Nine Month Blues chords by Peggy Seeger
Verse 1
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Ab
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If you can't be careful,
try to be good
D
Well, we cared and we cared
as much as we could
G
C
We always agreed, me and my man
F
We said someday we'll try the family plan
Bb
The first thing we tried was nothing at all
Eb
Cm
Eb
Of course, amateur writing,
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Eb
everything's here for
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Cm
We charted my tides, followed my moon
C
F
But then someday, it came a little too soon
Bb
A
D
I got the nine month of blues
G
Too much to gain and too much to lose
C
But he was kinda happy
D
when he heard my news
Bb
A
G
I got the nine -month blues
A
There was him and me
and the baby made three
D
But we made up our minds
to stay that way
G
With little bitty things made
of rubber and such
C
F
And cause we were friends
we decided to go Dutch
Bb
And when we said, I do,
it was a solemn oath
Eb
Cm
So we did and we did
Eb
and it cleaves us both
G
Cm
We still can't figure out what went wrong
C
But that's the first line
F
of the nine -month song
Bb
F
A
D
I got the nine -month blues
G
Too much to gain and too much to lose
C
D
I get out the dress and the sensible shoes
Bb
A
G
I got the nine -month blues
A
I said, this time around
I'm gonna cast my stone
D
I'm gonna have a chance
to call my life my own
Am
D
G
But the S .P .C., the F .P .A.
C
F
They said, keep that child,
don't fling it away
Bb
The doctor said he had the right to refuse
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Cm
Eb
The law says if you want to beat the noose
G
Cm
You gotta be rich or near to your grave
C
So away I went again
F
on my nine -month rave
Bb
A
I got the nine -month blues
D
Bb
D
G
Too much to gain, too much to lose
C
D
And that time around, I got a McTwoos,
Bb
A
G
A
D
G
I got the nine -month blues
C
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Cm
F
Bb
Eb
Cm
Eb
Gm
G
Cm
C
F
Bb
A
D
Eb
D
G
C
D
G
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The next thing we tried
was the capital P,
D
and I -L -L is what that made me.
G
My head buzzed open and
C
I nearly went crazy,
F
and my mood started rising
every fourteen days.
Bb
It says I may be sick,
but I'm safe and free.
Eb
Cm
Eb
We started making honey
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Eb
like a couple of bees.
G
But one late morning,
Cm
I must have forgot
C
Dropped me right back
F
to the nine -month slot
Bb
A
D
I got the nine months of blues
G
Too much to gain and too much to lose
C
I want my old man to be happy
D
when he hears my news
Bb
A
G
I got the nine months of blues
A
I got kids everywhere, two, three, four, five
D
I just can't swim without taking the dive
G
I went for advice, they said it to me
C
F
They said the next thing to try is the IUD
Bb
But the small print allows
that the loopity -loop
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Cm
Has a margin of error,
Eb
then you're in the soup
G
But your kid'll be normal,
Cm
so don't you fret
C
Even though you leased it
F
for the nine -month let
Bb
A
D
I got the nine -month blues
G
Too much to gain, too much to lose
C
I better get my old man
D
to disconnect his cues
Bb
A
G
D
I got the nine -month blues
A
I love my man, I love my kids,
D
but if I have any more,
I'm gonna blow my lid.
G
C
It's not just the 40 weeks on my mind,
F
it's also the washing hanging on my line.
Bb
It could be the worry on the old man's face,
Eb
Cm
Eb
or thinking of the future
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Eb
of the female race.
G
Cm
It all began with a loving and laughter,
C
then so much care.
F
For such a long time
Bb
A
D
after every nine months of blues.
D
G
Too much to gain, too much to lose,
C
now don't you think
D
we ought to have the right to choose to
A
sing the twenty year blues?
Outro 1
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Nine Month Blues
Peggy Seeger
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