Why Don't You Do Right
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"Why Don't You Do Right?" Peggy Lee.
Standard Tuning
This version of the song sound pretty good if you can get the good rythm.
Dm A# A
You had plenty money, 1922
Dm A# A
You let other women make a fool of you
Gm Dm
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Gm A A# C#7 Dm A#
Get out of here and get me some money too
Dm A# A
You're sittin' there and wonderin' what it's all about
Dm A# A
You ain't got no money, they will put you out
Gm Dm
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Gm A A# C#7 Dm A#
Get out of here and get me some money too
Dm A# A
If you had prepared twenty years ago
Dm A# A
You wouldn't be a-wanderin' from door to door
Gm Dm
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Gm A A# C#7 Dm A#
Get out of here and get me some money too
DDAA
DDAA
GDm
GAAC#7
DDAA
Dm A# A
I fell for your jivin' and I took you in
Dm A# A
Now all you got to offer me's a drink of gin
Gm Dm
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
Gm A A# C#7 Dm A#
Get out of here and get me some money too
Dm A# A Dm
Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
A# A Dm...
Like some other men do