I Truly Understand

Jerry Garcia

Key of G · Chords: I V

Verse 1

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I wish to the Lord I'd never been born
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Or died when I was young
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Before I'd seen your two brown eyes
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Or heard your lying tongue, love
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Or heard your lying tongue

Chorus

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I truly understand you love another man
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And your heart shall no longer be mine
G       D7             G            D7
I truly understand you love another man
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And your heart shall no longer be mine

Verse 2

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I'll never listen to what another woman says
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Whether her hair be either black or brown
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I'd rather be on the top of some hill
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The rain a-pouring down, down
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The rain a-pouring down

Chorus

G       D7             G            D7
I truly understand you love another man
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And your heart shall no longer be mine
G       D7             G            D7
I truly understand you love another man
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And your heart shall no longer be mine

Verse 3

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Now who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot?
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And who's gonna glove your hand?
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Who's gonna be your own true love
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When I'm in a foreign land, love
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When I'm in a foreign land?

Verse 4

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Now mama's gonna shoe your pretty little foot
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And papa's gonna glove your hand
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And I'll still be your own true love
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When I'm in a foreign land, love
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When I'm in a foreign land

Chorus

G       D7             G            D7
I truly understand you love another man
G
And your heart shall no longer be mine
G       D7             G            D7
I truly understand you love another man
G
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Verse 5

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I'll never listen to what another woman says
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Whether her hair be either black or brown
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I'd rather be on the top of some hill
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The rain a-pouring down, down
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The rain a-pouring down