I Truly Understand You Love Another Man

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Verse 1

I
G
wish to the
C
Lord I
G
never been born,
G
Nor died when
C
I was
G
young,
G
I never would've
C
seen them
G
two brown eyes,
G
Nor heard that
D7
flattering tongue, my love,
Or
G
heard that flattering tongue.

Chorus

G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.
G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.

Verse 2

Who will shoe your little feet,
Who will glove your hand,
Who will kiss your red rosy cheeks,
When I'm in the foreign land, my love,
When I'm in the foreign land?

Chorus *

G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.
G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.

Verse 3

Remember what you told me, dear,
As we stood side by side,
You promised that you'd marry me,
And be no other man's bride, my love,
And be no other man's bride.

Chorus *

G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.
G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.

Verse 4

I never will listen what another woman says,
Let her hair be black or brown,
For I'd rather be on the top of some hill,
And the rain a-pouring down, down,
The rain a-pouring down.

Chorus *

G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.
G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.

Verse

My father will shoe my little feet,
My mother will glove my hand,
And you will kiss my red rosy cheeks,
When I'm in the foreign land, O love,
When I'm in the foreign land.

Chorus *

G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.
G
I truly under-
D7
stand that you
G
love another man,
And your heart shall no
D7
longer be
G
mine.