When My Man Is Out Of Town

Intro G Em C G Last morning in the rain my man left with a train, leaving me for a day. G Em C7 B7 We said goodbye with an awful sigh, but inside I’m glad he is away. Am Em Am Em ’Cause when I’m alone I jump to the phone, calling up my girl friends. Am Em C7 B7 D7 We hang around in bars, we drink and smoke cigars and play all sorts of games. [Verso 1] G E7 Because when my man is out of town, he thinks I’m lonely. A7 D7 G D7 He thinks I’m lonely when he isn’t here, yes, my baby dear. G E7 When my man is out of town, he thinks I’m lonely. A7 D7 G He thinks I’m lonely when he isn’t here. B7 Em Because when he is not around, he thinks I cry my heart out, C7 B7 D7 that I cry every day when he’s away, and I display my pain. G E7 But when my man is out of town, I’m never lonely, A7 D7 G D7 I’m never lonely when he isn’t here. [Verso 2] G E7 A7 D7 Bm Em D7 G E7 A7 D7 G B7 Em C7 B7 D7 G E7 A7 D7 G Am C B7 When he is on a trip I don’t miss him, not even a tidy tiny bit. Am F#7 B7 I wouldn’t even care if he would never come back home, that he decided to be gone. Am C7 B7 He is such a joker, like my lady who knows just how to get me high. Am F# C B E7 They have so much fun, much more than we will ever see, I think he might not be the one, one for me. [Verso 3] A F# F#7 Because when my man is out of town, he thinks I’m lonely. B7 E7 A E7 He thinks I’m lonely when he isn’t here, yes, my baby dear. A F# F#7 'Cause when my man is out of town, he thinks I’m lonely. B7 E7 A He thinks I’m lonely when he isn’t here. C#7 F# Because when he is not around, he thinks I am a shade of broken, D7 C#7 E7 that he breaks my little heart, when we’re apart. A F# Because when my man is out of town, I’m never lonely, B7 E7 A Am D7 I’m never lonely when he isn’t here. Coda G Em C G I never stay in drinking clear as a gin, fooling around all night. G Em C7 B7 I do as I please, ’cause I find that I don’t even miss to hold him tight. Am Em Am Em ’Cause he doesn’t know, I spent all his dough, paying every flaw. Am Em C D G D# G D G We don’t even care, if it all is out there, ’cause me and my girls get wild.