A Good Man Is Hard To Find chords by Bessie Smith

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C7C7 C9C9 FF F7F7

Bb7Bb7 G7G7 C7C7 F7F7

Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 BdimBdim Cm7Cm7 F13F13

Bbmaj7Bbmaj7   BdimBdim    Cm7Cm7 F7F7
My heart is sad and I'm all alone
FF          Bb majorBb BdimBdim Cm7Cm7 F13F13
My man's treating me mean
 Bb majorBb         FF   D7D7
I regret the day that I was born
    G7G7  Db9Db9 C9C9 FF
And the man I ev er seen
  G minorGm      C majorC  FF
My happiness is less today
  G minorGm    C majorC       FF   F7F7
My heart is broke, that's why I say

Verse 1:

    G7G7
Lord, a good man is hard to find
C7C7
You always get another kind
FF
Just when you think that he's your pal
  Bb majorBb  N.C.
You look and find him foolin' 'round some old gal
FF    G7G7
Then you rave, you all crave
      C majorC          C7C7
You want to see him down in his grave
      Bb majorBb      G7G7
So if your man is nice, take my advice;
FF Bb majorBb           FF Bb majorBb
 Hug him in the morning, kiss him at night
FF Bb majorBb           FF     Bb majorBb
 Give him plenty lovin'; treat your good man right
B7B7   C7C7      F7F7          Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb EbmEbm Bb majorBb
Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find

Verse 2 is Verse 1 with minor lyric variations:

   G7G7
Oh, a good man is so hard to find
C7C7
We always get that roughed old kind
FF
Just when you think that he's your pal
  Bb majorBb  N.C.
You look and find him hangin' 'round some old gal
FF    G7G7
Then you rave, how you crave
     C majorC          C7C7
You wanna see him dead layin' in his grave
      Bb majorBb      G7G7
So if your man is nice, take my advice
FF Bb majorBb           FF Bb majorBb
 Hug him in the morning, kiss him at night
FF Bb majorBb           FF  Bb majorBb
 Give him plenty love madam, treat your man right
B7B7   C7C7      F7F7          Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb EbmEbm Bb majorBb
Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find