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I Got Plenty of Nothing

 Complimentary "I Got Plenty of Nothing" Ringtone 

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George Gershwin:
Porgy and Bess
Porgy's song / Act II/ scene1:


  | | | | |...  Oh I got plenty o' nuttin'...
|---------------------------7-------3--------------------------------------|
|---0---1---3---3---3---5---7---3---3---55--3---4---0-------0-------0---0--|
|---0---2---4---5---4---5---7---5-------55--4---4---1---2---1---2---1---1--|
|---0---2---4---7---------------4---------------7-------2-------2-----2----|
|-----------------------------------------------------0-------0-------0----|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---7---0-------0-------0-----0--|

                 The folks...
|----------------------------77--5---3-------------------------------------|
|--------------------3---5---77--5---3---5---3---0---0-------0-------0-----|
|---6---6---6----7---4---5---77----------5---4---6---1---2---1---2---1-----|
|---6---6---6----7-------------------------------7-------2-------2-----2---|
|---8---8---8----9-------------------------------------0-------0-------0---|
|-9---9---9---10---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---7---0-------0-------0-----0-|

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|--------------------3---11--3---3---|
|---6---6---6----7---4---22--4---4---|
|---6---6---6----7---5---------------|
|---8---8---8----9-------------------|
|-9---9---9---10---3---3---3---3-----|

I got no lock on the door...                          ....all are free
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|-----------3---5---3---3---3---5---3---3---3---5-----------------------|
|-----------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---0---5---0---5-----|
|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------|

            Oh, I got...
|---------------------77------3-------------------------------------|
|-------------3---5---77--3---3---5---3---4---0-------0-------0---0-|
|-------------4---5---77--5-------5---4---4---1---2---1---2---1-2-1-|
|-12-10-9-7-5-------------4---------------7-------2-------2-----2---|
|-----------------------------------------------0-------0-------0---|
|-10-8--7-5-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---7---0-------0-------0-----0-|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------6---6---6-------3---55--3-------3---55--3-----3-3---5---8--5-|
|---6---6---6---6---6---7---4---55--4-5-----4---55--4-5---4-4---3---7--5-|
|---6---6---6---6---6---7-------77----7---------77----5----------------4-|
|---8---8---------8---5---------------5---------------3-------3---5------|
|-9---9---9---4-----------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3--------------|

|-------------0------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-------3--0-------3-----|
|-3-3-5-5--------3--0--0---------|
|-3-3-4-4-0-----------2----5-----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-----|
piano arranged for guitar by Pinter Denes
dpinter@eik.bme.hu
this arrangement is based on a MIDI-file available at
http://www.dtx.net/~raborn

lyrics:

Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin',
An' nuttin's plenty fo' me.
I got no car, got no mule,
I got no misery.

De folks wid plenty o' plenty
Got a lock on dey door.
'Fraid somebody's agoin' to rob `em
While dey's out amakin' more.
What's for?

I got no lock on de door,
(Dat's no way to be)
Dey can steal de rug from de floor
Dat's okeh wid me,
'Cause de things dat I prize
Like de stars in de skies
All are free.

Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin',
An' nuttin''s plenty for' me,
I got my gal, got my song,
got Hebben de whole day long!

No use complainin'!
Got my gal, got my Lawd, got my song.