Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Am D Am D Am D Am D It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so Am7 F D7 Cdim De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D It ain't necessarily so Am D Am D Am D Am D Li'l David was small but oh my, Li'l David was small but oh my Am7 F D7 Cdim He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D Li'l David was small but oh my Am D Am D Am D Am D Oh Jonah he lived in de whale, Oh Jonah he lived in de whale Am7 F D7 Cdim Now he made his home in dat fish's abdomen D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D Oh Jonah he lived in de whale Am D Am D Am D Am D Li'l Moses was found in a stream, Li'l Moses was found in a stream Am7 F D7 Cdim He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh's daughter D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D She fished him she says from that stream Am D Am D Am D Am D It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so Am7 F D7 Cdim Th' things that the preacher is liable to teach ya D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D It ain't necessarily so Am D Am D Am D Am D Methus'lah lived nine hundred years, Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Am7 F D7 Cdim But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in D9 F Em7 E7 Am D Am D To no man what's nine hundred years Dm6 A E7 I'm preachin' dis sermon to show D C#7 F#m Dm6 It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa A E7/13 A6 It ain't necessarily so