Nina Simone

Gimme A Pigfoot

Nina Simone


Tom: Am

C, B, A#, A7
A7
Up in harlem on a saturday night
D7
Were the highbrows get together, it's just to tight
G7                   G6
We all gather at the harlem strut
C                    C, B, A#, A7
And what we do is tut tut tut

A7
Ol' hannah brown, from way cross town
D7
Keeps drinking her liquor and she brings them down
Dm7
Just at the break of day
         F7               G7
You could hear old hannah say

        C        E7   A7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
D7
Send me daddy, cos I don't care
G7                 G6
I feel just like I wanna clown
C
Give the piano player a drink
                    C, B, A#
Cause he brought me down
             C   E7    A7
He's got the rhythm when he stomps his feet
D7
He just send me right off to sleep
E7                    A7
Check all your razors and your guns
D7                            G
I'm gonna be arrested when the wagon comes

        C   E7       A7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
D7      G7          C E7  A7
Send me cos I don't care oh no
D7       G7         C
Send me cos I don't care

        C        E7   A7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
D7
Send me daddy, cos I don't care
G7                 G6
I feel just like I wanna clown
C
Give the piano player a drink
                    C, B, A#
Cause he brought me down
             C   E7    A7
He's got the rhythm when he stomps his feet
D7
He just send me right off to sleep
E7                    A7
Check all your razors check your guns
D7                            G7
I'm gonna be arrested when the wagon comes

        C   E7       A7
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
D7      G7          C E7  A7
Send me cos I don't care oh no
D7       G7         C        C    G    C
Send me cos I don't care