Chords for Billie Holiday and Helen Merrill duet: "You Go to My Head"! (1956)
Tempo:
153.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Gb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I ain't [C] gonna hang us both.
[Ab]
Foolish heart [Ebm] must pay.
[Cm] [Bbm] Those silvery eyes [Fm] stare.
[Eb] [Ab] You can do that again when you want to, [N]
but
Fire falling love I strangled.
Pausing all I thought was gone.
That's what you screwed up, Jack.
Gives no peace, will not cease.
Brow the [Db] moon [Gm] till dawn.
[C]
[Fm] [Abm]
[Bb] I mean, I, [C] you know, I can only hear.
[Fm] I don't read much.
[Db] I hear.
[C] I [F] eat, sleep, [E] you know.
I knew [G] life was [D] boring.
[Am]
[Gb] Back [G] here.
[D]
Oh, before I came.
[Ab] John placed that [Gb] money right in my
Oh, [Eb] I know.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
He even knows that.
What?
He knows that.
What's that?
Go ahead.
I cried for you.
A fact!
I cried for [A] you.
A fact!
What?
[G] Go ahead.
[D]
You [Bb]
[Am]
[D] better play that thing good,
because I don't like playing that anyway, you know.
I already had Benny [G] Goodman and Arnie Short
and I've been catching for a few years.
Now, please now, play good.
Don't be just [Bb] sweating in there,
breathing all through [Cm] that thing.
You [Bb] got the good read on you?
The reason I was
Don't play it.
I'm telling you, [A] play it better.
[Bb]
[Gm] That one looks like a little baby.
No.
Ain't [Eb] pushing that.
I didn't mean it, [Bb] baby.
Come on, blow up.
[Db]
[Gb] Me and Leonard's [A] going to do you,
you got it in my [Ebm] hand.
[Bbm] [Eb] No, you ain't going to pick [C] me up.
I'm going with you, [G] buddy.
Now.
[Am]
See you go back in.
[D]
[Dm] See you.
[D]
You [G] go to my head
[Cm]
And you linger [A] like
[Bb] A haunting refrain [Dm] Ah
[Am] [Bbm]
Then I [D] find you spinning [G] round in my [D] brain
[Gm] Like [Eb] a [D] perfume in [G] a glass of champagne
[A]
[D] [G]
You go to my [C] head
[Bm] [C] [Cm]
Like a [Eb] sip of [Bb] sparkling Burgundy wine
[A] [Ab] [Eb] And I
[Gb] find [G] the [D] very [Gm] mention of [D] you
[Gm] [Eb]
Like [D] the tickle [G] in a [D] tulip [G]
or two
[C]
The [G] [Am]
thrill [C] of the thought
[Db] That you might [Eb] give a thought to my [D]
plea
[C] As you spin [D] over [G] me
And [Dbm] I say [Gb] to [B] myself
Get a [Ebm] hold of yourself
[Gb] Can't you see this [Ab] never can [Bb] be
[A] [F] [G] You go [D] to my [Cm] head
[C] With
[F] [Cm] a smile that [Dm] makes my temperature rise
[A] Like [D] a summer [G] [Gb] with
[G] a thousand [D] [Gm] July's
[Eb]
[D] You intoxicate [Dm] my soul with your
[G] eyes
I'm [C]
[Am] certain that [Cm] this heart of [F] mine
[G] Hasn't [Am] a ghost of [Bm] a chillin' [Cm] [Dm]
[E] [G] romance
[C] [D]
[F]
[Gb]
You You
[E] [Bbm]
[N] Go To my
Head
[B]
[Am]
[Ab] [G]
[Ab] Let's do that again.
Yeah, let's do that again.
You go to
[Dm]
[C] [E] [Em]
Me
[Am]
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this [G] crazy romance
You say you go to my Head
[Bm] And [Ab]
[E] I'm [D]
[C] [G]
certain
That this heart of [A]
mine
[G]
Hasn't a [C] ghost of a [B] chance
[Dbm] In this [Gb] [Bm] crazy [Dm] romance
You
[C] [D] [Ebm] go to [Fm] [Gb] my
[G]
You [D] go
[C] [G]
[Gb] [Bm] Head
[G]
[B] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [Gm]
[D] [C]
[A] [G] [Eb]
[Gb] [N]
[Ab]
Foolish heart [Ebm] must pay.
