Verse 1
[G] [Am7]
Folks are dumb where I come from,
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
They ain't had any learning.
[G] [Am7]
Still they're happy as can be
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).
Verse 2
[G] [Am7]
Folks like us could never fuss
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
With schools and books and learning.
[G] [Am7]
Still we've gone from A to Z,
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
Chorus 1
[D7] [G] [Em]
You don't have to know how to read or write
[Am7] [D7] [G]
When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight.
[D7] [G] [Em]
You don't have to look in a book to find
[Am7] [D7] [G]
What he thinks of the moon and what's on his mind.
[Am7] [D7] [G] [Am7] [D7] [G]
That comes naturally (that comes naturally).
Bridge 1
[B] [F#7] [B] [F#7] [B]
My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name.
[B] [F#7] [B]
He signs his checks with "x's"
[A7] [D7]
But they cash them just the same.
Verse 3
[G] [Am7]
If you saw my pa and ma,
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
You'd know they had no learning,
[G] [Am7]
Still they've raised a family
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
Verse 4
[G] [Am7]
Cousin Jack has never read
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
An alma - nac on drinking
[G] [Am7]
Still he's always on the spree
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).
Chorus 2
[D7] [G] [Em]
You don't have to go a private school
[Am7] [D7] [G]
Not to pick up a penny near a stubborn mule,
[D7] [G] [Em]
You don't have to have a professor's dome
[Am7] [D7] [G]
Not to go for the honey when the bee's not home.
[Am7] [D7] [G] [Am7] [D7] [G]
That comes naturally (that comes naturally).
Bridge 2
[B] [F#7] [B] [F#7] [B]
My tiny baby brother, who's never read a book,
[B] [F#7] [B]
Knows one sex from the other,
[A7] [D7]
All he had to do was look,
Verse 5
[G] [Am7]
Sister Sal who's musical
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
Has never had a lesson,
[G] [Am7]
Still she's learned to sing off-key
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).
Verse 6
[G] [Am7]
Grandpa Bill is on the hill
[G] [Fdim] [D7]
With someone he just married.
[G] [Am7]
There he is at ninety-three,
[D7] [G] [D7] [G]
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).
