Chords for Nina Simone: I Loves You Porgy
Tempo:
58.1 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Eb
Abm
Cm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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It seems [Fm] only, it seems like yesterday that I remember when I had traveled north to Philadelphia,
and a friend of mine told me of an engagement in Atlantic City.
Well, he contacted the owner and successfully achieved that goal.
The owner said he wanted a singer, and of course I was a pianist.
So he asked me, he said, can you sing me now?
[Bb] And I said, well I [Eb] know one, [F] just one little song, and it goes like this.
I [Eb] love you Porky, [Fm] [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
I need it, give it to [Eb] me.
Don't let him out [Cm] of me, [Fm] and drive me mad.
If [Abm]
you [Eb] can keep [Cm] me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with [Eb] you forever, [Bb] and I'll be [C] so glad.
[Fm]
Yes, [Eb] I love you Porky, [Fm] [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
Don't let him handle [Cm] me with [Fm] his hot hands.
[Abm]
[Eb] If you can keep me, [Cm] I [Fm] want to stay [Abm] here with [Bb] you forever.
[F] [Eb] I've got my man.
[Ab]
[Eb] And I can go even further back than that.
[Fm] I remember when I was a little girl, my [Cm] father said to me, you know, I [Fm] promise you,
I [Abm] promise you one day we will go see [Eb] far distant places.
You'll [Fm] travel around the world.
[F] And you, my darling, you will [Eb] have your joys and pains.
[Bb] You'll [Eb] have your joys and pains.
One of these days you'll see that we all are as one.
So, [Gm] [Fm] I searched.
I [Eb] went to Geneva, Switzerland, [Gm] and I loved it.
How much I [Fm] loved Geneva.
I loved it so much.
But there was no Porky.
[Cm] So I went to the motherland.
[Fm] I went to Africa.
And there [Abm] I found him.
[Eb] And there I lost him.
[Fm] [Eb] And of course, my one mistake was coming back.
[Abm] Someday I know he's coming back [E]
to call [Eb] me.
[Abm] He's going to handle me and [E] hold me so.
[Gb] [D] It's going to be like dying Porky [Em]
deep inside me.
But when he comes, I know I'll [Bb] have to go.
[Ab]
[Fm] [F] [Eb]
Porky, [Fm] don't [Gm] let him take me.
[Fm] Don't let him handle me and [Fm] drive me mad.
[Abm] If you can [Cm] keep me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with you [Eb]
forever.
[Fm] Two days [Bb] after forever, with [Eb] you forever.
[Cm] With [Fm] you [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[N]
forever.
and a friend of mine told me of an engagement in Atlantic City.
Well, he contacted the owner and successfully achieved that goal.
The owner said he wanted a singer, and of course I was a pianist.
So he asked me, he said, can you sing me now?
[Bb] And I said, well I [Eb] know one, [F] just one little song, and it goes like this.
I [Eb] love you Porky, [Fm] [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
I need it, give it to [Eb] me.
Don't let him out [Cm] of me, [Fm] and drive me mad.
If [Abm]
you [Eb] can keep [Cm] me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with [Eb] you forever, [Bb] and I'll be [C] so glad.
[Fm]
Yes, [Eb] I love you Porky, [Fm] [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
Don't let him handle [Cm] me with [Fm] his hot hands.
[Abm]
[Eb] If you can keep me, [Cm] I [Fm] want to stay [Abm] here with [Bb] you forever.
[F] [Eb] I've got my man.
[Ab]
[Eb] And I can go even further back than that.
[Fm] I remember when I was a little girl, my [Cm] father said to me, you know, I [Fm] promise you,
I [Abm] promise you one day we will go see [Eb] far distant places.
You'll [Fm] travel around the world.
[F] And you, my darling, you will [Eb] have your joys and pains.
[Bb] You'll [Eb] have your joys and pains.
One of these days you'll see that we all are as one.
So, [Gm] [Fm] I searched.
I [Eb] went to Geneva, Switzerland, [Gm] and I loved it.
How much I [Fm] loved Geneva.
I loved it so much.
But there was no Porky.
[Cm] So I went to the motherland.
[Fm] I went to Africa.
And there [Abm] I found him.
[Eb] And there I lost him.
[Fm] [Eb] And of course, my one mistake was coming back.
[Abm] Someday I know he's coming back [E]
to call [Eb] me.
[Abm] He's going to handle me and [E] hold me so.
[Gb] [D] It's going to be like dying Porky [Em]
deep inside me.
But when he comes, I know I'll [Bb] have to go.
[Ab]
[Fm] [F] [Eb]
Porky, [Fm] don't [Gm] let him take me.
[Fm] Don't let him handle me and [Fm] drive me mad.
[Abm] If you can [Cm] keep me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with you [Eb]
forever.
[Fm] Two days [Bb] after forever, with [Eb] you forever.
[Cm] With [Fm] you [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[N]
forever.