[Cm] [Bbm] Those silvery eyes [Fm] stare.
[Eb] [Ab] You can do that again when you want to, [N]
but
Fire falling love I strangled.
Pausing all I thought was gone.
That's what you screwed up, Jack.
Gives no peace, will not cease.
Brow the [Db] moon [Gm] till dawn.
[C]
[Fm] [Abm]
[Bb] I mean, I, [C] you know, I can only hear.
[Fm] I don't read much.
[Db] I hear.
[C] I [F] eat, sleep, [E] you know.
I knew [G] life was [D] boring.
[Am]
[Gb] Back [G] here.
[D]
Oh, before I came.
[Ab] John placed that [Gb] money right in my
Oh, [Eb] I know.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
He even knows that.
What?
He knows that.
What's that?
Go ahead.
I cried for you.
A fact!
I cried for [A] you.
A fact!
What?
[G] Go ahead.
[D]
You [Bb]
[Am]
[D] better play that thing good,
because I don't like playing that anyway, you know.
I already had Benny [G] Goodman and Arnie Short
and I've been catching for a few years.
Now, please now, play good.
Don't be just [Bb] sweating in there,
breathing all through [Cm] that thing.
You [Bb] got the good read on you?
The reason I was
Don't play it.
I'm telling you, [A] play it better.
[Bb]
[Gm] That one looks like a little baby.
No.
Ain't [Eb] pushing that.
I didn't mean it, [Bb] baby.
Come on, blow up.
[Db]
[Gb] Me and Leonard's [A] going to do you,
you got it in my [Ebm] hand.
[Bbm] [Eb] No, you ain't going to pick [C] me up.
I'm going with you, [G] buddy.
Now.
[Am]
See you go back in.
[D]
[Dm] See you.
[D]
You [G] go to my head
[Cm]
And you linger [A] like
[Bb] A haunting refrain [Dm] Ah
[Am] [Bbm]
Then I [D] find you spinning [G] round in my [D] brain
[Gm] Like [Eb] a [D] perfume in [G] a glass of champagne
[A]
[D] [G]
You go to my [C] head
[Bm] [C] [Cm]
Like a [Eb] sip of [Bb] sparkling Burgundy wine
[A] [Ab] [Eb] And I
[Gb] find [G] the [D] very [Gm] mention of [D] you
[Gm] [Eb]
Like [D] the tickle [G] in a [D] tulip [G]
or two
[C]
The [G] [Am]
thrill [C] of the thought
[Db] That you might [Eb] give a thought to my [D]
plea
[C] As you spin [D] over [G] me
And [Dbm] I say [Gb] to [B] myself
Get a [Ebm] hold of yourself
[Gb] Can't you see this [Ab] never can [Bb] be
[A] [F] [G] You go [D] to my [Cm] head
[C] With
[F] [Cm] a smile that [Dm] makes my temperature rise
[A] Like [D] a summer [G] [Gb] with
[G] a thousand [D] [Gm] July's
[Eb]
[D] You intoxicate [Dm] my soul with your
[G] eyes
I'm [C]
[Am] certain that [Cm] this heart of [F] mine
[G] Hasn't [Am] a ghost of [Bm] a chillin' [Cm] [Dm]
[E] [G] romance
[C] [D]
[F]
[Gb]
You You
[E] [Bbm]
[N] Go To my
Head
[B]
[Am]
[Ab] [G]
[Ab] Let's do that again.
Yeah, let's do that again.
You go to
[Dm]
[C] [E] [Em]
Me
[Am]
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this [G] crazy romance
You say you go to my Head
[Bm] And [Ab]
[E] I'm [D]
[C] [G]
certain
That this heart of [A]
mine
[G]
Hasn't a [C] ghost of a [B] chance
[Dbm] In this [Gb] [Bm] crazy [Dm] romance
You
[C] [D] [Ebm] go to [Fm] [Gb] my
[G]
You [D] go
[C] [G]
[Gb] [Bm] Head
[G]
[B] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [Gm]
[D] [C]
[A] [G] [Eb]
[Gb] [N]
Key:
G
D
C
Gb
Eb
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ I ain't [C] gonna hang us both.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ Foolish heart [Ebm] must _ pay.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bbm] Those silvery eyes [Fm] stare.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] You can do that again when you want to, _ _ [N] _
but_
Fire falling love I strangled. _
Pausing all I thought was gone.
