Why Don't You Do Right Chords
by Carol Sloane
Why Don't You Do Right by Carol Sloane is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, B7, Am7 and B7/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em D C B7
You had plenty money in nineteen twenty-two
Em D C B7
You let other women make a fool of you
C Am7 C B7 B7/F# Em
Why don't you do right like some other men do
C Am7 B7 B7/F# Em
Get out of here, get me some money too
Em D C B7
You're sittin' down wonderin' what it's all about
Em D C B7
You ain't got no money that will put you out
C Am7 C B7 B7/F# Em
Why don't you do right like some other men do
C Am7 B7 B7/F# Em
Get out of here, get me some money too
Em D C B7
If you had prepared twenty years ago
Em D C B7
You wouldn't be wanderin' now from door to door
C Am7 C B7 B7/F# Em
Why don't you do right like some other men do
C Am7 B7 B7/F# Em
Get out of here, get me some money too