Don't Mess With My Man:Irma Thomas.
#22 on R&B Charts on MINIT Records
in 1960.
(Intro)
B A B A
(Chorus)
B
You can have my husband but please don't
F# B
mess with my man.
C#m E
You can have my husband but please don't
Bm B
mess with my man.
F#m A F#m E
I'm telling all you women, I want you all
B
to understand.
(Verse 1)
E B E
Now, when I was with my husband he was really
B
mean.
B A
But when I'm with my man he treats me like a
B
queen.
(Chorus)
E Bm E
You can have my husband but please don't
B
mess with my man.
D F#m E
I'm telling all you women, I want you all
B A B
to understand.
(Verse 2)
B A B
Now, the money my husband made was for red beans
E
and rice.
B B7
My man gives me steaks, now ain't that nice?
(Chorus)
E Bm E
You can have my husband but please don't
B
mess with my man.
D F#m E
I'm telling all you women, I want you all
B A B
to understand.
(Interlude)
B G#m B E G#m B G#m E B A
(Verse 2)
B A B
Now, the money my husband made was for red beans
E
and rice.
B B7
My man gives me steaks, now ain't that nice?
(Chorus)
E Bm E
You can have my husband but please don't
B
mess with my man.
D F#m E
I'm telling all you women, I want you all
B A B
to understand.
(Outro)
B
Yes, he's mine, don't mess with him, leave him
alone!
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.