Key: D
Introduction: Bm7 D/E
A7M D7M
I loves you Porgy don't let him take me
Bm7 D/E
Don't let him handle me
A7M
And drive me mad
C#m7 F#7 Bm7(4)
If you can keep me I wants to stay here
D/E E A7M
With you forever and I'll be glad
A7M D7M
I loves you Porgy don't let him take me
Bm7 D/E
Don't let him handle me
A7M
With his hot hand
C#m7 F#7 Bm7(4)
If you can keep me I wants to stay here
D/E E A7M
With you forever I got my man
C#m G C#m/G#
Someday, I know he's coming back to call me
C#m Cm D7/F#
He's gonna handle me and hold me so
Em Em/C# Em/C Em9/B
It's gonna be like dying, Porgy, deep inside me
E7/D A/C# A/C D/B D/A# Am7(13)
But when he calls I know I have to go
Ab Bbm Ab/C Db
Porgy, I is your brother now I is
Dbm Fm Fm/D
I isn't dying, never going nowhere
Fm Eb/C F# B7+/F# Eb
Less he shares the farm
Ab Bbm Ab/C
Want no wrinkle on my brow
Dm G
Know how?
C/E C/F C/G
Because the sorrow of the past is all done done
F#m7 B A A/B B E9 Bb D/E E
My Por - gy, now the real happiness has just begun
A Bm A/C#
Want no wrinkle on your brow
D#m
Know how?
C# C#7M G#7 C#6
And I ain't go - ing, your hear me saying
C# C#7M G#7 C#6
If you ain't going with you I'm staying
Bb/F Bb4 Bb/F
Porgy, I is your brother now
Bb4
I is yours forever
Bb/F
Morning time and evening time
D7M Bb/F Dm/F D#7M
And summer time and winter time
F#m F#m7M Dm7M F#m7 F
Oh, my Porgy, my man Por - gy
Bb9
From this minute I'm telling you
Bb9
I keep this vow
Gb7M F7 Bb9
Porgy, I is your brother now