title: It Ain’t Necessarily So (Porgy & Bess)
key: Jazz
harp type: Chromatic
genre: Bb
skill: Any

By George & Ira Gershwin,
DuBose & Dorothy Heyward
Key:Gm
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It ain’t ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so
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It ain’t ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so
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The t’ings dat yo’ li’-ble
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To read in de Bi-ble,
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It ain’t ne-ces-sa-ri-ly so.
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Li’l Da-vid was small, but oh my !
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Li’l Da-vid was small, but oh my !
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He fought Big Go-li-ath
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Who lay down an’ di-eth !
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Li’l Da-vid was small, but oh my !
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Wa-doo, Wa-doo, zim bam bod-dle-oo,
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Hood-le ah da wa da,
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Hood-le ah da wa da,
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Scat-ty wah ! Scat-ty wah !
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Oh yeah !…
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,
Fo’ he made his home in
Dat fish’s abdomen.
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.
Li’l Moses was found in a stream.
Li’l Moses was found in a stream.
He floated on water
Till Ol’ Pharaoh’s daughter,
She fished him, she said, from dat stream.
Wadoo …
Well, it ain’t necessarily so
Well, it ain’t necessarily so
Dey tells all you chillun
De debble’s a villun,
But it ain’t necessarily so !
To get into Hebben
Don’ snap for a sebben !
Live clean ! Don’ have no fault !
Oh, I takes dat gospel
Whenever it’s pos’ble,
But wid a grain of salt.
Methus’lah lived nine hundred years,
Methus’lah lived nine hundred years,
But who calls dat livin’
When no gal will give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years ?
I’m preachin’ dis sermon to show,
It ain’t nece-ain’t nece
Ain’t nece-ain’t nece
Ain’t necessarily … so !