That's what you screwed up, Jack.
_ _ Gives no peace, will not cease.
_ Brow the [Db] moon [Gm] _ till _ dawn.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ I mean, I, [C] you know, I can only hear.
[Fm] I don't read much. _
_ [Db] I hear.
[C] I [F] eat, sleep, [E] you know.
_ I knew [G] life was [D] boring. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gb] Back [G] here.
_ _ _ [D]
Oh, before I came.
[Ab] John placed that [Gb] money right in my_
Oh, [Eb] I know.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
He even knows that.
What?
He knows that.
What's that?
Go ahead.
_ I cried for you.
A fact!
I cried for [A] you.
A fact!
What?
[G] Go ahead.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
You _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ better play that thing good,
because I don't like playing that anyway, you know.
I already had Benny [G] Goodman and Arnie Short
and I've been catching for a few years.
_ _ _ Now, please now, play good.
Don't be just [Bb] sweating in there, _
breathing all through [Cm] that thing.
_ _ _ You [Bb] got the good read on you?
_ The reason I was_
_ _ Don't play it.
I'm telling you, [A] play it better.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] That one looks like a little baby. _ _
_ _ No. _ _ _ _
Ain't [Eb] pushing that.
_ I didn't mean it, [Bb] baby.
Come on, blow up.
_ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Gb] Me and Leonard's [A] going to do you,
you got it in my [Ebm] hand.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] No, you ain't going to pick [C] me up.
I'm going with you, [G] buddy.
Now.
_ _ _ [Am] _
See you go back in.
[D] _ _ _ _
[Dm] See you.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
You [G] go _ _ to my _ _ _ head
[Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ And you linger [A] _ like
_ _ [Bb] A _ haunting _ _ refrain _ _ [Dm] Ah
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ Then I [D] find you spinning [G] round in my [D] brain
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ Like _ [Eb] a _ [D] perfume in _ _ [G] _ a glass of _ champagne
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
You go to my [C] head
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Like a [Eb] sip of _ [Bb] sparkling _ _ _ _ Burgundy _ wine
[A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] And I _
[Gb] find [G] the [D] very _ [Gm] mention of [D] you
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ Like [D] the _ _ tickle [G] in a [D] _ tulip _ [G] _
or _ two
_ [C] _ _
The _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
thrill _ [C] of the thought
_ _ [Db] _ That you might _ [Eb] _ give a thought to my [D] _
plea
_ [C] _ As you spin [D] over [G] _ _ me _ _
_ And [Dbm] I say _ [Gb] to _ _ _ [B] myself _
Get a [Ebm] hold of _ yourself _
[Gb] _ _ _ Can't you see _ _ this _ [Ab] never can [Bb] be
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] You go _ [D] _ to my _ _ [Cm] head
_ _ [C] With _
[F] _ [Cm] a smile that [Dm] makes my temperature _ _ _ rise
[A] _ _ _ _ Like [D] a summer _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] with _
[G] a thousand [D] _ _ [Gm] July's
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ You _ intoxicate [Dm] my soul with your _
_ [G] _ _ eyes _ _ _
_ I'm _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] certain _ _ that [Cm] this heart of [F] _ mine _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Hasn't [Am] a _ ghost of [Bm] a _ _ chillin' _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G] romance _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
You You
[E] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[N] Go _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ my _ _ _ _
_ Head
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Let's _ do that again.
_ Yeah, let's do that again.
You go to
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Me
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this [G] crazy romance _
_ _ You say you go to my Head
[Bm] _ _ And _ [Ab] _
_ _ [E] I'm _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
certain
_ _ _ _ That _ _ _ this heart of [A]
mine
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Hasn't a [C] ghost of a [B] chance
[Dbm] _ _ In this [Gb] _ _ [Bm] crazy _ _ _ _ [Dm] romance
_ _ _ You _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Ebm] go to [Fm] _ _ [Gb] my
[G] _ _ _
_ You _ _ [D] go _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] Head _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ Foolish heart [Ebm] must _ pay.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bbm] Those silvery eyes [Fm] stare.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] You can do that again when you want to, _ _ [N] _
but_
Fire falling love I strangled. _
Pausing all I thought was gone.
