Elvis Presley – Us Male (Guitar)

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Recorded by Elvis Presley Written by Jerry Reed [Intro]
G               Am
 I'm a U.S. Male cause I was born

D7                          G
 In a Mississippi town on a Sunday morn

    G7                              C
Now Mississippi just happens to occupy a place

       D                                  G
In the southeastern portion of this here United States

G7
 Now that's a matter of fact buddy

    C
And you know it well

   D
So I just call myself the U.S. Male

| G |     G                   | G | % |            
   That's M-A-L-E son, that's me
[Verse 1]
      G                Am
Now I said all that to say all this

          D7                           G
I've been watching the way you've been watching my miss

        G                         C
For the last three weeks you been hot on her trail

        D7               G
And you kinda upset this U.S. Male
[Verse 2]
    G                        Am
You touch her once with your greasy hands

          D7                       G
I'm gonna stretch your neck like a long rubber band

      G                     Am
She's wearing a ring that I bought her on sale

         D7                             G
And that makes her the property of this U.S. Male
[Chorus]
    C                                     G
You better not mess with the U.S. Male my friend

    C                                    G
The U.S. Male gets mad he's gonna do you in

    C                        G
You know what's good for yourself son

           C             G
You better find somebody else son

      Am                    D              G
Don't tamper with the property of the U.S. Male
[Instrumental] | G | % | % | % | | C | D7 | G | % | [Verse 3]
            G                         Am
Through the rain and the heat and the sleet and the snow

    D            G
The U.S. Male is on his toes

     G                     Am
Quit watching my woman for that ain't wise

          D7                   G
You ain't pulling no wool over this boy's eyes
[Verse 4]
  G                  Am
I catch you round my woman, champ

          D7                        G
I'm gonna leave your head about the shape of a stamp

      G                Am
Kinda flattened out so you'll do well

        D7                     G
To quit playing games with this U.S. Male
[Chorus]
    C                                     G
You better not mess with the U.S. Male my friend

    C                                    G
The U.S. Male gets mad he's gonna do you in

    C                        G
You know what's good for yourself son

          C             G
You gonna find somebody else son

      Am                    D              G
Don't tamper with the property of the U.S. Male, Sock it to me one time
[Instrumental] | G | % | % | % | | C | D7 | G | % | [Outro] (spoken, fade out) | G | % | % | % | All right now I'm gonna tell it like it is son I catch you messing round with that woman of mine I'm gonna lay one on ya you're talking to the U.S. Male The American U.S. Male