Back On My Feet Again

	  		

G              E                   A 
Doctor, let me tell you something about myself 
      D                   C    G 
I'm a college man and I'm very wealthy 
     G              E           A 
I've got no time to trifle with trash like you 
        D        C       G 
Cause I must be 'bout my business 

   G               E          A 
My brother's a machinist in a textile mill 
       D                         C    G 
And he makes more money than you ever will 
   G        E            A 
He just got married to a Polish girl 
D              C         G 
With a space between her teeth 

G             E            A 
My sister's a dancer up in Baltimore 
D          C       G 
At a small cafe on Main 
        G              E              A 
But she ran off with a Negro from the Eastern Shore 
D                                A 
Doctor, she didn't even know his name 

       G          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again 
                 D 
Back on my feet again 
G        Bm       Em  E  A 
Open the door and set me free 
       A          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again 

G                   E           A 
He took her down to Mobile in a railroad train 
          D                      C         G 
He said, "Driver, take me to the Hotel Puh-ree." 
   G             E                    A 
He went into the washroom, washed his face and hands, and Doctor, 
        D                                A 
When he come out he was white as you and me 

          G               E           A 
He said, "Girl, I ain't a Negro I'm a millionaire 
D          C       G 
As you can plainly see 
G       E          A 
So many women were after my money 
        D                                A 
But I'm proud to say you were only after me 

       G                 E               A 
â??Gonna teach you to play polo and how to water-ski 
D             C        G 
Won't have to dance no more 
G        E                 A 
And I no longer have to pretend to be 
D                        A 
A Negro from the Eastern Shore." 

       G          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again 
                 D 
Back on my feet again 
G        Bm       Em  E  A 
Open the door and set me free 
       A          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again 


G               E        A 
Doctor, doctor, what you say 
D                    C     G 
How 'bout letting me out today? 
G        E          A 
Ain't no reason for me to stay 
D              A 
Everybody's so far away 

       G          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again 
                 D 
Back on my feet again 
G        Bm       Em  E  A 
Open the door and set me free 
       A          D    G 
Get me back on my feet again