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Back On My Feet Again chords by Randy Newman

Chords with lyrics

The early version of this song is called "Doctor Doctor" and it's on the "Good Old Boys Redux" album. It's
more or less the same song but slightly different lyrics.

This is the one from the original album.

Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Doctor, let me tell you something about myself
      Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
I'm a college man and I'm very wealthy
     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA
I've got no time to trifle with trash like you
        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
Cause I must be 'bout my business

   Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramA augmentedA
My brother's a machinist in a textile mill
       Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
And he makes more money than you ever will
   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA augmentedA
He just got married to a Polish girl
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
With a space between her teeth

Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA augmentedA
My sister's a dancer up in Baltimore
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
At a small cafe on Main
        Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramA augmentedA
But she ran off with a Negro from the Eastern Shore
Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramA augmentedA
Doctor, she didn't even know his name

       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Get me back on my feet again
                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back on my feet again
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Open the door and set me free
       Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Get me back on my feet again

Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA
He took her down to Mobile in a railroad train
          Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
He said, "Driver, take me to the Hotel Puh-ree."
   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE MajorE                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
He went into the washroom, washed his face and hands, and Doctor,
        Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramA augmentedA
When he come out he was white as you and me

          Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA
He said, "Girl, I ain't a Negro I'm a millionaire
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
As you can plainly see
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramA augmentedA
So many women were after my money
        Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramA augmentedA
But I'm proud to say you were only after me

       Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramA augmentedA
 Gonna teach you to play polo and how to water-ski
Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
Won't have to dance no more
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I no longer have to pretend to be
Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramA augmentedA Negro from the Eastern Shore."

       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Get me back on my feet again
                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back on my feet again
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Open the door and set me free
       Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Get me back on my feet again


Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Doctor, doctor, what you say
Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
How 'bout letting me out today?
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ain't no reason for me to stay
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramA augmentedA
Everybody's so far away

       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
Get me back on my feet again
                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Back on my feet again
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Open the door and set me free
       Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G

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