Chords for Latimore - Let's Straighten It Out

_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] Everybody's [Gm] got to straighten out something sometimes.
[C] _ [Dm] I don't care how old you [C] are, how [Dm] young you are.
I [Gm] don't care if you're married, single, divorced, engaged, or [Am] shackered.
[Dm] You got to straighten out something every [C] now and then.
[Dm] _
But I want you to think about [Gm] all the times [C] that you've heard [Gm] somebody say,
let's [C] straighten it out.
[Dm] Think about it.
And I [C] guarantee you [Dm] that most of the time, it was a man [Gm] who said it.
_ Now, the reason why I say that is, well, [Am] let's face it.
[Dm] Most of the time, it's a [C] man who makes it [Dm] crooked in the first place.
[Am] We [Gm] don't mean no harm.
That's just the way we are.
Sometimes we do have a tendency to [C] sort of take [Dm] it for granted, don't we?
[Dm] Always acting like we don't understand some things.
[Gm] But I believe a woman feels things deeper than a man.
[C] I don't care [Dm] what nobody says.
I believe a woman [C] loves [Dm] stronger than a man.
_ [Gm] _ Because you see, sometimes we just don't seem to [C] understand.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ I know because, you see, [Gm] I'm speaking from experience.
[C] _ [Gm] Because I came home one day, [Am] _ [Dm] my woman was just [C] going all [Dm] around the house,
[C] not having [Gm] very much to say.
And I was kind of puzzled.
I didn't know what to do.
[Am] [Dm] So I looked her straight in the eye, and I said,
_ Sit yourself down, [Gm] girl, and talk to me.
_ [Gm] _ And tell me what's [Dm] on your mind.
_ [C] [Dm] Don't you keep on telling me [Gm] everything's okay.
_ _ Because if it wasn't, [Am] you wouldn't be [Dm] crying.
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] You've been tossing and turning in [Gm] your sleep lately, [C] baby.
_ [Gm] Sitting around, pouting [F] all day [Dm] long.
_ _ Now how the hell do you expect me [Gm] to understand
[C] when [Bb] _
I don't even [Am] know what's [Dm] wrong? _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Let's straighten it out, _ _ _ baby.
[C] [Dm] Let's straighten it out, [C] _ [Dm] _
honey.
[Gm] Let's straighten it out.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Let's straighten it out.
_ For the last five nights, honey, when [Gm] we went to bed,
_ [C] _ [Gm] all I could tell was [Am] that this was [Dm] a ride.
_ [C] [Dm] When you turned your [A] back to [Gm] me and you covered your head,
_ [C] _ [Bb] oh, you didn't even [F] say [Dm] goodnight.
_ _ If you're [Gm] tired and you don't want to be bothered,
_ [C] [Gm] just [Bb] say the [C] word and I'll leave you [Dm] alone.
_ _ Instead [C] of laying there [F] crying your [Gm] eyes out, [C] baby,
[Bb] you [Gm] and me ought to be [C] getting it [Dm] on. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Let's straighten it out, _ _ baby.
[Dm] I said straighten it out, _ _ honey.
[Gm] Let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _
I want to [Dm] straighten it out. _ _ _
[Am] I said [Gm] straighten it out, _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
[Am] baby.
[Dm] Let's straighten it out.
[C] _ [Dm] Honey, [C] honey, [F] honey, I want [Gm] to straighten it out.
_ [C] _ [Gm] All night long, [Dm] baby.
Let's straighten it out.
[C] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ Understand.
_ [C] _ [Gm] Ooh, when I don't even know [Dm] what's wrong.
_ Baby, baby, baby.
_ [Gm] Let's straighten it out.
_ _ All I want to do, baby, [C] is [Dm] just straighten it out.
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _