It Ain't Necessarily So

It (Gm)ain't (C)necessarily (Gm)so, (C)it (Gm)ain't (C)necessarily (Gm)so,

de (C7)t'ings dat yo' (Db7)li'ble to (C7)read in de (Db7)Bible,

it (A7)ain't (D7)necessarily (C)so.

Li'l (Gm)David was (C)small, but oh (Gm)my!

(C)Li'l (Gm)David was (C)small, but oh (Gm)my!

He (C7)fought big (Db7)Goliath who (C7)lay down an' (Db7)dieth!

Li'l (A7)David was (D7)small, but oh (C)so.

Li'l (Gm)my!

Oh, Jonah, he (C)lived in a (Gm)whale,

(C)oh, (Gm)Jonah, he (C)lived in de (Gm)whale,

fo' (C7)he made his (Db7)home in dat (C7)fish's (Db7)abdomen.

Oh, (A7)Jonah, he (D)lived in de (C)whale.

Li'l (Gm)Moses was (C)found in a (Gm)stream,

(C)li'l (Gm)Moses was (C)found in a (Gm)stream,

he (C7)floated on (Db7)water till (C7)ole Pharaoh's (Db7)daughter,

she (A7)fished him, she (D)says, from that (C)whale.

Li'l (Gm)stream.

It ain't (C)necessarily (Gm)so, (C)it (Gm)ain't (C)necessarily (Gm)so.

Dey (C7)tell all you (Db7)chillun de (C)debble's a (Db7)villun,

But (A7)'tain't (D)necessarily (Gm)so.

To (Db)get into (Ab)Hebben don' (Eb)snap for a (Ab)sebben!

Live (Am7)clean!

Don' (D7)have no (G)fault.

Oh, (C7)I takes dat gospel (F6)whenever it's (Gm7)pos'ble,

but (A7sus)wid a (A7)grain of (D7)salt.

(Gm)Methus'lah lived (C)nine hundred (Gm)years,

(C)(Gm)Methus'lah lived (C)nine hundred (Gm)years, but (C7)who calls dat (Db7)livin' when (C7)no gal 'll (Db7)give in to (A7)no man what's (D)nine hundred (C)years?

I'm (Cm6)preachin' dis sermon to (G)show,

it (C)ain't nessa, (B7)ain't nessa, (Em)aint't nessa,

(Am7)ain't nessa, (G)ain't (D9)necessarily (G6)so.