Harry Belafonte - Man Smart Woman Smarter Chords

[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

[Prechorus]

        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

[Chorus]

       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

[Prechorus]

        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

[Prechorus]

        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

[Chorus]

       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

[Prechorus]

        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

[Chorus]

       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

[Prechorus]

        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

[Chorus]

       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