Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer - Bessie Smith Chords
Chords: C7, F7, F, G7, Cm, Bb, Bb7, Eb, Ab7, Eb7
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Genre: blues, jazz, classic
[Intro, spoken]
N.C.
Twenty five cents? Ha! No-no,
I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to get into nowhere!
Cuz listen here
[Verse 1]
C7
Up in Harlem every Saturday night
F7 F
When the highbrows get together it's just too tight
G7 Cm C7
They all congregate at an all night strut
F Bb
And what they do is tut-tut-tut
[Verse 2]
C7
Ol' Hannah Brown, from cross town
F7
Gets full of corn and starts breaking 'em down
F7
And at the break of day
Bb7
You can hear ol' Hannah say
[Chorus 1]
Eb
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
C7
Send me again, I don't care
F7 Bb7
I feel just like I wanna clown
Eb Bb7 Eb
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down!
Eb
He's gotta rhythm, yeah! When he stomps his feet
C7 Bb7
He sends me right off to sleep
Eb G7 C7
Check all your razors and your guns
C7 F7 Bb7 Ab7
We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes
Bb7 Eb C7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
F7 Bb7 Eb7 C7
Send me cause I don't care
F7 Bb7 Eb
Blame me cause I don't care
[Chorus 2]
Bb7 Eb
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
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