E

[Verse 1]
E                         A                   E
Well look out mamma, your little girl she has changed
                           A                  B
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
              A                                           B
Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home
    E             A
Oh, Ricky wants a man of her
E            A
She wants a man of her
E             B          E
Ricky wants a man of her own

[Verse 2]
E                               A              E
Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
                                    A                    B
She just goes in her room, turns on radio, and shuts the door
              A                                   B
She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
              E             A
Oh but mama,  Ricky wants a man of her
E            A
She wants a man of her
E             B          E
Ricky wants a man of her own

[Bridge]
      B                               A                   E
Well, daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
    B                                             E                  A
She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him
    B                                  A                      E
She don't do no work, she don't tell nobody when she's coming home
          A                                     B
She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone

[Verse 3]
            E                        A                   E
She used to like me to take her to a ballgame or a movie show
                                       A                    B
She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
               A                                                      E
Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
        B                        E
I guess Ricky wants a man of her own

[Verse 4]
                                 A                      E
Well my folks say "son talk to her, if she'll listen to you"
                                 A                        B
Yeah she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
                         A                                                     B
Daddy says she waers her jeans so tight "Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"
              E             A
Oh, but daddy Ricky wants a man of her
E            A
She wants a man of her
E             B          E          A
Ricky wants a man of her own, she's almost grown
E             A         E
Ricky wants a man of her
            A
She wants a man of her
E             B          E
Ricky wants a man of her own