Originally by Ray Charles
Intro: Follow along closely
G5 E5 A7aug C5
G5 E5 A7aug C5
Verse:
G5 E5 A7aug C5
I've gotten down to my last pair of shoes
G5 E5 A7aug C5
Can't even win a nickel bet
G5 G5 C5 E5
Because, ah them that's got are them that gets
A5 C5 G5 (cool riff off of a G5 major or E5 minor blues scale)
And I ain't got nothin yet
G5 E5 A7aug C5
I'm sneakin in and out duckin' my landlord
G5 E5 A7aug C5
All I seem to do is stay in debt
G5 G5 C5 E5
Because, ah them that's got (yeah) are them that gets
A5 C5 G(cool riff off of a G5 major or E5 minor blues scale)
And I tell you all I ain't got nothin' yet
E5
Them that's got are them that gets
A5 E5 | A5 G5 A5 |
Is somethin I can't see
A5
If ya gotta have somethin
A5
Before you can get somethin
C5 D5
How do ya get your first is still a mystery to me
G5 E5 A7aug C5
I see folk with long cars and fine clothes
G5 E5 A7aug C5
That's why they're called the smarter set
G5 G5
Because they manage to get
C5 E5
When only them that's got supposed to get
A5 C5 G5
And I ain't got nothin yet
Solo or Bridge: same chords as verse just play it twice here
G5 E5 A7aug C5
G5 E5 A7aug C5
G5 D5 C5 E5
A5 C5 G5
E5
Them that's got are them that gets
A5 E5 | A5 G5 A5 |
Is somethin I can't see
A5
If ya gotta have somethin
A5
Before you can get somethin
C5 D5
How do ya get your first is still a mystery to me
G5 E5 A7aug C5
I see folk with long cars and fine clothes
G5 E5 A7aug C5
That's why they're called the smarter set
G5 G5
Because they manage to get
C5 E5
When only them that's got supposed to get
A5 C5 G5 (running bassline from G5 down to E5 ) E5
And I ain't got nothin yet
A5 C5 G5 (run it again) E5
And I ain't got nothin yet
A5 C5
And I ain't got nothin yet
| B5 G5 A5 | G5
