A stone for bessie smith Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[C][Cm][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
isn't [G]it amazing
shakes you to the bone
[C]she bought a stone
for bessie smith
[Cm]she bought bessie smith
a stone
[G]she got it for
her grave- site
[A]on a temporary loan
but she [D]forgot
she had not paid
[G]for her own
[Em]she forg[G]ot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
[C]after all the contracts
and ar[Cm]rangements had been made
[G]she went to bessie's grave
[A]and marked it with a stone
but she [D]still
had to pay for [G]her own
[Em][G]

[Verse 2]
[F#]
[E]she went home
to her class reunion
where a class- mate
he confessed
[B]she wouldn't want this
getting out
but she used to be the best
in [E]school she was a nice girl
[A]as descent as the rest
though she [D]never was

[Verse 3]
conservatively dressed
[G]
isn't it amazing
you think she could've known
[C]she bought a stone
for bessie smith
[Cm]she bought bessie smith
a stone
[G]she got it for
her grave- site
[A]on a temporary loan
but [D]she forgot
she had not paid
[G]for her own
she forgot she had not paid
she forgot she had not paid
[C]no sooner had the letters
on the [Cm]deed begun to fade
[G]when her ashes had been scattered
[A]been battered and been blown
she still had to [D]pay
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
for [C]bessie
on a temporary loan
but she [G]forgot
she had not paid
for her own.