A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Bessie Smith Chords
Chords: C7, C9, F, F7, Bb7, G7, Bbmaj7, Bdim, Cm7, F13
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Genre: blues, jazz, traditional
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1917 Bessie Smith. Damn, did she invent growling?
[Intro]
C7 C9 F F7
Bb7 G7 C7 F7
Bbmaj7 Bdim Cm7 F13
Bbmaj7 Bdim Cm7 F7
My heart is sad and I'm all alone
F Bb Bdim Cm7 F13
My man's treating me mean
Bb F D7
I regret the day that I was born
G7 Db9 C9 F
And the man I ev er seen
Gm C F
My happiness is less today
Gm C F F7
My heart is broke, that's why I say
[Verse 1]
G7
Lord, a good man is hard to find
C7
You always get another kind
F
Just when you think that he's your pal
Bb N.C.
You look and find him foolin' 'round some old gal
F G7
Then you rave, you all crave
C C7
You want to see him down in his grave
Bb G7
So if your man is nice, take my advice;
F Bb F Bb
Hug him in the morning, kiss him at night
F Bb F Bb
Give him plenty lovin'; treat your good man right
B7 C7 F7 Bb Eb Ebm Bb
Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find
[Verse 2 is Verse 1 with minor lyric variations]
G7
Oh, a good man is so hard to find
C7
We always get that roughed old kind
F
Just when you think that he's your pal
Bb N.C.
You look and find him hangin' 'round some old gal
F G7
Then you rave, how you crave
C C7
You wanna see him dead layin' in his grave
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