Do your duty chords by Bessie Smith

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Gm
D
B
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F#
Em
Ddim

Intro 1

Verse 1
F# 
If I cal three times
a day baby
B 
Come and drive my blue away
G 
D 
B 
When you come,be ready to play
E 
A 
Do your duty

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Verse 2

If you want to have some love

Give your baby your last buck

Don't come quackin' like a duck

Do your duty

Verse 3
F# 
I heard you said you didn't
B 
love me,baby
Down at
E 
I don't believe a word she said
A 
She's the lyinest woman in town

Verse 4
D 
F# 
Oh babe,when I need attention at  home
B 
I'll just call you on the telephone
G 
Come yourself,
D 
B 
Em 
don't send your friend Jones
G 
Em 
G 
A 
D 
Do your duty

Interlude 1
D 
F# 
B 
G 
Gm 
D 
B 
E 
A 
D 
F# 
B 
G 
D 
Ddim 
Em 
A 
D 
F# 
B 
E 
A 
G 
A 
D 
F# 
B 
G 
D 
B 
E 
A 
D 
B 
F# 
If my radiator

Verse 5

gets too hot

Cool it off in

Verse 6

lots of spots

Give me all the service you've got

Do your duty

Verse 7
D 
F# 
If you don't know what it's all about
B 
G 
Don't sit around my house and pout
If you do you'll catch your
D 
F# 
mama tippin' now
E 
A 
D 
F# 
Do your duty

Verse 8
F# 
If you make your own bed hard
B 
E 
That's the way it lies
I'm tired of sleepin' by myself
A 
But you're too dumb to realize
A 

Verse 9
D 
F# 
I'm not tryin' to make you feel blue
F# 
B 
I'm not satisfied with the way you do
G 
F# 
E 
I've got to help you find somebody too
Do your duty
A 
D 
Do your duty