Chords for If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another - Richard 'Dimples' Fields (HQ)

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] I'm making this song for all [Db] the people [Eb] who at [Fm] times in their lives [Db] feel bad.
_ [Eb] You know when [Ab] you feel like even your blues have blues?
[Eb] If it [Fm] _ ain't one thing, [Cm] it's another.
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[Eb] If it [Fm] ain't one thing, it's [Eb] another.
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[Eb] It's [Db] a crazy [Eb] mixed up world, [Db] it's a doggy dog [Eb] world.
Life [F] is full of [Eb] strife, people [F] just aren't [Db] nice.
_ [Eb] Everybody's talking [Db] smack, [Eb] running games on this [Bb] and that.
Racial resentment [Ab] adds to [A] [Db] discontentment.
Talk [Eb] to any guy, [Db] he'll tell you taxes [Eb] are [Db] too [Eb] high.
Books, [F] movies are [Eb] corrupt, [A] suicide is way [Db] up.
Kids [Eb] are sorry [Db] like some [Eb] folks say it's [Bb] cause of pie.
Phony ego trips, [Bbm] wow, everyone has flipped.
[Eb] If it _ [Fm] ain't one thing, [Bbm] _
[Ab] it's another.
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[Eb] If it _ [Fm] ain't one thing, _ [Eb] it's another.
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_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] Everybody's shacking [Db] up, married [G] folks are packing [Eb] up.
[Cm] Country's growing up in [Eb] smoke, where [F] is Noah with [Db] his boat?
Blacks [Eb] marching on [Db] D.C.,. 400 [Eb] years, [G] still not [Bb] free. Martin paid all a man could [Db] pay, still he's not a [Gbm] [Db] holiday. Folks [Eb] messing with my [Db] mind, make [Eb] me a Frankenstein. This woman [F] by my [Eb] side, she's Dr. [A] Jekyll, Mr. [Db] Hyde. Can't [Eb] get my head on [Db] right, [Eb] problems day and [Bb] night. To calm my nerves, I've tried [Db] smoke. Doctors give me [Em] dope to [Ab] cope. If it _ [Fm] ain't [Db] one thing, _ [Eb] it's another. [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] If [Eb] it _ [Fm] ain't [Bbm] one thing, [Db] _ [Eb] it's another. [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] If it ain't [Fm] _ [Ab] one [Bbm] _ thing, [Eb] it's another. _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ If [Eb] _ _ [Fm] it ain't one _ _ _ [Ab] thing, it's another. _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [A] _ [Db] From my day [Eb] of birth, I've [Db] all held [Eb] on earth. A number [F] is all I am, [Eb] ain't got no friends, [F] don't give [Db] a_ If you [Eb] ain't got no pool, [Db] you're gonna [Eb] put up with a lot of [Bb] wool. This funky world is cold, I'm gonna [Abm] flush myself down [Ab] the_ If it [Fm] ain't one [Db] thing, [Cm] it's another. [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] If it [Fm] ain't one [Bbm] thing, it's [Cm] another. [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ If [Eb] it [Fm] ain't one [Bbm] thing, it's [Eb] [Fm] another. _ _ _ [Db] _ If [Eb] it [Ab] ain't one [Db] thing, _ _ [Cm] it's another. [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] My _ [Fm] friends, [Db] I wonder if it's okay if I talk to you [Cm] this evening. _ [Fm] _ A long time ago, [Bbm] my old grandmother, [Eb] bless her [Fm] heart, used to [Bbm] sit me on her knee and [Ab] pull out her good [Fm] book. And she said, my son, my [Ab] child, _ [Fm] don't you ever get too broad, [Db] too famous, [Eb] too rich, [Fm] to forget a man [Bbm] upstairs. _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] And she used to turn to [Db] Matthew chapter 24. [Ab] _ [Fm] And there the disciples were talking [Db] to the master, and [Cm] they said, Lord, [Fm] tell us what will be the sign of your [Bbm] coming. And the [Cm] end to all this confusion [Fm] out there. _ [Db] And the good Lord said, _ [Ab] my children, [Fm] watch out that nobody deceive [Db] you. For in the last days, [Ab] there'll be a [Fm] lot of tribulation, [Db] wars and famines and [Eb] earthquakes in [Fm] different places out there. [Db] And there'll be no [Ab] understanding among people. [Bbm] He said, but as you see these things occurring, [Eb] don't you [Fm] become too discouraged, just lift your hands up high, [Db] because your [Ab] deliverance is getting near. [Fm] And he spoke [Db] about the [G] proclamation [Eb] of our coming kingdom, [Fm] or government of God, that [Bbm] would eventually [Cm] take over this earth [Fm] and rule over the whole earth. And oh, [Eb] I turn to [Ab] Daniel chapter 2. [Bbm] There Daniel describes that this [Cm] kingdom will not be an [Fm] earthly kingdom, but [Bbm] it will be ruled by God. [Cm] And open the book of [Fm] Revelation, it talks about how there'll be a Lamb who is Jesus [Eb] and His faith for [Fm] 144,000 who would [Bbm] bring all mankind [Eb] back to perfection. [Ab] Ah, [Db] some of you out there know exactly what I'm talking about. [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] And Isaiah, _ [Cm] Isaiah a long [Fm] time ago said, Oh, I see [Bbm] old people growing [Eb] young again. [Fm] I see lame people running [Db] and leaping [Eb] just like a gazelle. [Fm] And blind [Bbm] people will see [Db] again. We won't have [Ab] to worry about our children [Fm] going outside to play [Bbm] at night. They'll be able to play [Eb] with a snake and other [Fm] animals. And there'll be brotherhood and peace and [Bbm] tranquility on the earth. [Eb] _ [Fm] Oh, it makes me feel good when I read over in [Bbm] Revelation [Eb] that it said, God [Fm] would wipe out every tear from [Db] my eyes. _ [Cm] Yeah, [Fm] that's in Revelation chapter 21. Why don't you pick up [Db] the good book and read about it [Eb] for yourself. _ _ [Fm] And my friends, [Db] I don't know if I'll ever see you again. [Eb] _ [Fm] Life is certainly [Bbm] uncertain these days. I'm sure you'll agree to that. [Cm] _ [Fm] But keep dreaming a big [Bbm] dream. Get down on your knees and [Ab] ask the big guy in the sky [Fm] for his spirit to [Bbm] sustain you. And pray for him. [Cm] I'll be [Fm] praying for you. [Db] Good night. _