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It's A Mean Old Man's World Chords

Music by: Dinah Washington
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[Intro 1]
[D][F#dim][Ebdim][G][Bm][B]
[A]

[Verse 1]
Oh, when you [D]hear [F]a woman,
[D]hear a woman cry[G][D]
And she cries [Asus4]all night [D]long
[G]You can bet you[D]r bottom dollar
[G]That some no- good- man has[D] a,
[F#]done[B] her wrong[C#m]
[B]Same thing when you hear
a wo[E]man shout
You can bet [A]it's some old man she's a,
shouting about
[D][Gm][A][Aaug]

[Verse 2]
I say, [A]ain't it a mean [D]old man,
mean old man's [G]world
I say, ain't [D]it a mean old man,
mean old man's [D]world
Oh, [G]God, it's a mean old man,
mean [D]old man's [G]world
It's a mean [D]old man,
[F#]mean old man's[B] world
I'm gonna ask you one more time [E]girls
to sanction
[A]Ain't it a mean old man,
[F#m]mean old ma[Asus4]n's world?
[D][G][D]

[Verse 3]
You [A]see, [G]man has held the world
in the palm of his hand
[D]It's been that way ever
[A]since [Asus4]the world began[D]
[E]I'm so thankful for the day
When man started [A]fooling [E]'round
with a mean [A]dog's way
'Cause you want to be [D]boss
That you under[G]stand
'Cause [D]it says woman was made
[A]for noth[D]ing but man
I ask you, ain't [G]it, I ask you,
ain't it, I ask you, [D]ain't it
[F#]One more time, ain't it[B]
Ain't it a mean old [E]man,
ain't it a mean, [E]ain't it a mean
[Em]Lordy, [G]it's a mean,
[A]mean old man's world?

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D]
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