Kitchen Man Chords by Bessie Smith

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_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] Madam Bucks was quite the _ [Cm] servant [F] by [Dm] the score. _
_ Put [Db] ones [Cm] at each [F] door, _ [Cm] butlers and [F] maids galore.
[Cm] _
[Fm] But one day [F] Dan, her kitchen man, _ gave him his [Bb] notices through. _
She [A] cried, [F] oh Dan, don't [D] go, [Gm] it'll grieve me if you do. _
[Bb] I love his [G] cabbage, crave [Dm] his [Cm] hait, deathly about [F] his sucker taste.
[Bb] _
I can't [Gm] do [C] without my [F]
kitchen _ _ _ [Cm] man.
_ [Dm] _
[Fm] Wild [G] about his turnip [Cm] top, likes the way [F] he warms my [Bb] chop.
[Gbm] I can't [Gm] do without my [Fm] kitchen man.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
Anybody _ [D] [A] else can [D] leave and I would only laugh.
_ [G]
But he means too much to me [Cm] and you ain't heard [F] the half.
_ [Fm]
Oh, his jelly roll [G] is so nice and [Cm] hot, never fails to test his [F] spot.
[Bb]
I [Gm] can't do without [Cm] my [Dm] kitchen man.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
His frankfurters [G] are oh so [Cm] sweet, how I like his [F] sauce should meet.
_ [Bb]
I [Gm] can't do without my [Fm] kitchen man.
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Oh, how [D] that boy [G] can open _ [Cm] clams, no [G] one else can [F] touch my [C] hams.
I can't do without my [Bb] kitchen [Cm] man.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
When I eat [D] his donuts, all I leave is a hole.
_ _ [G] _
Anytime he wants to, why he [Cm] can use my [F] sugar bowl.
_ Oh, [Fm] his bologna is [G] really worth a [Cm] try, never fails to [F] satisfy.
[Bb] _
[Gbm] I [Gm] can't do [C] without my [Bb]
kitchen [D] man.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _