"Ma"" Rainey's Black Bottom" chords by
Ma Rainey

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Verse 1
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C C 
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B B 2
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D D 
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A A 
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Now, you heard the rest
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Ah, boys, I'm gonna show you the best
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D D 
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Ma Rainey's gonna show you her
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D D 
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black bottom

Verse 2
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B B 2
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Way down south in Alabamy
I got a friend,
C C 
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they call dancin' Sammy
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C C 
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Who's crazy about all the latest dances
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C C 
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Black bottom stomps and the Jew
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D D 
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baby prances
C C 
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A A 
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The other night at

Verse 3
a swell affair
D D 
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Soon as the boys found out
C C 
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that I was there
G G 
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They said, "Come on, Ma let's
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G G 
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go to the cabaret"
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A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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Where that band you ought to hear me say"
D D 
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I  want to see that dance

Verse 4
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you
B B 2
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call the black bottom
D D 
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I wanna learn that dance
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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C C 
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A A 
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Don't you see the dance
C C 
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D D 
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you call your big black bottom
C C 
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That'll put you in a trance
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D D 
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All the

Verse 5
boys in the neighborhood
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G G 
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They say your black bottom is really
B B 2
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D D 
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good
C C 
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B B 2
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Come on and show me your black bottom
D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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I want to learn that dance

Verse 6
D D 
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I want to see the dance you call
the black bottom
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E E 
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I want to learn that dance
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A A 
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Come on and show that dance
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D D 
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you call your big black bottom
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D D 
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It puts you in a trance

Verse 7
D D 
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Early last morning 'bout the break of day
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D D 
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C C 
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Grandpa told my grandma,
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D D 
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I heard him say
Get up and show your old man
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B B 2
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your black bottom
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G G 
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D D 
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I want to learn that dance
D D 
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Now

Verse 8
G G 
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I'm gonna show y'all
D D 
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my black bottom
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D D 
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C C 
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They stay to see that dance
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C C 
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Wait until you see me
D D 
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C C 
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do my big black bottom
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D D 
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A A 
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C C 
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I'll put you in a trance
D D 
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Ah, do it ma, do it, honey Look

Verse 9

it now Ma,

you gettin' kinda rough here

You gotta be yourself now, careful now

Verse 10

Not too strong, not too strong, Ma

I done shown y'all my black bottom

You ought to learn that dance

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