Giovanni chords by Jamila Woods

Intro:


C#m B A
(X2)

Verse 1:


C#m                 B
  You might want to hold my comb

         A
When you find out what I'm made of

C#m                 B                  A
  You might want to follow me and copy all of my mistakes

C#m      B            A
  I'm so nice, so nice

                         C#m
You can not smile when I smile

      B          A
And I cry, I cry

                            C#m
It's just the rain so I can grow

Chorus:


C#m                B
Any minute now you get the message

A
Eenie meenie miney pick an apt description

      C#m                        B
I'm impressive, you can check my chart for reference

         A
Moon-and sun-kissed, reverend blessed it

C#m                    B
  Come and listen to a quick confession

A
Water is to oil me to your aggression

       C#m
I'm protected

         B                         A
Joycetta prayed on me, mama burned sage for me

                           C#m           B
None can take that energy away from me

     A                                           C#m
I've been up in here since grandmama was a baby, praise me

           B                A
I be on my Giovanni, tea and honey

Tell it like I see it

              C#m
Speak it so I be it

             B
My ancestors watch me

          A
Fairytale walking

                                    C#m
Black Goldilocks, yeah my naps just right

                     B                   A
You got questions, I know that's right

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason why

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason why

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason

Iterlude:


C#m  B   A
(single strokes) X2

Verse 2:


C#m                     B
Little bitty, you wanna call me

  A
A hundred motherfuckers cannot tell me

C#m                               B
How I'm supposed to look when I'm angry

A
How I'm supposed to shrink when you're around me

   C#m                   B
Permission denied to rearrange me

         A
I am the Kingdom, I am not your Queen

C#m                        B
Hotep better step from up around me

         A
I am not your rib, I am not your Eve

Chorus:


C#m                  B
  Any minute now you get the message

A
Eenie meenie miney pick an apt description

      C#m                        B
I'm impressive, you can check my chart for reference

         A
Moon-and sun-kissed, reverend blessed it

C#m                    B
  Come and listen to a quick confession

A
Water is to oil me to your aggression

       C#m
I'm protected

         B                         A
Joycetta prayed on me, mama burned sage for me

                           C#m           B
None can take that energy away from me

     A                                           C#m
I've been up in here since grandmama was a baby, praise me

           B                A
I be on my Giovanni, tea and honey

Tell it like I see it

              C#m
Speak it so I be it

             B
My ancestors watch me

          A
Fairytale walking

                                    C#m
Black Goldilocks, yeah my naps just right

                     B                   A
You got questions, I know that's right

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason why

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason why

                   C#m     B   A
There must be a reason        (single stroke for the last chord)

                   C#m
There must be a reason why