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It Ain't Necessarily So
Words & Music by Ira & George GershwinRecorded by Paul Robeson, 1938
From the 1935 Musical "Porgy and Bess"
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 nec - es - sar - i - ly 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 nec - es - sar - i - ly 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 E7/6 A6
It ain't nec - es - sar - i - ly so.
*The chart is a synthesis of several different versions, and is credited here to Paul Robeson simply because I like his delivery the best.