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