Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer chords by Bessie Smith

Intro, spoken:
N.C.
Twenty five cents? Ha! No-no
I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to get into nowhere!

Cuz'  listen here


Verse 1:
C7
Up in Harlem every Saturday night
         F7                     F
When the highbrows get together its just too tight
     G7                   Cm               C7
They all congregate at an all night strut
F                   A#
And what they do is tut-tut-tut

Verse 2:
C7
Ol' Hannah Brown, from cross town
F7
Gets full of corn and starts breaking 'em down
F7
And at the break of day
                        A#7
You can hear ol' Hannah say


Chorus 1:
        D#
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
C7
Send me again. I don't care
F7                 A#7
I feel just like I wanna clown
D#                                         A#7         D#
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down!

D#
He's gotta rhythm, yeah! When he stomps his feet
   C7                           A#7
He sends me right off to sleep
D#             G7     C7
Check all your razors and your guns
C7                            F7    A#7     G#7
We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes

A#7     D#                      C7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
F7            A#7     D#7     C7
Send me cause I don't care
F7            A#7           D#
Blame me cause I don't care


Chorus 2:
A#7     D#
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
C7
Send me again
I don't care
F7               A#7
I feel just like I wanna clown
D                                          A#7         D#
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down

D#
He's got rhythm, yeah, when he stomps his feet
   C7                           A#7
He sends me right off to sleep
D#             G7     C7
Check all your razors and your guns
C7                               F7     A#7    G#7
Do the Shim-Sham Shimmy 'til the rising sun

A#7       D#                   C7
Give me a reefer and a gang of gin
F7                A#7   D#   C7
Play me cause I'm in my sin
F7                 A#7     D#
Blame me cause I'm full of gin.