Tonart: Ab major
Intro 1
G
C
Cm
C
G
Verse 1
shakes you to the bone
for bessie smith
Cm
she bought bessie smith
a stone
her grave- site
she had not paid
Em
G
she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
C
after all the contracts
Cm
and arrangements had been made
G
she went to bessie's grave
A
and marked it with a stone
Em
G
Verse 2
F#
to her class reunion
where a class- mate
he confessed
getting out
but she used to be the best
E
in school she was a nice girl
Verse 3
conservatively dressed
G
isn't it amazing
you think she could've known
for bessie smith
Cm
she bought bessie smith
a stone
her grave- site
she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
C
no sooner had the letters
Cm
on the deed begun to fade
G
when her ashes had been scattered
A
been battered and been blown
for her own
she knew
miss gloria swanson
on a tv show they met
they talked across
a hundred years
miss gloria's with us yet
but janis was a gambler
who'd already lost a bet
and the time had come
G
to settle up
her debt
Verse 4
isn't it amazing shakes
you to the bone
she bought a stone
for bessie smith
she bought bessie smith
a stone
she got it up
on a temporary loan
she had not paid
for her own.
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