C                      Em         F                      G7
When a man cheats on a woman it's understood he's just a man

           F                   G7            C
But when a woman cheats on her man no one forgives

                         C7         F                Fm
I drove her out into the night with teardrops in her eyes

         C        G7                 C
And only now I realize the fool I've been


                Em        F               C
Why couldn't I  love her  and try to understand her

                             Dm
Instead I said things that I regret

             C                F                 C
Why couldn't I just hold her  and say it didn't matter

                G7          C
Why couldn't I  forgive and forget


                                   Em       F                      G7
It's not her fault she slipped one time she never was the cheating kind

           F              G7                  C
But when a woman's unsatisfied she's bound to roam

                         C7          F                Fm
But I got mad I just saw red I never heard a word she said

             C                G7              C
And what I'd give to have her back here in my arms 
 

                Em        F               C
Why couldn't I  love her  and try to understand her

                             Dm
Instead I said things that I regret

             C                F                 C
Why couldn't I just hold her  and say it didn't matter

                G7          C
Why couldn't I  forgive and forget