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Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find Chords

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find Chords

(ver. 1)
Bessie Smith
[Intro]
 
C7  C9  F  F7
 
Bb7  G7 C7 F7
 
Bbmaj7 Bdim Cm7 F13
 
Bbmaj7      Bdim        Cm7  F7
My heart is sad and I'm all alone
F                    Bb  Bdim Cm7 F13
My man's treating me mean
  Bb                  F     D7
I regret the day that I was born
        G7    Db9 C9 F
And the man I ev  er seen
   Gm           C    F
My happiness is less today
   Gm       C             F     F7
My heart is broke, that's why I say
 
[Verse 1]
 
        G7
Lord, a good man is hard to find
C7
You always get another kind
F
Just when you think that he's your pal
    Bb   N.C.
You look and find him foolin' 'round some old gal
F        G7
Then you rave, you all crave
            C                   C7
You want to see him down in his grave
           Bb           G7
So if your man is nice, take my advice;
F Bb                     F Bb
  Hug him in the morning,  kiss him at night
F Bb                      F          Bb
  Give him plenty lovin'; treat your good man right
B7      C7           F7                   Bb   Eb  Ebm Bb
Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find
 
[Verse 2 is Verse 1 with minor lyric variations]
 
      G7
Oh, a good man is so hard to find
C7
We always get that roughed old kind
F
Just when you think that he's your pal
    Bb   N.C.
You look and find him hangin' 'round some old gal
F        G7
Then you rave, how you crave
          C                   C7
You wanna see him dead layin' in his grave
           Bb           G7
So if your man is nice, take my advice
F Bb                     F Bb
  Hug him in the morning,  kiss him at night
F Bb                     F    Bb
  Give him plenty love madam, treat your man right
B7      C7           F7                   Bb   Eb  Ebm Bb
Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find
            
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