Chords for Billie Holiday - Fine And Mellow (1939)

Tempo:
78.85 bpm
Chords used:

F

Gm

C

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday - Fine And Mellow (1939) chords
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My man don't love [D] me, treats [F] me awful mean.
My [Gm] man, he don't love me, [G] treats me awful mean.
[C] He's the lowest man [E] that [F] I've
[Gm] [F]
draped in [Bb] stripes of really yellow.
[Dm] He [Bb] wears a trippy stripes [D] [D] of [F] really yellow.
But [Gm] when he's starting [C] to love me, he's so [F] fine and mellow.
[Gm] [F] Love will make you drink and gamble, [Gm] make you stay [F] out all night long.
[Cm] Love [G] will make you drink and [Gm] gamble, make you stay [F] out all night [Cm] long.
[Gm] Love will [C] make you do things that you [F] know is [C] wrong.
[F] But if you treat [C] me right, [A] I'll stay home [F] every day.
[A] If [Gm] you treat me [D] right, baby, [Gm] [Bb] I'll stay [F] home every [Gm] day.
[F] [F] But [Gm] you're so mean to me, baby, [C] I know you're gonna [F] drive me away.
[Eb] [F] Love is just like a [D] faucet, it turns [F] off and on.
Love [Gm]
is like a faucet, it turns [F] off and on.
[G] [F] Sometimes [Gm] when you think it's [C] on, baby, it has [Am] turned off and [Gm] gone.
[F] [Cm]
Key:  
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
C
3211
D
1321
G
2131
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
C
3211
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To start learning Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Fine And Mellow chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Gm, C, F, Gm, F and C. A strategic approach would be to train at 73 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 146. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
My man don't love [D] me, treats [F] me awful mean.
_ _ _ _ My [Gm] man, he don't love me, [G] treats me awful mean.
_ _ _ _ [C] He's the lowest man _ [E] that [F] I've _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
draped in _ [Bb] stripes of really yellow.
[Dm] _ He _ _ [Bb] wears a trippy stripes [D] _ _ [D] of [F] really yellow.
_ _ _ _ But [Gm] when he's starting [C] to love me, he's so [F] fine and mellow.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ Love will make you drink and gamble, _ [Gm] make you stay [F] out all night long.
_ [Cm] _ _ Love [G] will make you drink and [Gm] gamble, make you stay [F] out all night [Cm] long.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Love will [C] make you do _ things that you [F] know is [C] wrong.
_ [F] _ _ _ But if you treat [C] me right, _ _ [A] I'll stay home [F] every day.
_ [A] If _ _ [Gm] you treat me [D] right, baby, [Gm] _ [Bb] I'll stay [F] home every [Gm] day.
_ [F] _ _ [F] But [Gm] you're so mean to me, baby, [C] I know you're gonna [F] drive me away.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ Love is just like a [D] faucet, it turns [F] off and on.
_ _ _ Love [Gm]
is like a faucet, it turns [F] off and on.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ Sometimes [Gm] when you think it's [C] on, baby, it has [Am] turned off and [Gm] gone.
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _

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