It Ain't Necessarily So chords

Lena Horne

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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        
Li'l David was small but oh my,   
Am         D          Am  D 
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         
Oh Jonah he lived in de whale,  
          D          Am  D 
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  
Li'l Moses was found in a stream,  
          D          Am  D 
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  n  so 
    Am            D            Am   D    Am 
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years,  
             D          Am  D 
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.