Chords for "September Song" (1960) Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Smith on piano.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ When he was a young man courting the girls, [C] he played a waiting _ [Dm] game.
_ [Gm] If a maid refused him with tossing [Dm] curls, _ [G] he let the [C] old earth take a [Dm] couple of _ whirls.
_ For [Gm] as time went [Gb] along, [A] she came his [Dm] way.
_ _ [Gm] As time went [C] _ _
along, she [F] came. _ _
_ _ _ _ But _ it's [Bb] a _ [Fm] long, [Gm] long _ [Bb] while _ _ [Bbm] from May to [F] _ December.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ And the days grow [G] _ shorter _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ when [C] you reach _ [Am] _ September.
[Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ The _ _ [C] autumn _ _ _ [Bb] weather [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ turns [Bbm] the _ _ [F] leaves to _ [D] flame. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] And I haven't [G] got [Am] time _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ for [Db] the _ waiting [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
game.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] Oh, [Bbm] the _ days [F] dwindle _ _ [Bbm] down _ _ _ to [E] a _ [Ab] precious _ few. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] September, _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] November, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
and _ these few _
[Gm] _ precious [Bb] _ days.
[C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ I'll [Bbm] _ spend with _ _ you.
[Gm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] These [Dm] precious _
[C] _ [G] days _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
I'll [Gm] spend _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] with you.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Oh, [Bbm] the _ days dwindle _ _ down [G] _ [Bb] to a [Ab] precious _ _ [D] few.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] September, _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[B] November, [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ and [F] _ _
these [Bb] few _ [C] precious _ _
[Fm] days.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bbm] I'll spend with [C] _ _ you. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] These _
[Bb] precious [G] _ _ days [Em] _ _
[G] _ [Gm] I'll spend _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ with you. _ _ _
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