A stone for bessie smith chords by
Dory Previn

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Key: Ab major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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isn't it amazing
shakes you to the bone
C C 
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she bought a stone
for bessie smith
Cm Cm 3
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she bought bessie smith
a stone
G G 
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she got it for
her grave- site
A A 
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on a temporary loan
D D 
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but she forgot
she had not paid
G G 
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for her own
Em Em 
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G G 
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she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
C C 
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after all the contracts
Cm Cm 3
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and arrangements had been made
G G 
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she went to bessie's grave
A A 
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and marked it with a stone
D D 
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but she still
G G 
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had to pay for her own
Em Em 
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G G 
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Verse 2
F# F# 2
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E E 
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she went home
to her class reunion
where a class- mate
he confessed
B B 2
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she wouldn't want this
getting out
but she used to be the best
E E 
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in school she was a nice girl
A A 
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as descent as the rest
D D 
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though she never was

Verse 3
conservatively dressed
G G 
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isn't it amazing
you think she could've known
C C 
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she bought a stone
for bessie smith
Cm Cm 3
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she bought bessie smith
a stone
G G 
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she got it for
her grave- site
A A 
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on a temporary loan
D D 
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but she forgot
she had not paid
G G 
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for her own
she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
C C 
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no sooner had the letters
Cm Cm 3
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on the deed begun to fade
G G 
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when her ashes had been scattered
A A 
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been battered and been blown
D D 
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she still had to 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
G G 
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to settle up
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
C C 
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for bessie
on a temporary loan
G G 
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but she forgot
she had not paid
for her own.

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