CAPO: 4 

Intro: C 
  
verse 1: 

I had a girlfriend, she called me her boyfriend 
                         G 
On me she did depend and that was okay 
  C 
I called her my sweetheart, right from the very start 
                      G 
Now we are apart, I'm walking away 


[Refrão]

           F                    C 
She says, "Take the freedom and get the variety 
       G                      C 
That's two steps ahead of the blues 
    F                     C 
And when you ain't got no permanent company 
G                    C 
I know a man you can use" 


verse 2: 

She married some other man, he came from a foreign land  
                                   G 
He could write a fine hand and his money was clean 
   C 
He took me aside like he'd something to hide 
                                   G 
He said, "I won the bride, well, ya know what I mean" 


[Refrão]
         F                  C 
I said, "Take the money and get the variety 
       G                      C 
That's two steps ahead of the blues 
    F                     C 
And when you ain't got no permanent company 
G                    C 
I know a man you can use" 


verse 3: 

Some times are romantic, some times are fantastic 
                           G 
Some times are drastic, of that there's no doubt 
     C 
Some people are lawless, some people are flawless 
                       G 
I become them all as I put myself out 


[Refrão]
 
        F                 C 
I say, "Take the cure and get the variety 
       G                      C 
That's two steps ahead of the blues 
    F                     C 
But when you ain't got no permanent company 
G                    C 
I know a man you can use" 

 F                  C 
"Take the money and get the variety 
       G                      C 
That's two steps ahead of the blues 
    F                     C 
And when you ain't got no permanent company 
G                    C  F C 
I know a man you can use____"