Man Smart Woman Smarter chords

Harry Belafonte

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verse 1 

  E 
I say let us put man and a woman together 
                  B 
To find out which one is smarter 
B7 
Some say man but I say no 
                         E 
The woman got the man de day should know 

Pre-Chorus 

        E 
And not me but the people they say 
                           B 
That de man are leading de women astray 
      B7 
But I say, that the women of today 
                        A     E 
Smarter than the man in every way 

       E 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B7 
That's right de woman is uh smarter,  
       E      B      E 
that's right, that's right 

verse 2 

E 
Ever since the world began 
                 B 
Woman was always teaching man 
B7 
And I you listen to my bid attentively 
                         A            E 
I goin' tell you how she smarter than me 

Pre-Chorus 

        E 
And not me but the people they say 
                           B 
That de man are leading de women astray 
      B7 
But I say, that the women of today 
                        E 
Smarter than the man in every way 

verse 3 

E                             
Samson was the strongest man long ago 
                            B 
No one could a beat him, as we all know 
B7 
Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed 
                                          E 
She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head 

Pre-Chorus 

        E 
And not me but the people they say 
                           B 
That de man are leading de women astray 
      B7 
But I say, that the women of today 
                        E 
Smarter than the man in every way 

       E 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B7 
That's right de woman is uh smarter,  
       E      B      E 
that's right, that's right 

verse 4 

    E 
You meet a girl at a pretty dance 
                        B 
Thinking that you would stand a chance 
B7 
Take her home, thinking she's alone 
                                  E 
Open de door you find her husband home 

Pre-Chorus 

        E 
And not me but the people they say 
                           B 
That de man are leading de women astray 
      B7 
But I say, that the women of today 
                        E 
Smarter than the man in every way 

       E 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B7 
That's right de woman is uh smarter,  
       E      B      E 
that's right, that's right 

Verse 5 

      E 
I was treating a girl independently 
               B 
She was making baby for me 
        B7 
When de baby born and I went to see 
                            E 
Eyes was blue it was not by me 

Pre-Chorus 

        E 
And not me but the people they say 
                           B 
That de man are leading de women astray 
      B7 
But I say, that the women of today 
                        E 
Smarter than the man in every way 

       E 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B 
That's right de woman is uh smarter 
       B7 
That's right de woman is uh smarter,  
       E      B      E 
that's right, that's right