Save the bones for henry jones chords and lyrics - NAT KING COLE, JOHNNY MERCER

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G][C][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][C][G][D]
[G][C][G]
[D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Tonight I'll [D]serve a supper[G],
[D]We'll [G]eat some [D]food that's [G]rare.
And [C]at [C#dim]the head of t[A]he ta[D]ble,
[Em]I'll place brother Henry's chair[D]-
[C]In [D]vite [G]all the [D]local big [G]dogs,
We'll [C]laugh and talk [C#dim]and eat,
But [D]we'll' save the [C]bones for [G]Henry [Em]Jones,
‘cause he don't [D]eat [G]no meat-
[D]Today [G]I'll go [D]to mar

[Verse 2]
[G]ket-
[D]and buy a l[C]ot of [D]fis[G]h,
[C]That will [C#dim]thrill Brother He[D]nry,
[Em]Because that[A]'s his spe
[Em]cial [D]dish.-
[G]Get a large can [D]of [G]molasses,
so we'll have [C]something [A]sweet,[C#dim]
But [G]save [D]the bon[C]es for[Em] Henry Jones,
“cause he don't [D]eat [G]no meat.

[Verse 3]
[G]Henry is not [C]a drink[D]er,[G]
[C]he rarely [G]tak[C]es a nip,
[Em]He don't [G]nee[Em]d a n[C#dim]ap kin,[A]
‘cause the [D]things he eats [C]don't [D]drip.
One [G]day we [D]had a ban[G]quet,
[D]It rea[G]lly was[D] a bake,
[G]They started[C] off[C#dim]
with some short [D]ribs,
[Em]they finis[A]hed off with[Em] a steak.[D]
But [G]when [D]the feat was [G]over,
brother [C]henry just kept [C#dim]his seat,[G][C#dim][C][G][Em][G][D][G][D][G][C][G][Ddim][Abdim]
[C][Em]
[Am][A][Em][A][Em][A][D][Am][Ebdim][D][G][D][G][D][G][D][G]
[C][C#dim][D][Em][G][C#dim]
[Em]and [D]we s[C]erve[D]d [G]the[D][G][C][C#dim][D]
[C]bones to [G]Henry [Em]Jones,
‘cause he don't [D]eat [G]no meat.[C][D][G]
[C]To- he don't [D]eat no meat.

[Outro 1]
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