Doin What Comes Naturally by Irving Berlin, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Doin What Comes Naturally

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Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 – 22 September 1989), born Israel Isidore Baline, in Tyumen, Russia (according to other sources possibly Mogilev, now Belarus), was an American composer and lyricist. He was one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history.

Berlin, who was Jewish, was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs. Although he never learned to read music beyond a rudimentary level, he composed over 3,000 songs.

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C, Dm, G7, C, D7, G7

C Dm G7
Folks are dumb where I come from
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
They ain't had any learnin'
C Dm
Still they're happy as can be
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

C Dm G7
Folks like us could never fuss
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
With schools and books and learnin'
C Dm
Still we've gone from A to Z
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7 C/E A7
You don't have to know how to read or write
Dm7 G7 C
When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight

G7 C/E A7
You don't have to look in a book to find
Dm7 G7 C
What he thinks of the moon or what is on his mind
G7 C
That comes naturally
G7 C
That comes naturally

E/B F#m7 B7 E
My uncle out in Texas
E/B F#m7 B7 E
Can't even write his name
E/B F#m7 B7 E
He signs his checks with X's
Cm6/Eb D7 G7
But they cash 'em just the same

C Dm G7
If you saw my pa and ma
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
You'd no they had no learnin'
C Dm
Still they raised a family
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

C Dm G7
Uncle Jed has never read
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
An almanac on drinkin'
C Dm
Still he's always on a spree
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

C Dm G7
Sister Sal who's mus-i-cal
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
Has never had a lesson
C Dm
Still she's learned to sing off-key
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7 C/E A7
You don't have to go to a private school
Dm7 G7 C
Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule
G7 C/E A7
You don't have to have a professor's dome
Dm7 G7 C
Not to go for the honey when the bee's at home
G7 C
That comes naturally
G7 C
That comes naturally

E/B F#m7 B7 E
My tiny ba---by brother
E/B F#m7 B7 E
Who's never read a book
E/B F#m7 B7 E
Knows one sex from the other
Cm6/Eb D7 G7
All he had to do was look

C Dm G7
Grandpa Bill lives on the hill
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
With someone he just married
C Dm
There he is at ninety-three
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

C Dm G7
Sister Lou ain't got a sou
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
Although she goes out shoppin'
C Dm
She gets all her stockings free
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

C Dm G7
Cousin Nell can't add or spell
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
But she left school with honors
C Dm
She got every known degree
G7 C
For doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally

G7 C/E A7
You don't have to come from a great big town
Dm7 G7 C
Not to clean out a stable in an evening gown
G7 C/E A7
You don't have to mix with the Vanderbilt's
Dm7 G7 C
Not to take off your panties when you're wearing kilts
G7 C
That comes naturally
G7 C
That comes naturally

E/B F#m7 B7 E
My mother's cousin Carrie
E/B F#m7 B7 E
Won't ever change her name
E/B F#m7 B7 E
She doesn't want to marry
Cm6/Eb D7 G7
And her children feel the same

C Dm G7
Sister Rose has lots of beaus
C Ebdim Dm7 G7
Although we have no parlor
C Dm
She does fine behind a tree
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally
G7 C
Doin' what comes naturally