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Fm
Eb
Abm
Cm
Bb
Fm
Eb
Abm
_ It seems [Fm] only, it seems like yesterday that I remember when I had traveled north to Philadelphia,
and a friend of mine told me of an engagement in Atlantic City.
Well, he contacted the owner and successfully achieved that goal.
The owner said he wanted a singer, and of course I was a pianist.
So he asked me, he said, can you sing me now?
[Bb] And I said, well I [Eb] know one, [F] just one little song, and it goes like this.
I [Eb] love you Porky, [Fm] _ [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
I need it, give it to [Eb] me.
Don't let him out [Cm] of me, [Fm] and drive me mad.
If [Abm]
you [Eb] can keep [Cm] me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with [Eb] you forever, _ [Bb] and I'll be [C] so glad.
[Fm]
Yes, [Eb] I love you Porky, [Fm] _ [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
Don't let him handle [Cm] me with [Fm] his hot hands.
[Abm] _
[Eb] If you can keep me, [Cm] I [Fm] want to stay [Abm] here with [Bb] you forever.
[F] _ [Eb] I've got my man.
[Ab] _
_ [Eb] And I can go even further back than that.
_ [Fm] I remember when I was a little girl, my [Cm] father said to me, you know, I [Fm] promise you,
I [Abm] promise you one day we will go see [Eb] far distant places.
You'll [Fm] travel around the world.
[F] And you, my darling, you will [Eb] have your joys and pains.
[Bb] You'll [Eb] have your joys and pains.
One of these days you'll see that we all are as one.
So, [Gm] _ [Fm] I searched.
I [Eb] went to Geneva, Switzerland, [Gm] and I loved it.
How much I [Fm] loved Geneva.
I loved it so much.
But there was no Porky.
[Cm] So I went to the motherland.
[Fm] I went to Africa.
And there [Abm] I found him.
[Eb] And there I lost him.
[Fm] _ [Eb] And of course, my one mistake was coming back.
_ [Abm] Someday I know he's coming back [E]
to call [Eb] me.
[Abm] He's going to handle me and [E] hold me so.
[Gb] _ [D] It's going to be like dying Porky [Em] _
deep inside me.
But when he comes, I know I'll [Bb] have to go.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Porky, [Fm] don't [Gm] let him take me.
[Fm] Don't let him handle me and [Fm] drive me mad.
[Abm] If you can [Cm] keep me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with you [Eb]
forever.
[Fm] Two days [Bb] after forever, with [Eb] you forever.
[Cm] With [Fm] _ _ you [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
forever. _ _ _ _ _ _
and a friend of mine told me of an engagement in Atlantic City.
Well, he contacted the owner and successfully achieved that goal.
The owner said he wanted a singer, and of course I was a pianist.
So he asked me, he said, can you sing me now?
[Bb] And I said, well I [Eb] know one, [F] just one little song, and it goes like this.
I [Eb] love you Porky, [Fm] _ [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
I need it, give it to [Eb] me.
Don't let him out [Cm] of me, [Fm] and drive me mad.
If [Abm]
you [Eb] can keep [Cm] me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with [Eb] you forever, _ [Bb] and I'll be [C] so glad.
[Fm]
Yes, [Eb] I love you Porky, [Fm] _ [Gm] don't let him take [Fm] me.
Don't let him handle [Cm] me with [Fm] his hot hands.
[Abm] _
[Eb] If you can keep me, [Cm] I [Fm] want to stay [Abm] here with [Bb] you forever.
[F] _ [Eb] I've got my man.
[Ab] _
_ [Eb] And I can go even further back than that.
_ [Fm] I remember when I was a little girl, my [Cm] father said to me, you know, I [Fm] promise you,
I [Abm] promise you one day we will go see [Eb] far distant places.
You'll [Fm] travel around the world.
[F] And you, my darling, you will [Eb] have your joys and pains.
[Bb] You'll [Eb] have your joys and pains.
One of these days you'll see that we all are as one.
So, [Gm] _ [Fm] I searched.
I [Eb] went to Geneva, Switzerland, [Gm] and I loved it.
How much I [Fm] loved Geneva.
I loved it so much.
But there was no Porky.
[Cm] So I went to the motherland.
[Fm] I went to Africa.
And there [Abm] I found him.
[Eb] And there I lost him.
[Fm] _ [Eb] And of course, my one mistake was coming back.
_ [Abm] Someday I know he's coming back [E]
to call [Eb] me.
[Abm] He's going to handle me and [E] hold me so.
[Gb] _ [D] It's going to be like dying Porky [Em] _
deep inside me.
But when he comes, I know I'll [Bb] have to go.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Porky, [Fm] don't [Gm] let him take me.
[Fm] Don't let him handle me and [Fm] drive me mad.
[Abm] If you can [Cm] keep me, I [Fm] want to stay here [Abm] with you [Eb]
forever.
[Fm] Two days [Bb] after forever, with [Eb] you forever.
[Cm] With [Fm] _ _ you [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
forever. _ _ _ _ _ _