Chords for Billie Holiday - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (1957)

[Gm] _ _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ Once I was [B]
young, [Dm] _ yesterday _ [G] perhaps, _
[C] _ [G] danced [B] with Jim and Paul _ [Dm] and kissed some [G] other chaps.
[C] _ Once I [B] was young, [F] but never was [B] naive.
_ _ [C] I thought I [Dm] had a trick or two [Em] up my [E] _ imaginary [Em] _ [A] sleeve.
_ And [G] now [Gb] I know _ I [G] _ was [Em] naive.
_ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [C] I didn't [D] know what [Eb] time it was, [Ab] _ [C] then I met you.
[Am] _
[G] _ _ Oh, [C] what a lovely [Ab] time it [Bm]
[Dm] was, how [B] sublime [F] it was too.
[Eb] _ [F] _
[D] _ [Ab] _ [C] I didn't know what day it [D] was, [E] _ [C] you held my hand.
[Dm] _
_ [G] Warm like [Am] the month [E] of May [Dm]
[G] was, and I'll say it was [F] [G] grand. _ _
_ [A] Grand to be [D] alive, [E] to be young, [A] to be [D] mad, [E] to be [Am] [B] yours alone.
[Gm] _ [Gb] _ [C] _
[Dm] Grand to [Em] see your face, [C] feel your touch, hear your [Gb] voice, [Em] [G] say I'm all your [Eb] own.
[F] _ [Ab] _
I [C] didn't know [Am] what [D] year it was, [Ab] _ [Am] life was no prize.
_ [Dm] _ _
I [Em] wanted love, [B] and here [Dm] it was, [B] shining [Ab] out of your eyes.
[D] _ [Em] I'm [E] wise, [Dm] and I [G] know what [C] time it is [Em] now.
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ [Bm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _
[B] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] _ [B] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _
[Em] _ [B] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Fm] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] I [D] _ _
_ [C] didn't know [D] what time it [B] was, [E] then [C] I met [D] you.
_ [Dm] _ [Em] _
[F] Oh, [Am] what a lovely time it [F] was, and sublime it was too.
[Abm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Ab] I [Am] didn't know [Gb] what day it [D] was, _
[Bm] you [Ab] held [C] my [Gb] hand.
[Dm] _ [E] _
[F] Warm [C] like the month of [Ab] May [F] was, [A] and [F] I'll say [Em] it was [G] grand.
[C] _ _
Grand to [Bm] be alive, [E] to [D] be young, [Bm] to be mad, [E] [Fm] to be [C] [Abm] yours [Gm] alone.
[Gb] _ [C] _ [Dbm]
[Dm] Grand to [Em] see your face, feel your [Dm] touch, [Am] hear your voice, [Bm] [Dm] say I'm all [Am] your own.
[Bm] _ _ [Ebm] _
[E] [Fm] I [Am] didn't know what year it [B] was, [Eb] _
[E] [D] life was [Am] no [Ab] prize.
[E] _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] I [Am] wanted love, [B] and here it [Dm] was, [G] shining [Ab] out of your [Gm] eyes.
[D] _ [Em] I'm wise, [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] and I know [E] what [Cm] time it is [G] now. _ _ _
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