Here are a basic set of chords for the song:
KITCHEN MAN
(Andy Razaf / Alex Bellenda)
(Bb)Madame Bucks was (F7)quite deluxe,
Servants by the (Bb)score, (Bb A7)
(Gm7)Footmans at each (Cm7)door,
(F7)Butlers and (F7)maids gal-(Bb)ore. (F7)
(Bb)But one day Dan, her (F7)kitchen man,
Gave in his notice he's (Bb)through. (A7)
(Dm7)She (Gm7)cried, (Dm)"Oh Dan, don't (Am7)go!
It'll (Gm7)grieve me (C7)if you (F7)do!"
(Bb)I love his cabbage, (Cm7)crave his (G7)hash,
(Cm7)Daffy about his succo-(F7)tash,
(Bb)I can't (G7)do with-(C7)out my kitchen (F7)man!
(Bb)Wild about his (Cm7)turnip (G7)tops,
(Cm7)Like the way he warms my (F7)chops,
(Bb)I can't (G7)do with-(C7)out my (F7)kitchen (Bb)man!
(Bb7)Anybody else could leave, and I would only (Bb)laugh!
(G7)But he means too much to me, and (C7)you ain't heard the (F7)half!
(Bb)Oh, his jelly roll is so (Cm7)nice and (G7)hot,
(Cm7)Never fails to touch the (F7)spot,
(Bb)I can't (G7)do with-(C7)out my (F7)kitchen (Bb)man.
Of course the effect is in the details, so here is a fuller set of chords, more like I would play.
I've tried to keep the bass notes on strings (5) and (6), the only exception being one run in the 2nd half of the first line of the bridge.
Chords are notated as follows:
* = bass on (5), ** = bass note on (4), otherwise the bass note is on (6).
Chord/N = Chord with note N in bass. If the root is the lowest note of the chord, only the chord name is given.
/N = only the bass note N is played
Left hand fingering is specified as the 6-digit list of frets (starting from bass string (6) to treble string (1)). x = string not used, 0=open string, A=10, B=11, C=12
KITCHEN MAN
(Andy Razaf / Alex Bellenda)
(Bb)Madame Bucks was (F7/C)quite deluxe,
Servants by the (Bb)score, (Bb A7)
(Gm7)Footmans at each (*Cm7)door, (/Bb /A)
(F7)Butlers (/G)and (F7/A)maids gal-(Bb)ore. (F7/C)
(Bb)But one day Dan, her (F7/C)kitchen man,
Gave in his notice he's (Bb)through. (A7)
(*Dm7)She (Gm/Bb)cried, (*Dm11)"Oh (*Dm7)Dan, don't (Am11)go!
(D7b5/Ab)It'll (*Gm7/D)grieve me (*C13/E)if (*C7)you (F7)do!" (Gm7a Abdim7 F7/A)
Verse chords:
Bb = 6x876x F7/C = 8x786x A7 = 5x565x Gm7 = 3x3363
*Cm7 = x35343 F7 = 1x121x F7/A = 5x354x *Dm7 = x57565
Gm/Bb = 6x567x *Dm11 = x5556x Am11 = 5x553x D7b5/Ab = 4x453x
*Gm7 = xACABx *C13 = x787Ax *C7 = x3x310 Gm7a = 3x333x
Abdim7 = 4x343x F7/A = 5x354x
(Bb)I love his (Bdim7)cabbage, (Cm11)crave his (G7/D)hash, (/Db)
(Cm7)Daffy a-(Cm7/Bb)bout his (Cm7/A)succo-(F7)tash, (/G)
(Bb)I can't (*G7/D)do (*/Db)with-(*C9)out my (C9/G)kitch-(/Gb)en (F7)man! (Gm7a Abdim7 F7/A F7/C)
(Bb)Wild a-(Bdim7)bout his (Cm11)turnip (G7/D)tops, (/Db)
(Cm7)Like the (Cm7/Bb)way he (Cm7/A)warms my (F7)chops, (/G)
(Bb)I can't (*G7/D)do (*/Db)with-(*C9)out (/G)my (F7)kitchen (Bb)man! (*Eb *Ebm6/C Bb)
Chorus chords:
Bb = 6x876x Bdim7 = 7x676x Cm11 = 8x886x G7/D = Ax9A8X
Cm7 = 8x888x Cm7/Bb = 6x888x Cm7/A = 5x554x F7 = 1x121x
*G7/D = x5343x *C9 = x3233x C9/G = 3x233x Gm7a = 3x333x
Abdim7 = 4x343x F7/A = 5x354x *Eb = x6534x *Ebm6/C = x3434x
(Bb7)Any-(*Bb7)body (Bb7)else could (*Bb7)leave, and (**Bb)I (**Bb7)would (**Gm7)on-(*Gm7)ly (Bb)laugh! (/B /C /Db)
(*G7/D)But he means too much to me, (*/Db)and (*C9)you ain't (C9/G)heard (/Gb)the (F7)half! (Gm7a Abdim7 F7/A)
Bridge chords:
Bb7 = 6x676x *Bb7 = x86796 **Bb = xx8766 **Bb7 = xx6766
**Gm7 = xx3333 *Gm7 = x5336x Bb = 6x876x *G7/D = x5343x
*C9 = x3233x C9/G = 3x233x Gm7a = 3x333x Abdim7 = 4x343x
F7/A = 5x354x
(Bb)Oh, his jelly (Bdim7)roll is so (Cm11)nice and (G7/D)hot, (/Db)
(Cm7)Never (Cm7/Bb)fails to (Cm7/A)touch the (F7)spot, (/G)
(Bb)I can't (*G7/D)do (/Db)with-(*C9)out (/G)my (F7)kitchen (Bb)man. (*Eb Bb F7/C)
Chorus chords as above
This (apart from some twiddling and a few other passing chords) is the basic set I would use. If you don't want to play all of these, you can simplify as follows:
Ignore the /Bass specs (eg treat Cm7/Bb as Cm7, ignore /Db)
Anything with a number > 7 can be replaced with the 7the (eg replace Cm11 with Cm7)
Mick