Chords for Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Everything Happens To Me (Verve Records 1955)

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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ cats creep [Ebm] across my path [Cm] _ until I'm _ almost [Ab] _ _ mad.
[Cm] _ I [C] must have [Cm] lost the [F] devil's wrath, _ [Gb] cause _ all my luck is [C] bad.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] I make [Fm] a date [Bb] for golf [Gm] and you can bet your [C] life it rains.
[Fm] _ I try [Bb] to give a party _ [G] and the guy [C] upstairs _ [Em] complains.
I guess [F] I'll go through life [Gm] just catching colds and missing [C] planes.
[Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[E] Everything happens [Eb] to [Gm] me.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Fm] I never miss a [Bb] thing.
_ I've had the measles and [F] the mumps.
[Fm] _ And every [Ab] _ [Ebm] time I play [G] this, my partner [C] always trumps.
[E] _ [Bb] I guess [F] I'm just the girl [Gm] who never looks [Gb] before she jumps.
[Fm] _ _ _
[E] Everything _ [Eb] happens to me.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ At first [A] my heart [Eb] thought you could [Ab] break the jinx for [Eb] me.
_ _ _ [Bbm] That love would [Eb] turn the trick [Ab] and end despair. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] But now I just can't [Eb] fool [D] this [Em] hair that thinks for me.
_ _ [Cm] I've mortgaged all [F] my castles in the [Bb] air.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] [Fm] I've telegraphed [Bb] and phoned.
[Gm] I sent an airmail [C] special too.
_ [Fm] Your answer was [Bb] goodbye _ [G] and there was even [C] postage due.
_ [E] I fell in love [F] just once _ [Gm] and then it had to be with [C] you.
_ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] Everything _ happens [Eb] to me.
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
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[Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Gm] _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ At first [G] my heart thought you could [Ab] break the jinx for me.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ That love would [Fm] turn the [C] trick [Eb] to end despair. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] But now I [Bm] just can't fool [G] this hair that [E] thinks for [D] me.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ I've mortgaged [F] all my castles in the [Bb] air.
I've _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] telegraphed and phoned.
[Gm] I sent an [C] airmail special too.
[Fm] _ Your answer was [Bb] goodbye _ [G] and there was even [C] postage due.
_ [E] I fell in love [F] just once [Bb] and [Gm] then it had to be with you.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ Everything _ _ [E] _ happens _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] to me.
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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