If You Can't Hold The Man You Love Chords

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]My sermon for the Sabbath day
[E]said Mar[Am]ston Johnson's pro[E]wl
[Am]It's gonna [E]be [Am]a visit
[F#dim]to every [G]gal in[Em] town[G]
[E]Now [Am]Mandy [E]Lee [Am]just told [E]me
a [Am]man had gone away
[G]That will [D]be the subject
[G]whi[D]ch I'll preach abo[Dm]ut tod[G]ay
[C]You [G]can[C]'t hold the
[Ebdim]man you l[Ab]ove,[Cm]
[C]don't cry when he's gone
[F]You can't keep a [C]good man [A]down,
[D]don't you carry on[G]
[C]First I want you gals
to know
[F]a little fact I've known
[Ebdim]It takes [D]more t[Em]han a[C] radio[D]
[G]to [E]keep a [Am]man at h[G]ome
[C]At some night when [Ebdim]you're al[Ab]one,
[C]waitin'[Am] for the dawn[C]
[F]Listen sisters, listen while I [E]warn,
[B]dog[Ebdim] gone[E]
You can't [Am]mail a letter if it isn't stamped
You can't reform a man
[G]but he can be re[C]vamped
You can't hold the [Ebdim]man you love,
[Ab]don'[Cm]t cry [C]when[G] he's gone[Am]
[F]You [C]can't hold a bir[Ebdim]d
unless you [G]feed him seeds
You [C]can't [Em]hold a dog
[Ebdim]without the bones he [G]needs
For [C]monkey don't get peanuts,
you'll [F]find him gone
[Ab]You can't hold a chicken[G]
unless you [C]feed him [G]corn
[Baug]You can'[Cm]t hold[C] a seal
[Ebdim]unless you feed him [G]fish
You [C]even got to grant [Ebdim]a baby
the [G]slightest wish
Now [C]let me tell you sure
that the [F]Lord above
[Ab]You can't hold a man
[G]unless you give him love
And [C]some nights [Ebdim]you're
[B]alone[Ab][Cm]
[C]Waitin' for the dawn
[F]Listen sisters, listen to me
While I [E]warn [D]the god[E]s
Oh, you [Am]bet ter get wise
and real[G]ize the truth
[Am]Keep the home fires [G]burning
for your flaming youth
[G]You[C] can't hold the man[Ab] you love
[C]Don't cry [G]when he's [F]gone[F#dim][Am][F][Am][G][C][Am][C][F][C][A]
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[E]Now, ever since the world began
[A]A front -door woman's
had a back -door man
You can[C]'t hold the [Ab]man you love
Don't [Am]cry when he's gone
I said, don't cry when he's gone you