Short John chords by Dinah Washington
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (E minor) (C major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
Short John is my (E minor) doctor,
(C major) and he sho' is good to me (G major) (C major)
(G major) Yes (C major) I'm puttin' on John down,
Short John's my (C minor) man and he sho' (C major) is good (D major) to me (C major) (B minor) (E minor) (C major)
When I treat him right,
I get the whole treatment (B minor) for (G major) free!
He (C major)
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Verse 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) examines me carefully,
(C major) takes care of my (D major) ills (C major) (G major)
(C major) Yes he examines me carefully,
an (C minor) d he takes (C major) care of my (G major) ills (C major) (G major) (B minor)
(C major) Well he checks me all over,
hen (D major) he gives me the right size (G major) pills!
(C major)
Verse 3
(G major)
He said, "lay down, stretch out,
and please don't (E minor) look (C major) so sad" (G major)
Yes I laid (C major) down, I stretched out,
and I stopped (Edim) looking (C major) so sad (G major) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) Cause the medi (C major) cine he gave (G major) me (C major) was enough (D major)
to drive (G major) most women (C major) stark ravin' mad (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Now the other (G major) doctors checked (C major) me out
(G major) Cause they found (C major) nothing wrong
(G major) When Short John (C major) looked me over
(G major) I've got (G minor) oth er ails that never shown
I cried (C major) "Doctor!", I keep singing "Doctor,
I (Edim) need a treat (B flat major) ment right (C major) away (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
For (Edim) you (C major) treat (G major) me so good,
(C major) I could stand (G major) these treatments every day"
Verse 5
(G major) (C major)
(G major) I was so tired and sick, I could hardly (C major) talk
(G major) He gave me my right size pill,
(C major) I jumped up and started to walk and wail,
"Doctor, ooh doctor,
another (E minor) treatment (C major) right (G major) away! (C major) (G major)
(E minor) Yes, you'll (C major) treat me so good,
I could stand those treatments every (C major) day"
Oo- oo- oo- ooh yeah! (D minor)
Short John
Dinah Washington
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