Back On My Feet Again

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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
“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