A                    D6      A
Colder women light a fire in me
A                    D6      A
Bolder women seem to tire of me
A                 D6      A
Older women put desire in me
        Bm         C#m                    E        A
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor man be

[Verse 2]
A                  D6      A
Crazy women make a fool of me
A                      D6       A
Ruthless women seem so cruel to me
    A                    D6        A
And painted women actin' cool with me
        Bm         C#m                   E        A
But without 'em to hold where would this poor man be

[Chorus]
                        A
I wanna tell you what I know
                      F#m
I ain't sayin' it's a lot
      G
But I hope it's enough to teach you
   E7sus4            E                     A
To try to hang on to what you got, I wanna say
                       F#m
I'm only sayin' what I mean
        G                         E7sus4  E
And I'm backin' it up, cause I've already been there, singin' 'bout

[Verse 1]
A                    D6      A
Colder women light a fire in me
A                    D6      A
Bolder women seem to tire of me
A                 D6      A
Older women put desire in me
        Bm         C#m                    E        A
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor boy be

[Verse 2]
A                  D6      A
Crazy women make a fool of me
A                       D6       A
Reckless women seem so cruel to me
    A                    D6        A
And painted women actin' cool to me
        Bm         C#m                   E        A
But without 'em to hold where would this poor man be

[Chorus]
                        A
I wanna tell you what I know
                     F#m
I ain't sayin' it's enough
      G
But I hope it's enough to teach you
   E7sus4            E                     A
To try to hang on to what you got, I wanna say
                       F#m
I'm only sayin' what I mean (Sayin' what I mean)
        G                         E7sus4  E
And I'm backin' it up, cause I've already been there, son

[Instrumental Break]
F C G D F C G E7sus4 E

[Verse 1]
            A                    D6      A
I know that colder women light a fire in me
A                    D6      A
Bolder women seem to tire of me
    A                 D6      A
And older women put desire in me
        Bm         C#m                    E        A
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor boy be
    Bm         C#m                    E        A
Without 'em to hold, where would this poor boy be

[Outro]
              D          A
Sometimes you can't live with 'em
        E              A
But you can't live without 'em
        Bm          C#m
No, you can't live with 'em, no
        E              A
But you can't live without 'em