Hen Pecked Chords by Bobby Rush

_ _ _ [C] [Bb] I _ [B] _
don't [C] know.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] I don't know.
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] I don't know. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Well, let me tell you [Gm] something right now.
I'm not him [F] picked.
I just been picked [Bb] by the right here.
Listen, let [C] me tell you [Bb] this.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _
[Gm] Some folks say my woman don't love me.
That she don't mean [G] me no good.
[Bb] They just want what [C] I got.
[Gm] Do the same thing they [Bb] could.
They ain't [D] thinking about you.
I don't care [Gm] what you say.
_ [G]
Long as I'm getting what I'm getting, [Gm] I'm gonna [G] love her anyway.
[D] _
I done told you [Ab] once.
[D] Now I'm telling you again.
[C] I'm not him picked.
I [Dm] just been picked by the right here.
[Gm]
I'm not [F] him picked.
Well, [C] _ [Bb] I [C] just been picked by the right here.
[D] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ I tell you I'm not [F] him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] I [F] just been picked by the [Gm] right here.
_ _ [C] [Gm] Yeah. _ _ _
A fella walked up to me last night about a race.
I've been watching your woman for you [F] while you were gone.
[Gm] I bet for me. _
Why [G] are you watching my woman [Gm] to see what she's [D] doing wrong? _
[Bb] Why are you watching [Em] my woman?
[Gm] You ought to be watching your [Bb] own.
I ain't thinking about you.
I [Em] don't care [Gm] what you say. _
Just as [Fm] long as I'm getting [Em] what I'm getting, [Bb] I'm gonna love her anyway. _
I done told you [Ab] once.
[D] Now I'm telling you again.
[C] I'm not him picked.
I [Dm] just been picked by the right here.
[Gm]
I'm not him picked.
[D] Well, _ [Gm] I [C] just been picked by the right here.
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ I tell you I'm not [F] him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] I [D] just been picked by the right here.
_ _ [C] [Bb] Yeah. _ _ _
I heard a fella said to me last night about a race for [G] $50.
I'll tell you everything your woman been doing while you was gone.
And for $50 more, I'll tell you [Bb] who's your dearest of wits.
Let me tell you this. _
I don't want you to [C] tell me [Gm] nothing.
I don't want to know too much.
Just like the old phone [C] used to say.
[G] But you don't know something.
I ain't thinking about you.
And I [Em] don't care [Bb] what you say.
[C] _
[Bb] Just as long as I'm getting [C] what I [Gm] want, I'm gonna love the woman anyway. _
[D] I ain't told you [Ab] once.
[D] Now I'm telling you again.
[C] I'm not him [Db] picked.
I [Dm] just been picked by the [Gm] right here.
I'm not him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] I just been picked by the right here.
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] I tell you [Gm] I'm not him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] _ [D] Barbara's been picked by the right here.
_ _ [G] Yeah.
_ _ [Bb] _
[G] I heard somebody tell me the other night.
Said, Barbara, right here.
Your woman [Bb] don't really love you.
[F] No way.
[Gm] Let me tell you this.
[G] _ _ [Bb] _
Well, she love me.
[C] But she [Bb] don't.
I ain't going to stand no quitting.
[G] As long as I'm getting [C] what I [Bb] want, what her love going to do.
I ain't [G] thinking about you.
I [C] don't care [Gm] what you say.
_ _ [G]
Just as long as I'm getting [C] what I want, [Bb] I'm going to love the woman anyway.
I _ ain't told you [C] once.
[Gm] I'm telling you again.
I'm not him [Em] picked.
I [Gm] just been picked by the right here.
[Bb]
I'm not him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] I just been picked by the right here.
_ _ Yeah.
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] Some call me a [C] him pick, [Gm] man.
Some call [D] me a fool.
[Bb] Because I give my woman [C] all of my [Bb] money.
Love her like I do.
[E] Call me a him pick, [C] man.
[Gm] Call me a him pick fool.
But [D] it's my thing and [C] it's my [Gm] move.
I can do what I want to.
I ain't thinking about you.
And I [C] don't care [Bb] what you [D] say. _ _
Everybody trying to get me to leave my woman alone.
But I can't let her go.
[C] They don't know what you do to [Dm] me.
But you can't let the whole thing [Bb] go.
I'm not him picked.
[C] Well, [Gm] I just been picked by the right [F] here.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
I'm not [G] him picked at all, [C] yo.
[Bb] Barbara just been picked by the right here.
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
As long as you keep on giving me what you're giving me.
I'm gonna [F] love her till the end.
_ [Gm] Yeah. _ _
I'm not him picked at all, [C] yo.
[Gm] I just been picked by the right here.
Yeah.
_ _ [Bb]
Look at [D] her.
Pick [C] me.
[Gm] _ Oh, that's right, [Bb] baby.
Pick me, baby.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _