Chords for Ray Charles "If It Wasn't For Bad Luck" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[Bbm] as [Bb] I was waking up this morning. _ _ _
You know, I felt pretty good.
Yes, I did. _
_ _ _ _ _ I decided _ just to see if I could. _ _
[Eb] _ Well, I got a funny feeling.
Yeah. Yeah.
_ That something around here was going on wrong. _ _
[Bb] _ So I got up and I began to look all around for my woman. _
And that was it.
You know, the girl had packed up and gone. _ _
[F] _ You know, everybody went to heaven. _
[Eb] Oh, Lord, I believe I missed the call.
Mm-hmm.
But it [Bbm] seemed it wasn't my bad luck, children.
_ [Db] _ _ Well, you know, it [Gb] wasn't my bad luck, y'all.
_ [Bbm] _ [F] I believe [Bb] I'd have no luck at all.
Mm [Eb]-hmm.
I just wouldn't have no [Bb] luck at all.
[Fm] Look here, let me tell you something happened. _
_ [Bb] I got a tip on a horse someone gave me.
_ On my last suit to make the bed.
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[Bbm] _ [Bb] I put every dime I had on him. _
And you know, I tell you, that horse ain't showed up yet. _ _
[Eb] _ I got so disgusted.
[Bbm] Yes, I did.
[Eb] _ I thought I'd go home and sleep some more. _ _
[Bb] _ But by the time I got to my apartment, guess what? _
_ You know, my landlord had padlocked the door. _ _
[F] I tell you, a slow horse and a fast woman, _
[Eb] oh, Lord, no, they sure did make me fall.
That's why I said [Bbm] it wasn't my bad luck, children.
_ _ [Db] _ Well, you know, it wasn't [Gb] my bad luck, y'all.
[Fm] I believe I'd have no [Bb] luck at all.
_ _ [Eb] Mm-hmm.
I'd have no [Bb] luck at all.
One more thing I want [F] to tell y'all.
Listen here. _
[Bb] _ I decided I'd go out walking.
Yes, I did.
_ And let me tell you, even that failed.
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[Bb] _ Because some man snatched a woman's pocketbook way across town.
_ And guess who they put in jail? _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Oh, I just can't understand it, no, no.
_ There's got to be some kind of explanation. _ _
[Bb] _ But oh, Lord, oh, Lord, I ain't done nothing wrong.
_ So tell me, why am I doing two years probation? _
[F] _ They tell me I got to walk a chalk line. _
[Eb] Oh, oh, with my back up against the wall.
So y'all can see [Bb] if it wasn't my bad luck.
Hey, [Db] hey.
_ Oh, if it wasn't [Gb] my bad luck, now, [F] I would have no [Bb] luck at all.
[Eb] No.
You know, I [Bbm] believe if the moon was cheese, [Bb] I wouldn't have no crackers.
And I'll tell you something else.
_ If it [Bbm] rained soup, would you believe I wouldn't [Bb] have no phone?
That's all right.
[Eb] _ [Bbm] Oh, if it wasn't my [Bb] bad luck, yeah, _ [Eb] yeah, I wouldn't have [Bbm] no luck at [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ all.
Thanks, your honor.
Appreciate it. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Love it.
Love it. _
_ _ It's all right. _ _
Today, _ _ your fellow Jordan Johnny Mercer asked me to tell you he was tuned in tonight and rooting naturally for [B] you.
Let's have a wonderful [N] good night.
_ Oh, thank you very much. _ _ _ _ _ _