Chords for jamie cullum - ain't necessarily so

Tempo:
160.3 bpm
Chords used:

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Eb

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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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jamie cullum - ain't necessarily so chords
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[D]
It ain't [C] necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so.
The [Cm] things that you libel, you read in the bible, [D]
it ain't necessarily so.
Now David was small but oh my, little David was small but [Gb] oh [Fm] my.
[Eb] [Bbm]
[Eb] Fought big a life,
[Ab] laid down to die.
[Eb]
[Gm] David was [E] small [Dm] but oh my.
[Abm]
To [Bbm] get into heaven, don't [Gb] snap, bar a cellar.
[Gm] [C] Live clean, [Bb] get your falls.
I
[D] take the gospel [Bb]
whenever I'm able,
[Bbm] [Gm] but with a grain of [E] salt.
[Gb]
[C] Now [Db] Jonah [Bb]
lived in a [Fm] well, [Db] [Eb] [Db]
[Fm] Jonah [Bb] lived in a [Fm] well.
[Eb] [Db]
[Bb] He met his home [B] in
[Bb] a precious abdomen, [Ab]
[Gm] [Cm] Jonah lived in [Ab] a well.
[G] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Fm] [D] [Bb]
[F]
[D] [Eb]
[Db]
[Ab] [Gm] [C]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Fm] [Db] [Eb]
[C] [Fm] [Db] [Eb] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Bb]
[F] [Fm] [Bbm]
[A] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [C] [Bb] [Cm]
[Abm]
[Ebm] To get [Abm] into heaven, don't [Gb] snap, bar a cellar.
[Ebm] [Bb]
Live clean, get your falls.
I [Ab]
take the [D] gospel [Bb] whenever I'm able, [Bbm] [G]
but with a grain of [C]
[Ab] salt.
[Bb] The fool's love lives 900 [Fm] days.
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab] The fool's love lives 900 [C] [Db] days.
[Eb] [Bbm] [Bb] Who call it living?
[Ab] [Db] [Ebm]
No God will [Bbm] give it.
No [E] man loves 900 [F] [Db] days.
[Bb]
It [Fm] [Bb] ain't necessarily [Dm] so.
[Bbm] [Bb]
It ain't necessarily so.
[Db]
[Bb] [Db] The [Bb] things that you're liable
[A] to [Bb] read in the Bible,
[Bbm] it [E] ain't necessarily [Ab] so.
[Db] [D]
[C] [Fm] [Db] [C]
[Fm] [Bb]
[C] [Fm] [Bbm]
[C] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Fm] [Eb] It [Db] [Ab] ain't [Db]
necessarily so.
[Eb]
[Db] It [Cm] [Fm] ain't necessarily so.
[Gm]
[C] It
[Eb] ain't [Bb] necessarily so.
[D] [N]
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Bb
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To learn Jamie Cullum - It Aint Necessarily So chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Db, C, Fm, Db, Eb and Fm. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 80 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 160. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Minor in mind.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ ain't _ _ [C] necessarily _ so, _ _ _ _ _ it ain't _ necessarily _ _ so. _ _ _ _ _
The [Cm] things that you libel, you read in the bible, _ [D]
it _ ain't _ necessarily _ so. _ _ _ _ _
Now David _ was small but oh my, _ _ _ _ _ _ little David was small but [Gb] oh _ [Fm] my.
[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] Fought big a life, _ _
[Ab] _ laid down to die.
_ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ David was [E] small [Dm] but oh my.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ To [Bbm] get into heaven, don't [Gb] snap, bar a cellar. _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Live clean, [Bb] get your falls.
_ I _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ take the gospel [Bb] _
whenever _ I'm able, _
[Bbm] _ _ [Gm] but with a grain of [E] salt.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[C] Now [Db] Jonah _ _ [Bb] _ _
lived in a [Fm] well, [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ Jonah [Bb] lived in a [Fm] well.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _
_ [Bb] _ He met his home [B] in _
[Bb] _ a precious abdomen, [Ab] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] Jonah lived in [Ab] a well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Ebm] To get [Abm] into heaven, don't [Gb] snap, bar a _ cellar.
[Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _
Live clean, get your falls.
_ I _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
take the [D] gospel [Bb] whenever _ _ I'm able, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [G]
but with a grain of [C] _ _
[Ab] salt.
_ _ [Bb] _ The fool's love lives 900 _ [Fm] days. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ The fool's love lives 900 [C] _ [Db] days. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ Who call it living?
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
No God will [Bbm] give it.
No [E] man loves 900 _ [F] _ [Db] days.
_ [Bb]
It _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] ain't _ necessarily _ _ [Dm] so.
[Bbm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ It ain't necessarily _ _ so.
_ _ [Db] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] The [Bb] things that you're liable _
[A] to _ [Bb] read in the Bible,
_ _ [Bbm] it [E] ain't _ necessarily _ _ [Ab] so.
_ [Db] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] It [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] ain't [Db] _
_ necessarily _ so.
_ [Eb] _
[Db] _ _ _ It [Cm] [Fm] ain't necessarily _ so. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] It _
[Eb] _ _ ain't [Bb] necessarily _ so.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song was composed by Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward.

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