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Something's Gotta Give
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer
Recorded by The McGuire Sisters, 1955 (#5)
D6Something's gotta give, soE7mething's gotta give, 
D9Something's gotta gAive!Edim  E7  
DWhen an B7ir - re - Cdimsis - ti - ble fA6orce, sAuch  Asus4as   yAou,
        D9      BbM7  Bm7-5             E7  E7/6    E7  A  
Meets an old im - mov - a - ble ob - ject like me,
BmYou can  Bm7/Ebet  as sure as you F#mlive,F#m7  
D6Something's gotta give, soE7mething's gotta give, 
D9Something's gotta gAive!Edim  E7  
DWhen an B7ir - re - Cdimpres - si - ble sA6mile, sAuch  Asus4as   yAours,
       D9      BbM7  Bm7-5                E7  E7/6   E7  A  
Warms an old im - plac - a - ble heart, such as mine,
BmDon't say  Bm7/Eno  because I inF#msist.F#m7  
D6Somewhere, Fdimsomehow, sE7omeone's D9gonna be kAissed.
Bridge:
A7So en gEm7arde    A7who Em7knows what the Cdimfates hDave Fdimin stDore
F#From their F#7vast mysF#mterious Bmsky?
                           B7    D9  Bm7-5    E  
I'll try hard ignoring those lips  I  adore
F#7But how B7long can anyone tE7ry?
DFight, fight, B7fight, fight, Cdimfight it with A6all Aof  Asus4our  mAight,
      D9      BbM7  Bm7-5              D9  E7/6       E7  A  
Chances are some heav - en - ly star span - gled night
BmWe'll find Bm7/Eout as sure as we F#mliveF#m7  
D6Something's gotta give, soE7mething's gotta give, 
D9Something's gotta gAive!D9  A  

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Somethings Gotta Give

by Dinah Washington

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Edim

Cdim

Asus4

BbM7

Bm7

Bm7/E

F#m

F#m7

Fdim

Em7

F#7

Something's Gotta Give

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer

Recorded by The McGuire Sisters, 1955 (#5)

D6 E7

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,

D9 A Edim E7

Something's gotta give!

D B7 Cdim A6 A Asus4 A

When an ir - re - sis - ti - ble force, such as you,

D9 BbM7 Bm7 E7 E7 E7 A

-5 /6

Meets an old im - mov - a - ble ob - ject like me,

Bm Bm7/E F#m F#m7

You can bet as sure as you live,

D6 E7

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,

D9 A Edim E7

Something's gotta give!

D B7 Cdim A6 A Asus4 A

When an ir - re - pres - si - ble smile, such as yours,

D9 BbM7 Bm7 E7 E7 E7 A

-5 /6

Warms an old im - plac - a - ble heart, such as mine,

Bm Bm7/E F#m F#m7

Don't say no because I insist.

D6 Fdim E7 D9 A

Somewhere, somehow, someone's gonna be kissed.

Bridge:

A7 Em7 A7 Em7 Cdim D Fdim D

So en garde who knows what the fates have in store

F# F#7 F#m Bm

From their vast mysterious sky?

B7 D9 Bm7 E

-5

I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore

F#7 B7 E7

But how long can anyone try?

D B7 Cdim A6 A Asus4 A

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,

D9 BbM7 Bm7 D9 E7 E7 A

-5 /6

Chances are some heav - en - ly star span - gled night

Bm Bm7/E F#m F#m7

We'll find out as sure as we live

D6 E7

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,

D9 A D9 A

Something's gotta give!

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