Chords for "BECAUSE OF YOU" (Tony Bennett FIRST, #1 HIT!)...

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"BECAUSE OF YOU" (Tony Bennett FIRST, #1 HIT!)... chords
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[F] [Fm]
[E] [Db] [Gb] [F]
[Bb]
Because [Ab] of you, [Bb]
there's a [Ebm] song [Ab]
[Db] in my [Bbm] [Gb] heart.
[Bb] Because
[Ab] of you, [Bb] my [Ebm] [Ab] rest [Db] had its [Bbm] start.
100%  ➙  167BPM
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12341114
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
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[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Because [Ab] of _ _ you, _ _ _ [Bb]
there's a [Ebm] song [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] in my _ [Bbm] _ [Gb] _ heart.
[Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Because _
[Ab] of _ you, _ [Bb] my _ _ [Ebm] [Ab] rest _ _ _ [Db] had its _ [Bbm] start.
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ Because _ of you, _ _ the [Bb] sun will shine.
_ _ The [Ab] moon and [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] stars will [Ebm] stay on mine.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Db] Forever _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
and [F] ever.
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] [Ebm] Too _ far.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] I _ _ _
[Ab] only _ _ _ _ live.
[B] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] And your kiss, [Ebm] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ it's _
[Db] _ paradise _ _ _ [Bb] to be near _ you. _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] This. _ _
Because [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [C]
of you, _ _ my [Db] _
_ _ life is [F] now _
[Bbm] worthwhile.
_ _ And I [Gb] can _ smile. _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ Because _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] of you.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ Because of you, _ _ the [Bb] sun will shine.
_ _ The moon and _ _ stars will stay [Ebm] on _ mine.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Db] _
Forever _ _ _ _ [A] and ever.
_ _ _ [C] Too _ [Bb] far.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] I _ _ [Ab] only _ _ live _ _ [Ebm] for your love _ [Ab] _ _ and [Db] your kiss.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ It's _ _
[F] paradise _ _ _ _ [Bb] to be near _ _ _ you. _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] This.
_ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ Because [Gb] _ [C] of you, _ _ _ my [Db] _
_ life is [Fm] now _ [Bbm]
worthwhile.
_ _ _ And I [Ebm] can _ smile. _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ Because _ _ _ _ _ _ of you.
_ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. _ _
Anthony _ DePenetrativ.
Tony Bennett.
Let's hear it for him.
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ Tony Bennett's number one hit, _ _ 1951, Because of You.
Beautiful.
And a little known fact, _ _ it was written by Oscar _ Hammerstein's son, Arthur Hammerstein, in _ 1940.
_ _ And he also wrote it along with a guy named Dudley Wilkinson.
But nobody knows really who did the music and who did the lyrics.
And, you know, they might have both contributed to both the music and the lyrics.
And from what I've been reading, nobody really knows.
But _ anyway, I think it's Arthur Hammerstein's _ _ major, _ he did the major work in it, I think, from what I read anyway.
But a beautiful tune, beautiful.
Tony Bennett, he did us right. _

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