ARTIST: George and Ira Gershwin TITLE: It Ain't Necessarily So Lyrics and Chords [Porgy and Bess] It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible It ain't necessarily so / Am D Am D / Am D Am - / D7 Eb7 D7 Eb7 / B7 E7 Am - / Li'l David was small but oh my Li'l David was small but oh my He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth Li'l David was small but oh my Oh Jonah he lived in de whale Oh Jonah he lived in de whale For he made his home in dat fish's abdomen Oh Jonah he lived in de whale Li'l Moses was found in a stream Li'l Moses was found in a stream He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter She fished him she says from that stream It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villain But 'taint necessarily so To get into Hebben don' snap for a sebben Live clean, don' have no fault Oh I takes de gospel whenever it's pos'ble But wid a grain of salt / F7 Bb - - / Bm7 E7 A6 A7 / D7 - G G6 / B7sus4 B7 D7 - / Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in To no man what's nine hundred years I'm preachin' dis sermon to show It ain't nessa, ain't nessa Ain't nessa, ain't nessa It ain't necessarily so / Dm6 - A E7 / D C#7 / F#m Dm6 / A E7 A - /
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