| C | Am | |
| Don't call my name out your | window, I'm leaving |
| F | G | |
| I won't even turn my | head |
| C | Am | |
| Don't send your kin folks to | give me no talkin' |
| D | G | |
| I'll be gone like I | said |
| C | C7 | |
| You'd | say the same old things that you've been | saying all along |
| F | |
| Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut 'til I'm gone |
| C | Am | |
| Don't give me that old familiar | cryin' cussin' moan, |
| F | G | C | Am | |
| Under | stand your | man (I'm tired of your | badmouthin') |
| F | G | C | |
| Under | stand your | man. |
| You can give my other suits to the Salvation Army |
| And everything else I leave behind. |
| I ain't takin' nothing that'll slow down my travelin' |
| While I'm untanglin' my mind. |
| I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore |
| While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before |
| I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter |
| Then you'll understand your man (meditate on it) |
| Understand your man (you hear me talkin') |
| Understand your man (remember what I told ya) |