Chords for Billie Holiday-Don't Explain (Live)

Tempo:
80.175 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

G

Eb

B

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday-Don't Explain (Live) chords
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Miss Billie Holiday, my co-star in the picture, New Orleans.
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
And I'd like to sing a song that I wrote.
It's Charlie [Cm] Don't Explain.
[Bbm]
[Am] [Ab] [G] [Eb]
[Cm] Hush now, [Fm] don't explain
[G]
I [C] [Cm] know you [D] raised Kane
[G] [Abm] I'm [C] glad [B] you're [Bb] back
[Eb] Don't explain
Quiet, [B] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Cm] [Fm] don't [Abm] explain
[B] [Cm] You'll mix [D] with some [B] [G] dame
Skip [Abm]
[C] that [B] [Abm] lipstick
[Bb] Don't [Eb] explain
You [Bb]
[Eb] [Bm] [G] [Eb] [Gm] should [Ab] know I love [Bb] you
And what [Eb] love can do
[Ab]
All my [Fm] thoughts are of you
[Ab] For [Ebm] I'm so completely [G] yours
[Cm] [Gm] Cried you [Ab] hear folks chatter
[Bb] [Ab] And I [Bb] know you [Eb] cheat
[Ab] But right and wrong don't matter
[C] When you're [B] with me, sweet
Hush [Cm] [G] now, [Cm] [Fm] don't explain
[G] [B] [Cm] You're my [D] joy and pain
[G] My [F]
[Fm] [C] life, [B] your [Bb] love
[Eb] Don't explain
[B] [A] [Abm] [Eb]
Key:  
Cm
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G
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Eb
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B
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Ab
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Cm
13421113
G
2131
Eb
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To learn Billie Holiday - (Live ver.) Dont Explain chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Bb, Eb, B, Eb, Ab, B, G, Abm and C. Kick off your practice at a gentle 40 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 80 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C Minor.

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_ _ _ Miss Billie Holiday, my co-star in the picture, New Orleans.
_ Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
And I'd like to sing a song that I wrote.
It's Charlie [Cm] Don't Explain.
_ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Cm] _ Hush now, [Fm] don't explain
_ [G]
I _ [C] _ [Cm] know you [D] raised Kane
[G] _ _ _ [Abm] _ I'm [C] glad _ [B] _ you're [Bb] back
_ [Eb] Don't explain
_ Quiet, [B] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Bbm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] don't [Abm] explain
_ [B] _ [Cm] _ You'll mix [D] with some [B] [G] dame
Skip _ [Abm] _
_ [C] that _ [B] _ [Abm] lipstick
[Bb] _ Don't [Eb] explain
_ You [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ [Gm] should [Ab] know I love [Bb] you
And what [Eb] love can do
[Ab] _
All my [Fm] thoughts are of you
[Ab] For [Ebm] I'm so completely [G] yours
[Cm] _ [Gm] Cried you [Ab] hear folks chatter _
[Bb] [Ab] And I [Bb] know you [Eb] cheat
[Ab] But right and wrong don't matter
[C] When you're [B] with me, sweet
Hush [Cm] _ [G] now, [Cm] _ [Fm] don't explain
[G] _ [B] _ _ [Cm] _ You're my _ [D] joy and pain
[G] _ My [F] _
[Fm] _ _ [C] life, _ _ [B] your [Bb] love
_ _ _ [Eb] Don't explain
_ [B] _ [A] _ [Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _

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