Chords for Billie Holiday - Tenderly (1952)

_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ The _ _ [Bb] _
[G] evening _ breeze [Dm] caressed the trees _ [Gm] _ tenderly.
_ [C] _ _
The [Am] trembling trees _ [F] embraced the [Eb]
breeze [G] _ tenderly.
_ [Bm] Then [G] _
_ _ _ [A] you [C] and I _ [D] _ [Cm] came [Gbm] wandering by [B]
and [Em] _ _ _ [A] lost in a _ [D] sight were [Am] we.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] The shore was kissed [Dm] by sea [D] and mist [Gm] _ tenderly.
_ [Em] _ _ [C]
I [Am] can't forget [Em] _ [C] how two hearts met _ [G] breathlessly.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Cm] Your arms [Gbm] opened wide [B] _
[E] and [Bm] _ _ [A] closed me [Bbm] inside.
[Bm] You took my lips, you [Am] took my [D] love so [G] _ tenderly.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [Cm] _ Then [D] you and I _ [Cm] _ came [Db] wandering by [B] _
[Em] and _ _ [Gbm] lost in a sight [G] were we.
[C] _ _ The _ _ shore was [G] kissed _ [E] by sea and mist _ [Bb] tenderly. _
_ [E] _ I can't [C] forget [Cm] how two hearts met _ [G] breathlessly. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Your arms opened [F] wide _ [B] and _ [A] closed me [Bb] inside.
You took my lips, you [Am] took my [D] love _ _ so _ tenderly.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _