They Say I'm Different — Betty Davis
Chords and lyrics for They Say I'm Different by Betty Davis (key of F#).
Intro
| F# A B | x4
[Bass] x2
E F# | F#m |
Verse
[F#m]They say I'm different 'cause I'm a piece of sugar cane
[F#m]Sweet to the core that's why I got rhythm
[F#m]My Great Grandma didn't like the foxtrot
[F#m]Now instead she spitted snuff and boogied to Elmore James
Spit on
[F#m]They say I'm different 'cause I eat chitlins
[F#m]I can't help it, I was born and raised on 'em
[F#m]That's right, oh, every mornin' I had to slop the hogs
[F#m]And they be gettin' off humpin' to John Lee Hooker
Gettin' off
[F#m]They say I'm different 'cause I'm a piece of sugar cane
[F#m]And when I kick my legs I got rhythm
[F#m]My Great Grandpa was a blues lover
[F#m]He be rockin' his moonshine to B.B. King and Jimmy Reed
Rock on pappy
Chorus
[F#m]That's why they say I'm different
[F#m]And that's why they say I'm strange
[F#m]I'm talkin' 'bout Big Mama Thornton (talk about it, talk about it)
[F#m]Talkin' 'bout Lightning Hopkins (talk about it, talk about it)
[F#m]Talkin' 'bout Howlin Wolf (talk about it, talk about it)
[F#m]I'm talkin' 'bout Albert King (alright, alright)
[F#m]Chuck Berry, [F#m]Chuck Berry, [F#m]Chuck Berry
[F#m]When I was sweet sixteen
[F#m]And that's why they say I'm different
[F#m]And that's why you think I'm strange
[F#m]I'm talkin' 'bout T. Bone Walker (talk about it, talk about it)
I'm talkin' 'bout Muddy Waters (talk about it, talk about it)
I'm talkin' 'bout Leadbelly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Son House, and
Freddie King (alright, alright)
[F#m]Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, oh, oh hey
Oh, Bo Diddley have you heard it?
Chorus
[F#m]they say I'm different
And that's why they say I'm strange
And that's why they say I'm funky
A Little Richard, Wild Lou, sunshine you sure can sing (alright, alright)
[F#m]Robert Johnson, [F#m]Robert Johnson, [F#m]Robert Johnson
You play the blues for me
[F#m]And that's why, and that's why, and that's why they say I'm different
[F#m]And that's why, and that's why, and that's why they say I'm strange
[F#m]That's why, why, why, why
That's why, why, why, why
And that's why, why, why, why
They say I'm funky, funky, uh-uh, funky, funky
[F#m]And that's why, why, why, why
And that's why, why, why, why
And that's why, why, why, why
[F#m]And that's why they say I'm different
That's why, why, why, why
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