Chords for Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues

Tempo:
116.2 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Bb

F

Gm

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues chords
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[Bb] [G] [Ab] [G] [Fm] [D]
[F] [Am] [D] [A] [Bb]
[E] [Eb] [Gm]
[Bbm] [Eb]
[Bb]
[F]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Bb]
I love my [Eb] man, [F] tell [Bbm] the world I do.
[D] [Bb] [Eb] I love my man, [C] tell [Eb] the world [Bb] I do.
[F] But when he mistreats [Db] me, makes [Eb] me feel so blue.
[E] [F] [Bb] He wouldn't give me no breakfast, [Fm] wouldn't give me no [D] dinner.
[F] Squashed about [G] myself [D] and put me outdoors.
[Cm] Had the [D] nerve to lay [Db] [C] a [Bb] matchbox on my clothes.
[Gm] I [A] didn't have so many, but I had a [F] long [Gm] ways to go.
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Bb]
[Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [C] [Bbm]
[Em] [Eb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [Eb]
[F] [B] [Db] [A] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[Gbm] [F] [Bb] [G]
[Eb] [G] [Ebm] [Bb]
Some [Dbm] [Eb]
[Em] [F] [Eb]
[F] [Gm] [Eb]
[Bb] men like me call some happy, some call some snappy.
Some call [A] me honey, [Fm] others think [Bb] I've got money.
[Eb] Some [G] tell me, baby [Gm] you've been forced me.
[F] Now if [Eb] you put [Bb] that all [Eb] together, [F] makes me everything a [Bb] good [Eb] man needs.
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
G
2131
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
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To start learning Billie Holiday - Billies Blues chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F, Eb, Bb, F, Bb, Eb, F, Bbm, D and Bb. Ease into the song by practicing at 58 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 116 BPM. With Bb Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [Fm] _ [D] _
[F] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ I love my [Eb] man, [F] tell [Bbm] the world I do.
[D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] I love my man, [C] tell [Eb] the world [Bb] I do.
_ _ _ _ [F] But when he mistreats [Db] me, makes [Eb] me feel so blue.
[E] _ [F] [Bb] He _ _ wouldn't give me no breakfast, [Fm] wouldn't give me no [D] dinner. _
[F] Squashed about [G] myself [D] and put me outdoors.
[Cm] Had the [D] nerve to lay [Db] [C] a [Bb] matchbox on my clothes.
[Gm] _ _ _ I [A] didn't have so many, but I had a [F] long _ [Gm] ways to go.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bbm] _ [C] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Em] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ [Db] _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Gbm] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Some _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
[Bb] men like me call some happy, some call some snappy.
Some call [A] me honey, [Fm] others think [Bb] I've got money.
[Eb] Some [G] tell me, baby [Gm] you've been forced me. _ _ _ _
[F] Now if [Eb] you put [Bb] that all [Eb] together, [F] makes me everything a [Bb] good [Eb] man needs. _ _ _ _
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The Il Blues Jazzistico album includes this song.

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