Short John
Short John

Short John easy guitar chords by Dinah Washington

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • Cm

    3

  • Bm

    2

  • Edim

  • Gm

    3

  • Bb

  • Dm

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • Cm

    3

  • Bm

    2

  • Edim

  • Gm

    3

  • Bb

  • Dm

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Short 
    John 
    is my 
    doctor, 

    and 
    he 
    sho' 
    is 
    good 
    to 
    me 

    Yes 
    I'm 
    puttin' 
    on 
    John 
    down, 

    Short 
    John's 
    my 
    man 
    and 
    he 
    sho' 
    is 
    good 
    to me 

    When I 
    treat 
    him right, 

    I 
    get 
    the whole 
    treatment 
    for 
    free! 

    He 
    Verse 2
    examines 
    me 
    carefully, 

    takes 
    care 
    of 
    my 
    ills 

    Yes 
    he 
    examines 
    me 
    carefully, 

    an
    d he 
    takes 
    care 
    of 
    my 
    ill
    s 

    Well 
    he checks 
    me all 
    over, 

    hen 
    he gives 
    me 
    the right 
    size 
    pills! 

    Verse 3

    He 
    said, 
    "lay 
    down, 
    stretch 
    out, 

    and please 
    don't 
    look 
    so 
    sad" 

    Yes 
    I 
    laid 
    down, 
    I 
    stretched 
    out, 

    and 
    I stopped 
    looking 
    so 
    sad 

    Cause 
    the medi
    cine 
    he gave 
    me 
    was 
    enough 

    to drive 
    most 
    women 
    stark 
    ravin' 
    mad 

    Verse 4
    Now 
    the 
    other 
    doctors 
    checked 
    me 
    out 

    Cause 
    they 
    found 
    nothing 
    wrong 

    When Short 
    John 
    looked 
    me over 

    I've 
    got 
    oth
    er 
    ails 
    that 
    never 
    shown 

    I 
    cried 
    "Doctor!", 
    I 
    keep 
    singing 
    "Doctor, 

    I 
    need 
    a treat
    ment 
    right 
    away 

    For 
    you 
    treat 
    me 
    so 
    good, 

    I could 
    stand 
    these treatments 
    every 
    day" 

    Verse 5

    I 
    was 
    so tired 
    and 
    sick, 
    I 
    could 
    hardly 
    talk 

    He 
    gave 
    me my 
    right 
    size 
    pill, 

    I 
    jumped 
    up 
    and started 
    to 
    walk 
    and wail, 

    "Doctor, 
    ooh 
    doctor, 

    another 
    treatment 
    right 
    away! 

    Yes, 
    you'll 
    treat 
    me so 
    good, 

    I 
    could 
    stand 
    those 
    treatments 
    every 
    day" 

    Oo- oo- 
    oo- 
    ooh yeah! 

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