, G7 chords.

  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Understand Your Man with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.