Porgy
Abbey Lincoln
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Tom : C
C7+ C7+/A
I’ve got a man now I’ve got Porgy
Dm7 Em7
I understand now I got porgy
Em7 Dm7 G7 C7+
I’m through with byways and his ways is my ways forever more
C7+ C7+/A
Lord when he puts his arms around me
Dm7 Dm7/G
Knowing he can’t go on without me
Em7 Dm7 G7 C7+
I want to beg for a chance to camp by his door
[Refrão]
C7+ Dm7
Say he’s not much for to look and see
Dm7/G G7 C7+
Lazy nad no count as he can be
Am7 Dm7 G
He’s got a good kind of love for me
C7+ C7+/A
Changing my style and way of living
Dm7 Em7
Glad I stopped taking and started giving
F/D F/G G C
I’ve got a man I’ve got Porgy now
[Solo]
[Refrão] (repetir)
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