I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR
(Jo Armstead / Nick Ashford / Valerie Simpson)


Ray Charles - 1966
The Village Callers - 1968
Joe Cocker - 1969
The Chocolate Watch Band - 1969
Harvey Mandel - 1969
Humble Pie - 1971
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - 1972
W.A.S.P. - 1986
Steve Marriott - 1987
The Nomads - 1989
Roseanna Vitro - 1997
Toni Lynn Washington - 1997
Ruthless Blues - 2003
Beth Hart - 2004
Dr. Sin - 2005
John Scofield - 2005
Scorched Earth - 2005
Christopher Blue - 2005
Demented Scumcats - 2005
Hell Blues Choir - 2005
The Muggs - 2006

Also recorded by: Sandy Nelson; Peter Frampton; 
Styx; John Mayer; The Blues Band....and others.





I don't need no doctor
'Cause I know what's ailin' me
I don't need no doctor, no, no
'Cause I know what's ailin' me
 
I've been too long away from my baby, aaahhh!
Now I'm comin' down with a misery
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
 
I don't need no doctor
For my prescription to be filled
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
 
I don't need no doctor, I tell ya now
For my prescription to be filled
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)

Only my baby's arms, aaahhh
Could ever take away this chill
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
 
Now the doctor say I need rest (Hey-hey)
But all I need is her tenderness (Hmm-hmm)
He put me on the critical list (Hey-hey)
When all I need is her sweet kiss (Hmm-hmm)
He gave me a medicated lotion
But it didn't soothe (It didn't soothe)
Aaahhh!, my emotion
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
 
I don't need no doctor
For my hope to live is gone
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)

I don't need no doctor, no, no
Waahhh!, my hope to live is gone
(I don't need no doctor)
(I don't need no doctor)
 
All I need is my baby
Baby, please!
Won't you please come on home
(I don't need no doctor)
You know what I'm talkin' about?
(I don't need no doctor) 
I don't need no aspirins
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need no lotions
(I don't need no doctor)
I say I don't need, no vitamin pills
(I don't need no doctor)
I don't need, yeah, no penicillin
(I don't need no doctor)
All I need, all I need
(I don't need no doctor)
Yeah, is my baby child..........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)