A stone for bessie smith chords by Dory Previn
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Intro 1
(G major)
(C major) (C minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 1
isn't it amazing (G major)
shakes you to the bone
(C major) she bought a stone
for bessie smith
(C minor) she bought bessie smith
a stone
(G major) she got it for
her grave- site
(A major) on a temporary loan
but she (D major) forgot
she had not paid
(G major) for her own
(E minor) she (G major) forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
(C major) after all the contracts
and ar (C minor) rangements had been made
(G major) she went to bessie's grave
(A major) and marked it with a stone
but she (D major) still
had to pay for (G major) her own
(E minor) (G major)
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Verse 2
(F sharp major)
(E major) she went home
to her class reunion
where a class- mate
he confessed
(B major) she wouldn't want this
getting out
but she used to be the best
in (E major) school she was a nice girl
(A major) as descent as the rest
though she (D major) never was
Verse 3
conservatively dressed
(G major)
isn't it amazing
you think she could've known
(C major) she bought a stone
for bessie smith
she bought (C minor) bessie smith
a stone
(G major) she got it for
her grave- site
(A major) on a temporary loan
but (D major) she forgot
she had not paid
(G major) for her own
she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
(C major) no sooner had the letters
on the (C minor) deed begun to fade
(G major) when her ashes had been scattered
(A major) been battered and been blown
she still had to (D major) pay
for her own
she knew
miss gloria swanson
on a tv show they met
they talked across
a hundred years
miss gloria's with us yet
but janis was a gambler
who'd already lost a bet
and the time had come
to settle up (G major)
her debt
Verse 4
isn't it amazing shakes
you to the bone
she bought a stone
for bessie smith
she bought bessie smith
a stone
she got it up
for (C major) bessie
on a temporary loan
but she (G major) forgot
she had not paid
for her own.
A stone for bessie smith
Dory previn
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