Chords for Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Speak Low (Verve Records 1956)
Tempo:
113.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
C
Bb
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
Speak low when you speak loud.
Our summer day withers away [F] [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[Ebm] Speak low [Ab] when you [Ebm] speak loud.
[Ab] Our moment [C] is swift like [Cm] ships adrift, [B] we're [Gm] swept apart too [G] soon.
[Bb] Speak low, darling speak low.
Love is a spark lost in the dark too [D] soon, too [Em] soon.
[Ebm] I feel [Ab] wherever [Ebm] I go
[Ab] that [F] tomorrow [C] is near, tomorrow [Cm] is here [C] always [Gm] too soon.
[C] [Bbm] Time is so old [Ab] and love so [Ebm]
brief.
[Gb] [Ab] Love is pure [F] gold [G] [Gm] and [A] time a thief.
[D] [Cm] We're late, [Bb]
darling we're [Cm] late.
[F] The [Cm] curtain descends, everything ends [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[B] [Ebm] I wait, [Ab]
[C] darling I wait.
[G]
Will [C] you speak low to me, [G] speak low to [Bb] me and soon?
[Gb] [Eb] [F]
[G] [D]
[Cm] [Eb]
[A] [Gm] [Dm]
[G] [Ebm] [C]
[Gb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[F] [Gm] [D]
[G] [Eb]
[Cm] [D] [G]
[B] [Gm]
[Bb] [Dm]
[G] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Bb]
[C] [F] [Gm]
[G] [Ebm] [G]
[Bbm] Time is so old and [Ab] love so [Dbm] brief.
[Fm] Love is pure [Gm] gold [Gm] and [G] time a [Eb] thief.
[G] [C] We're late, [Bb] darling we're late.
The [C] curtain [C] descends, everything ends too [Dm] soon, [G] too soon.
[Eb] I wait, [Bb] darling I [Dm] wait.
[G]
[D] Will [C] you speak low to me, [A] speak low to [Gm] me and soon?
[G] Speak low.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
Speak low when you speak loud.
Our summer day withers away [F] [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[Ebm] Speak low [Ab] when you [Ebm] speak loud.
[Ab] Our moment [C] is swift like [Cm] ships adrift, [B] we're [Gm] swept apart too [G] soon.
[Bb] Speak low, darling speak low.
Love is a spark lost in the dark too [D] soon, too [Em] soon.
[Ebm] I feel [Ab] wherever [Ebm] I go
[Ab] that [F] tomorrow [C] is near, tomorrow [Cm] is here [C] always [Gm] too soon.
[C] [Bbm] Time is so old [Ab] and love so [Ebm]
brief.
[Gb] [Ab] Love is pure [F] gold [G] [Gm] and [A] time a thief.
[D] [Cm] We're late, [Bb]
darling we're [Cm] late.
[F] The [Cm] curtain descends, everything ends [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[B] [Ebm] I wait, [Ab]
[C] darling I wait.
[G]
Will [C] you speak low to me, [G] speak low to [Bb] me and soon?
[Gb] [Eb] [F]
[G] [D]
[Cm] [Eb]
[A] [Gm] [Dm]
[G] [Ebm] [C]
[Gb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[F] [Gm] [D]
[G] [Eb]
[Cm] [D] [G]
[B] [Gm]
[Bb] [Dm]
[G] [Ebm] [Eb]
[Bb]
[C] [F] [Gm]
[G] [Ebm] [G]
[Bbm] Time is so old and [Ab] love so [Dbm] brief.
[Fm] Love is pure [Gm] gold [Gm] and [G] time a [Eb] thief.
[G] [C] We're late, [Bb] darling we're late.
The [C] curtain [C] descends, everything ends too [Dm] soon, [G] too soon.
[Eb] I wait, [Bb] darling I [Dm] wait.
[G]
[D] Will [C] you speak low to me, [A] speak low to [Gm] me and soon?
[G] Speak low.
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
Key:
G
Gm
C
Bb
Ebm
G
Gm
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Speak low _ _ when you speak _ loud.
_ _ Our summer day _ withers away [F] _ [Gm] too soon, [D] _ too soon.
_ [Ebm] Speak low [Ab] _ when you [Ebm] speak loud.
_ [Ab] _ Our moment [C] is swift like [Cm] ships adrift, [B] we're [Gm] swept apart too [G] _ soon.
_ [Bb] Speak low, _ _ _ darling speak low.
_ _ Love is a spark lost in the dark too [D] soon, too [Em] soon.
[Ebm] I feel [Ab] _ _ wherever [Ebm] I go _
[Ab] _ that [F] tomorrow [C] is near, tomorrow [Cm] is here [C] always [Gm] too soon. _
_ _ [C] _ [Bbm] _ Time is so old _ [Ab] and love so [Ebm] _
brief.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ Love is pure [F] gold [G] _ [Gm] and [A] time a thief.
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] We're late, [Bb] _ _
_ _ darling we're [Cm] late.
_ [F] The [Cm] curtain descends, everything ends [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[B] [Ebm] I wait, [Ab] _ _
[C] _ darling I wait.
_ [G] _ _
Will [C] you speak low to me, [G] speak low to [Bb] me and soon? _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Time is so _ old _ and [Ab] love so [Dbm] brief.
_ _ _ [Fm] Love is pure [Gm] _ gold _ [Gm] and [G] time a [Eb] thief.
[G] _ [C] We're late, [Bb] _ _ _ _ darling we're late.
_ The [C] curtain [C] descends, _ everything ends too _ [Dm] soon, [G] too soon.
[Eb] _ I wait, _ _ _ [Bb] darling I [Dm] wait.
[G] _
_ [D] Will [C] you speak low to me, [A] speak low to [Gm] me and soon? _ _
_ [G] _ _ Speak _ low.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Speak low _ _ when you speak _ loud.
_ _ Our summer day _ withers away [F] _ [Gm] too soon, [D] _ too soon.
_ [Ebm] Speak low [Ab] _ when you [Ebm] speak loud.
_ [Ab] _ Our moment [C] is swift like [Cm] ships adrift, [B] we're [Gm] swept apart too [G] _ soon.
_ [Bb] Speak low, _ _ _ darling speak low.
_ _ Love is a spark lost in the dark too [D] soon, too [Em] soon.
[Ebm] I feel [Ab] _ _ wherever [Ebm] I go _
[Ab] _ that [F] tomorrow [C] is near, tomorrow [Cm] is here [C] always [Gm] too soon. _
_ _ [C] _ [Bbm] _ Time is so old _ [Ab] and love so [Ebm] _
brief.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ Love is pure [F] gold [G] _ [Gm] and [A] time a thief.
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] We're late, [Bb] _ _
_ _ darling we're [Cm] late.
_ [F] The [Cm] curtain descends, everything ends [Gm] too soon, [D] too soon.
[B] [Ebm] I wait, [Ab] _ _
[C] _ darling I wait.
_ [G] _ _
Will [C] you speak low to me, [G] speak low to [Bb] me and soon? _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Time is so _ old _ and [Ab] love so [Dbm] brief.
_ _ _ [Fm] Love is pure [Gm] _ gold _ [Gm] and [G] time a [Eb] thief.
[G] _ [C] We're late, [Bb] _ _ _ _ darling we're late.
_ The [C] curtain [C] descends, _ everything ends too _ [Dm] soon, [G] too soon.
[Eb] _ I wait, _ _ _ [Bb] darling I [Dm] wait.
[G] _
_ [D] Will [C] you speak low to me, [A] speak low to [Gm] me and soon? _ _
_ [G] _ _ Speak _ low.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _