Misc Musicals – Oklahoma - I Caint Say No (Guitar)

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[INTRO]
    F
It ain't so much a question of not knowin' what to do.

  Gm            Gm7       F           C7     F
I knowed whut's right and wrong since I been ten.

  F
I heared a lota stories and I reckon they are true

  Gm      Gm7       F     C7    F
About how girls are put upon by men.

  Em             G7            Em
I know I mustn't fall into the pit,

    F               Ddim    C7    F
But when I'm with a feller, I fergit!
F F Gm7 Am x2 [VERSE]
F          Gm7  Am  F
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,

F        Gm7  Am  F   Gm7  Am
I'm in a terrible fix

F        Gm7  Am   F         Gm7  Am
I always say "come on, let's go"

F           Gm7  Am  F
Jist when I orta say nix!

       C7     Cdim     Gm7 Dm C7
When a person tries to kiss a girl,

N.C.                              F
I know she oughta give his face a smack.

       C7      Cdim    Gm7 Dm C7
But as soon as someone kisses me,
N.C. I somehow, sorta, wanta kiss him back! [CHORUS]
F          Gm7  Am  F
I'm just a fool when lights are low

Am          Gm7    Am  Cm7  C#dim
I cain't be prissy and quaint

Bb                        Db7
I ain't the type that can faint

F                   Db7
How can I be whut I ain't?

  F6     C9 Am9 E C7 F
I cain't sa - ay     no!
[BRIDGE]
C       Csus4  C         Dm7         G7
Whut you gonna do when a feller gits flirty,

    C         Em7  C      Dm7            G
And starts to talk purty? Whut you gonna do?

C        Csus4   C              Dm7          G7
S'posin' that he says that your lips're like cherries,

   C    Em7  C        G        D7    G
Or roses, or berries? Whut you gonna do?

C7               C9   C7          F
S'posin' that he says that you're sweeter than cream,

         Gm7              C7 Am7   F
And he's gotta have cream or die?

C              Dm7 G7     C          Dm7  G7
Whut you gonna do when he talks that way,

C   G7          Gm7  Am  E  C7
    Spit in his eye?
[VERSE]
F          Gm7  Am  F
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,

F        Gm7  Am  F   Gm7 Am
Cain't seem to say it at all

F         Gm7     Am     F   Gm7 Am
I hate to disserpoint a beau

F          Gm7   Am F
When he is payin' a call!

       C7     Cdim    Gm7 Dm  C7
Fer a while I act refined and cool,

N.C.                        F
A settin on the velveteen setee

       C7      Cdim      Gm7 Dm  C7
Then I think of that old golden rule,
N.C. And do fer him what he would do fer me! [CHORUS]
F          Gm7  Am  F
I cain't resist a Romeo

Am       Gm7  Am  Cm7  C#dim
In a sombrero and chaps

Bb                     Db7
Soon as I sit on their laps

F                      Db7
Somethin' inside of me snaps

  F6     C9 Am9 E C7 F
I cain't sa - ay     no!