That's what you screwed up, Jack.
_ _ Gives no peace, will not cease.
_ Brow the [Db] moon [Gm] _ till _ dawn.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ I mean, I, [C] you know, I can only hear.
[Fm] I don't read much. _
_ [Db] I hear.
[C] I [F] eat, sleep, [E] you know.
_ I knew [G] life was [D] boring. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gb] Back [G] here.
_ _ _ [D]
Oh, before I came.
[Ab] John placed that [Gb] money right in my_
Oh, [Eb] I know.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
He even knows that.
What?
He knows that.
What's that?
Go ahead.
_ I cried for you.
A fact!
I cried for [A] you.
A fact!
What?
[G] Go ahead.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
You _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ better play that thing good,
because I don't like playing that anyway, you know.
I already had Benny [G] Goodman and Arnie Short
and I've been catching for a few years.
_ _ _ Now, please now, play good.
Don't be just [Bb] sweating in there, _
breathing all through [Cm] that thing.
_ _ _ You [Bb] got the good read on you?
_ The reason I was_
_ _ Don't play it.
I'm telling you, [A] play it better.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] That one looks like a little baby. _ _
_ _ No. _ _ _ _
Ain't [Eb] pushing that.
_ I didn't mean it, [Bb] baby.
Come on, blow up.
_ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Gb] Me and Leonard's [A] going to do you,
you got it in my [Ebm] hand.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] No, you ain't going to pick [C] me up.
I'm going with you, [G] buddy.
Now.
_ _ _ [Am] _
See you go back in.
[D] _ _ _ _
[Dm] See you.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
You [G] go _ _ to my _ _ _ head
[Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ And you linger [A] _ like
_ _ [Bb] A _ haunting _ _ refrain _ _ [Dm] Ah
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ Then I [D] find you spinning [G] round in my [D] brain
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ Like _ [Eb] a _ [D] perfume in _ _ [G] _ a glass of _ champagne
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
You go to my [C] head
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Like a [Eb] sip of _ [Bb] sparkling _ _ _ _ Burgundy _ wine
[A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] And I _
[Gb] find [G] the [D] very _ [Gm] mention of [D] you
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ Like [D] the _ _ tickle [G] in a [D] _ tulip _ [G] _
or _ two
_ [C] _ _
The _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
thrill _ [C] of the thought
_ _ [Db] _ That you might _ [Eb] _ give a thought to my [D] _
plea
_ [C] _ As you spin [D] over [G] _ _ me _ _
_ And [Dbm] I say _ [Gb] to _ _ _ [B] myself _
Get a [Ebm] hold of _ yourself _
[Gb] _ _ _ Can't you see _ _ this _ [Ab] never can [Bb] be
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] You go _ [D] _ to my _ _ [Cm] head
_ _ [C] With _
[F] _ [Cm] a smile that [Dm] makes my temperature _ _ _ rise
[A] _ _ _ _ Like [D] a summer _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] with _
[G] a thousand [D] _ _ [Gm] July's
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ You _ intoxicate [Dm] my soul with your _
_ [G] _ _ eyes _ _ _
_ I'm _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] certain _ _ that [Cm] this heart of [F] _ mine _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Hasn't [Am] a _ ghost of [Bm] a _ _ chillin' _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G] romance _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
You You
[E] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[N] Go _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ my _ _ _ _
_ Head
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Let's _ do that again.
_ Yeah, let's do that again.
You go to
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Me
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this [G] crazy romance _
_ _ You say you go to my Head
[Bm] _ _ And _ [Ab] _
_ _ [E] I'm _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
certain
_ _ _ _ That _ _ _ this heart of [A]
mine
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Hasn't a [C] ghost of a [B] chance
[Dbm] _ _ In this [Gb] _ _ [Bm] crazy _ _ _ _ [Dm] romance
_ _ _ You _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Ebm] go to [Fm] _ _ [Gb] my
[G] _ _ _
_ You _ _ [D] go _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] Head _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _