Doin What Comes Naturally chords by Irving Berlin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

C, Dm, G7,  C, D7, G7

C                    Dm     G7
Folks are dumb where I come from
     C         Ebdim  Dm7      G7
They ain't had any    learnin'
C                   Dm
Still they're happy as can be
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

C                    Dm   G7
Folks like us could never fuss
     C         Ebdim       Dm7     G7
With schools and books and learnin'
C                   Dm
Still we've gone from A to Z
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7                            C/E     A7
You don't have to know how to read or write
            Dm7        G7            C
When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight

G7                          C/E     A7
You don't have to look in a book to find
        Dm7           G7              C
What he thinks of the moon or what is on his mind
G7         C
That comes naturally
G7         C
That comes naturally

   E/B   F#m7 B7 E
My uncle out  in Texas
      E/B   F#m7 B7  E
Can't even write his name
   E/B       F#m7   B7   E
He signs his checks with X's
Cm6/Eb   D7                G7
But they cash 'em just the same

C             Dm    G7
If you saw my pa and ma
   C         Ebdim Dm7 G7
You'd no they had  no  learnin'
C                   Dm
Still they raised a family
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

C             Dm    G7
Uncle Jed has never read
   C    Ebdim Dm7 G7
An almanac on drinkin'
C                   Dm
Still he's always on a spree
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

C               Dm     G7
Sister Sal who's mus-i-cal
    C    Ebdim Dm7 G7
Has never had   a lesson
C                      Dm
Still she's learned to sing off-key
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7                          C/E   A7
You don't have to go to a private school
       Dm7       G7         C
Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule
G7                          C/E      A7
You don't have to have a professor's dome
      Dm7         G7             C
Not to go for the honey when the bee's at home
G7         C
That comes naturally
G7         C
That comes naturally

   E/B  F#m7 B7 E
My tiny ba---by brother
     E/B  F#m7  B7 E
Who's never read a book
      E/B     F#m7 B7  E
Knows one sex from the other
Cm6/Eb  D7           G7
All he had to do was look

C                  Dm     G7
Grandpa Bill lives on the hill
     C      Ebdim Dm7 G7
With someone he   just married
C              Dm
There he is at ninety-three
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

C               Dm     G7
Sister Lou ain't got a sou
   C         Ebdim Dm7 G7
Although she goes  out shoppin'
C                Dm
She gets all her stockings free
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

C                 Dm     G7
Cousin Nell can't add or spell
    C        Ebdim  Dm7 G7
But she left school with honors
C             Dm
She got every known degree
G7                   C
For doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7                            C/E       A7
You don't have to come from a great big town
       Dm7         G7           C
Not to clean out a stable in an evening gown
G7                             C/E   A7
You don't have to mix with the Vanderbilt's
      Dm7            G7                  C
Not to take off your panties when you're wearing kilts
G7         C
That comes naturally
G7         C
That comes naturally

   E/B  F#m7   B7  E
My mother's cousin Carrie
     E/B  F#m7    B7     E
Won't ever change her name
    E/B     F#m7 B7 E
She doesn't want to marry
Cm6/Eb  D7                G7
And her children feel the same

C               Dm     G7
Sister Rose has lots of beaus
  C        Ebdim Dm7 G7
Although we have no parlor
C                      Dm
She does fine behind a tree
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7               C
Doin' what comes naturally