Chords for Ruth Brown - If I can't sell it, I'll sit on it

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ [Db] I own _ [Cm] a secondhand furniture [F] store.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] And I think my [Abm] prices are [Fm] fair.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] That is, [Ebm] until this [F] real cheap guy [Cm] came in one day,
[A] _ _ [Bb] saw this chair he wanted to buy, [Eb] but he wouldn't,
claimed the [Eb] price was too high.
[Db] _ So _ I looked him [Bbm] straight in [Fm] his eye.
_ [C] And this _ was my [Eb] reply.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ If I can't sell it, [F] _ _ I'm going to sit down [Fm] on it.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ Why [Ab] should I give it away?
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Now darling, [Fm] if you want it, _ [F] _ _ you got to buy [B] it.
_ [Abm] _ _ And I mean [Eb] just what I say.
_ _ _ [Ab]
Now, how'd you like to find this waiting [Db] at home for you
every night, _ _ _ [Gb] only being used once or twice,
[Abm] and it's still nice and tight?
Wow!
[Ab] _ But if I can't sell it, _ [F] I'm going to keep sitting on it.
_ [Ab] _
_ I [Cm] don't see the need to give it away. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] Now, you [Cm] can't find [F] a better [C] pair of legs [A] in town.
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ And a back [Ab] like this, not [C] for miles around.
[Ab] And that is why, _ [C] if I [F] can't sell it,
[F] I'm going to recline upon it.
[Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
Why should I [Eb] give it away?
[G] _ _ Because [Ab]
it's made for comfort, _ _ built for wear and tear.
[Db] _ Where else would you find [Gb] such a _ easy chair?
Ha, [Ab] ha, ha!
Oh, but if I [Cm] can't sell it, [F] I am going to remain seated [Am] on it.
[Ab] _ _
[Eb] I ain't about to [Bb] give it away.
[Gb] _ _
_ Oh, [Ab] because it's _ luxe, plush, [F] _ slick and sleek.
_ [Fm] _
[Ab] Darling, a high class piece like this at any [Eb] price [G] is cheap.
_ [Ab] _ So if I can't sell it, _ [F] I'm going to remain seated on it.
[Fm] _ _ I don't see the need to [Bbm] give it away.
_ _ _ [Ab] Now, look at this nice bottom.
_ _ Ain't it easy on the [Db] eye?
_ _ _ _ Guaranteed to support any weight or [Ab] size.
_ But if I can't sell it, [Gbm] _ _ [F]
I'm going to sit down on [A] it.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb]
I ain't about to give it away.
_ _ [Gbm]
You know, [Bb] I have really had my [D] fill [Db] of folks _ always [G] coming
around with [Ab] their hands stuck out,
want something and [Gb] don't want to give [F] us nothing.
Now, [Bb] if you want this, [D] put your [Db] hand in your stash
and give me [Ab] some cash. _
If you want something [G] for free, [Bbm] go to the Salvation Army.
Don't come to me.
_ Now, [D] this is not St.
Vincent de [Db] Pau's place.
[F] This is Ruth's [Ab] place.
_ [D] _ Read [Ab] _
my lips.
_ No free trip.
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