Mama Shakers

When My Man Is Out Of Town(Chords)

Mama Shakers

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Intro 

      G                          Em                  C               G 
Last morning in the rain my man left with a train, leaving me for a day. 
    G                   Em              C7                     B7 
We said goodbye with an awful sigh, but inside I?m glad he is away. 
        Am               Em                 Am                  Em 
?Cause when I?m alone I jump to the phone, calling up my girl friends. 
    Am                      Em                         C7                B7   D7 
We hang around in bars, we drink and smoke cigars and play all sorts of games. 

Verse 1:

G E7 Because when my man is out of town, he thinks I?m lonely. A7 D7 G D7 He thinks I?m lonely when he isn?t here, yes, my baby dear. G E7 When my man is out of town, he thinks I?m lonely. A7 D7 G He thinks I?m lonely when he isn?t here. B7 Em Because when he is not around, he thinks I cry my heart out, C7 B7 D7 that I cry every day when he?s away, and I display my pain. G E7 But when my man is out of town, I?m never lonely, A7 D7 G D7 I?m never lonely when he isn?t here.

Verse 2:

G E7 A7 D7 Bm Em D7 G E7 A7 D7 G B7 Em C7 B7 D7 G E7 A7 D7 G

Bridge:

Am C B7 When he is on a trip I don?t miss him, not even a tidy tiny bit. Am F#7 B7 I wouldn?t even care if he would never come back home, that he decided to be gone. Am C7 B7 He is such a joker, like my lady who knows just how to get me high. Am F# C B E7 They have so much fun, much more than we will ever see, I think he might not be the one, one for me.

Verse 3:

A F# F#7 Because when my man is out of town, he thinks I?m lonely. B7 E7 A E7 He thinks I?m lonely when he isn?t here, yes, my baby dear. A F# F#7 'Cause when my man is out of town, he thinks I?m lonely. B7 E7 A He thinks I?m lonely when he isn?t here. C#7 F# Because when he is not around, he thinks I am a shade of broken, D7 C#7 E7 that he breaks my little heart, when we?re apart. A F# Because when my man is out of town, I?m never lonely, B7 E7 A Am D7 I?m never lonely when he isn?t here. Coda G Em C G I never stay in drinking clear as a gin, fooling around all night. G Em C7 B7 I do as I please, ?cause I find that I don?t even miss to hold him tight. Am Em Am Em ?Cause he doesn?t know, I spent all his dough, paying every flaw. Am Em C D G D# G D G We don?t even care, if it all is out there, ?cause me and my girls get wild.

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