Chords for Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child (1955)

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm]
them that's [Bbm] got shall have, [Fm] [Abm] them that's not [Bb] shall lose.
[Gb] So [Ab] the Bible [Gb] says, and it still [Ab] is [Fm] news, [Db] mama may [Bbm] [E] have, [Dbm] [Bb] papa may [Cm] have, [Fm] but God bless [B] the
[Eb] child that's [Db] got his [Eb] own, [Ab] that's got [Db] his [Ab] own.
_ [C] _ [Cm] _ [Eb] [Fm] Yes, the strong gets [Dbm] more [Ab] while [F] the weak ones fade.
[Ebm] Empty [Ab]
[Dbm] pockets [Gb] don't ever [C] make the [Ab] grade.
_ [Db] [Fm] Mama may [Db] [E] have, [Dbm] papa [Bb] may [Cm] have, but [Fm] God [Bbm] bless the child that's got his [Ab] own, that's got [Dbm] his own.
[Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _ [E] Money, _
[Ab] you've [Fm] got lots of [Cm] friends, they're [F] crowding round your [G] door.
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ [C] But when you're [Ab] gone and [D] spending [Cm] ends, [Eb] [F] they don't [Db] come no [Eb] more.
[Abm] Rich relations give, crust of bread and such.
[Gb] [B] You [Ab] can [Abm] help [Ebm] yourself, but [Ab] don't take too much.
[Db] Mama may [Db]
[Dbm] have, papa may [Ab] have, but [F] God bless the [Bbm] child that's [Cm] got his [Eb] own, [Ab] that's got [E] his own.
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ [Fm] _ Money, [D] _
[C] you've got [Fm] lots of [Cm] friends, [A] they're [Fm] crowding round your door.
[B] _ [C] _ [Fm] But [E] when you're [Ab] gone and [Fm] spending [Cm] ends, they don't [Bbm] come no more.
[G] _ [Abm] Rich [Fm] relations give, [Abm] [Cm] crust [Fm] of bread and such.
[Gb] You can help [Ab] [Bbm] yourself, [Ab] but [Abm] don't take too [Fm] [Ab] much.
[Db] Mama may [E] have, [Bb] papa may [Cm] have, but [F] God bless the child [Bbm] that's got [Eb] his own, [Ab] that's got his own.
He [C] _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] just [Fm] don't [Bb] worry about nothing, cause he's [Cm] got his [B] [Bbm] own.
[A] _ [Ab] _ Yes, he's got his