Your Good Fortune Chords by Mavis Staples

[Dm] _ _ _ Why _ did [Am] you spend _ _ your [E] good fortune _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] on me?
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Did you leave me to _ suffer?
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] Just to shuffle [Am] and breathe?
_ _ _ _ _ Did you [C] pick [D] through the [Am] _ litters? _
_ _ [C] As you settled [A] on me?
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Am I just a plaything? _
_ _ _ [C] Or [Em] the wind [A] like a leaf?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C] Or did you leave [D] me [A] _ [Am] exactly _
_ _ _ where _ I need [A] to [Am] be? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tell me [Dm] why _ _ did you [A] spend _ _
[E] your good fortune _ _ [A] on me?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Why [F] _ did you [A] spend _ your [E] good fortune _ on [Am] _ me? _ _ _ _
_ I can [G] tell you [A] of _ sorrow
_ _ _ _ Of losing, of [Am] pain _ _ _
_ _ I can cry through the _ levy
_ _ _ _ [D] It would [Am] wash you away _ _ _
_ _ _ I could give [N] you one _ reason _ _ _ _
Two _ reasons or [Am] _ three _
_ _ I [C] can tell [F#m] you about [Am] _ heartache _ _ _ _
_ _ Loneliness _ _ _ _ _ _ and grief
_ [A] _ [C]
So [Dm] _ why _ did you [Am] spend _ your good _ [E]
fortune _ on [A] me?
[Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Why [Dm] _ did [A] you spend [Am] _ your [E] good fortune _ _ [Am] on me? _
_ _ _ _ I can [Fm] tell you [Am] a story
_ _ Tell _ _ it simple and plain
_ Tell _ _ _ you life is a candle _ _
It _ _ _ flickers in the flame
_ _ _ _ So if I [D] give you [A] one [Am] reason _ _
_ _ For me to say [A] what I'm saying
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
I say [C] that you are [A] the _ _ [Am] _
_ _ answer
To my question every _ _ _ _ _ _ day
_ _ Saying [D] [Dm] why _ _ [Am] did you spend _ your [E] good fortune _ _ [A] on me?
_ _ [C] Tell [Dm] me why _ [G] did [Am] you spend _ your great [E] fortune _ _ [A] on [Am] me?
_ _ _ _ [D]
Why [Dm] _ _ did [Am] you spend your glorious [E] fortune _ on [A] me?
[Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] Why _ _ _ did [E] you [Am] spend your [E] glorious fortune _ on [A] _ [Am] me? _ _ _ On _ _ _ _ _ me _ On _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
me _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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