Patience & Fortitude chords by Benny Carter Orchestra

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D
Em
G
Eb
C
F
B
Bb
A
Abdim
Bm
E
F#
Asus4
Gm

Verse 1
D 
We're  (D major) sending you right out
into the second balcony
now with a tone poem
from the vocal pipes
of Benny Carter
and the boys and Lucy Elliott.
Yes, indeed, it's Benny Carter's band
ready to annihilate all you solid citizens
with a cantata called Patience
and Fortitude.
Em 
D 
G 
Em 
Light the fire, Benny.  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
Eb 
D 
C 
F 
C 
B 
D 
Bb 
A 
 (E flat major)  (D major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (B major)  (D major)  (B flat major)  (A major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) Patience and  (G major) fortitude,
Abdim 
D 
B 
Bm 
G 
Bb 
 (A flatdim) pa (D major) tience  (B major)  (B minor) and  (G major) forti (B flat major) tude,
A 
D 
G 
 (A major)  (D major) patience and  (G major) fortitude,
Abdim 
D 
A 
D 
 (A flatdim) and  (D major) things  (A major) will come your  (D major) way.
Bb 
D 
G 
Abdim 
When  (B flat major)  (D major) you have  (G major) solitude  (A flatdim) 
D 
Bm 
E 
Bb 
A 
 (D major) Makes life  (B minor) so   (E major) dull  (B flat major) and  (A major) crude
D 
G 
 (D major) Patience and  (G major) fortitude
A 
D 
 (A major) And things will come your  (D major) way
F# 
 (F sharp major) Couldn't wait for the egg to hatch
B 
C 
B 
Used  (B major) to  (C major) burn both  (B major) ends of the match
E 
Could (E major) n't wait for the cake to bake
Bb 
A 
Now I can  (B flat major) see it's a  (A major) big mistake
D 
G 
Patience  (D major) and  (G major) fortitude,
Abdim 
D 
Bm 
Bb 
 (A flatdim)  (D major) Pa tience  (B minor) and  (B flat major) fortitude,
A 
D 
G 
 (A major)  (D major) Patience and  (G major) fortitude,
Abdim 
A 
D 
C 
F 
Bb 
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A flatdim) And  (A major) things will come your  (D major) way.  (C major)  (F major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
C 
B 
Bb 
A 
Eb 
D 
 (C major)  (B major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (E flat major)  (D major) 
B 
Bb 
A 
D 
B 
Bb 
A 
D 
Bb 
D 
B 
Bb 
D 
 (B major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B flat major)  (D major)  (B major)  (B flat major)  (D major) 
C 
B 
C 
Bb 
A 
D 
C 
B 
Bb 
A 
D 
Bb 
 (C major)  (B major)  (C major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (C major)  (B major)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B flat major) 
A 
D 
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
Be  (A major)  (D major) content  (B minor) with  (E minor) what you got,  (Asus4) 
D 
Bm 
B 
 (D major) with patient  (B minor) forti (B major) tude.
Bb 
D 
G 
 (B flat major)  (D major) Even though it's  (G major) not a yacht,
Gm 
D 
A 
Bb 
 (G minor) have  (D major) patient forti (A major) tude.  (B flat major) 
A 
D 
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
 (A major) Christ (D major) mas don't  (B minor) come  (E minor) every day.  (Asus4) 
D 
Bm 
B 
 (D major) Mink is  (B minor) what  (B major) I want.
Bb 
 (B flat major) You don't say!
D 
 (D major) Well honey, that's one thing
G 
 (G major) you'll only get one way.
How?
D 
A 
Eb 
D 
Bm 
Em 
With  (D major) patient fortitude.  (A major)  (E flat major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
E 
A 
D 
Bm 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
D 
C 
 (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (C major) 
B 
F# 
B 
Patience,  (B major) courage, hope and  (F sharp major) love,  (B major) 
D 
faith and fortitude.  (D major) 
Oh my, oh me, oh my!