It Ain't Necessarily So Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays492

It Ain't Necessarily So by June Christy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, Am7, F, D7, Cdim, D9, Em7, E7, Dm6, A, C#7, F#m, E7/13 and A6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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    Am       D       Am  D    Am          D     Am D 
It ain't necessarily so,   it ain't necessarily so 
     Am7           F        D7        Cdim   
De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible 
    D9    F    Em7 E7 Am  D Am D 
It ain't necessarily so 
      Am       D           Am  D      Am         D          Am  D 
Li'l David was small but oh my, Li'l David was small but oh my 
     Am7        F          D7         Cdim   
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth 
      D9    F    Em7     E7 Am   D  Am   D 
Li'l David was small but oh my 
    Am       D            Am  D    Am        D          Am  D 
Oh Jonah he lived in de whale, Oh Jonah he lived in de whale 
   Am7           F           D7     Cdim   
Now he made his home in dat fish's abdomen 
    D9   F   Em7  E7     Am   D  Am   D 
Oh Jonah he lived in de whale 
      Am         D         Am    D     Am         D          Am  D 
Li'l Moses was found in a stream, Li'l Moses was found in a stream 
     Am7       F         D7            Cdim   
He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter 
     D9     F      Em7  E7           Am   D  Am   D 
She fished him she says from that stream  
    Am         D     Am  D    Am          D     Am  D 
It ain't necessarily so,   it ain't necessarily so 
     Am7              F          D7       Cdim   
Th' things that the preacher is liable to teach ya 
    D9    F    Em7 E7 Am D Am D 
It ain't necessarily so 
    Am            D            Am   D    Am             D          Am  D 
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, Methus'lah lived nine hundred years 
    Am7            F          D7       Cdim   
But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in 
   D9      F     Em7   E7       Am   D  Am   D 
To no man what's nine hundred years 
    Dm6            A         E7   
I'm preachin' dis sermon to show  
   D            C#7          F#m          Dm6 
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa  
    A            E7/13  A6 
It ain't necessarily  so 
    	

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100 BPM Andante