Chords for Billie Holiday - It Had To Be You (Clef Records 1955)

Tempo:
71.85 bpm
Chords used:

Db

Ab

Bbm

Gb

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday - It Had To Be You (Clef Records 1955) chords
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[Abm] [Bb] [Gbm] [Ab] [Abm] [Db]
[Bb] [G] [D] [Ebm] [Fm] It had to be [Db] you.
[Am] [Fm] [Eb] It [Bb] had to be [Db] you.
[Fm] [Bb] I [Ab] wandered [Bbm] around and [Ab] finally [Db] found
somebody [Ab] who [Bbm] could [Ab] make me be [Ebm] true,
who [Gb] [Ebm] could [G] [Cm] make [Bbm] me be blue
[Am] [Bbm] and [Db] [Ab] even [G] be [Eb] [Bbm] glad just to be sad
[Eb] thinking [Gb] of you.
[C] [F] [C] Some [Db] others I've [Fm] seen
[Fm] might [Eb]
never [Bb] be [Db] mean,
[G] [F] [D] might never [Eb] be [Bbm] cross or try [C] to be boss
[Bbm]
but they wouldn't do [A] [B] for [G] [Gb] nobody else.
You just [Gbm] gave me a [B] thrill
[Gbm] [Fm] with all [F] your
[Bbm] I love you [G] still.
[Bb] It [Ebm] had to be you.
[Abm] [B] [Gb] Wonderful you.
[Ab]
It had to [Bbm] be you.
[Eb] [Gb]
[F] [Db] It had [Fm] to be you.
[Bbm]
[B] It had to [Ab] be [Gm] you.
[F] [C] I [D] wandered [Bbm] around [G] and finally found
[Ebm] somebody [Db] who [Bbm]
[G] could make [Gb] me be true,
[Ebm] [F] who could make [Bbm] me be blue
[F]
[Gb] and [Dbm] [Ab] [Eb] even be [Db] glad [Gb] just to be sad
thinking of you.
[Db] [Fm] [Ab] [Gbm] [Gb] Some others [Fm]
I've [Gb] seen
[C] [Db] [Eb] might [Gm] never be [Cm] mean,
[F] [Ab] might [E] never [Eb] be [Db] cross or [G] try to be [Eb] boss
but they wouldn't [Gb] do for [Eb] [B] [Bb]
[Gb] nobody else.
You just gave me [Gbm] a thrill
[Ab] with [Fm] all [F] your
[Bbm] I love you still.
[Fm] It [Db] had to [Ab] be you.
Wonderful [Db] you.
[D] It had to [G] be [Ab] you.
[Gb] [A] [Db] [D] [Db]
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Ab
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Bbm
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Gb
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Fm
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Db
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Ab
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Bbm
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Learn the basic chords of Billie Holiday - It Had To Be You chords, with this master sequence: Bb, Db, Ab, Bbm, Ab, Fm, Fm, Eb, Bb, Db and Fm. A good strategy is to initiate at 35 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 72 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Db Major.

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[Abm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [Ab] _ [Abm] _ [Db] _
[Bb] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Fm] It had to be [Db] you.
[Am] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] It [Bb] had to be [Db] you.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ I [Ab] wandered [Bbm] around and [Ab] finally [Db] found _
somebody [Ab] who [Bbm] could _ [Ab] make me be [Ebm] true,
who [Gb] [Ebm] could _ [G] [Cm] make [Bbm] me be blue
[Am] _ [Bbm] _ and [Db] [Ab] even [G] be [Eb] [Bbm] glad just to be sad
[Eb] thinking [Gb] of you.
_ [C] _ _ [F] [C] Some [Db] others I've _ [Fm] seen
[Fm] _ might [Eb]
never [Bb] be [Db] mean,
[G] _ [F] _ [D] _ might never [Eb] be [Bbm] cross or try [C] to be boss
[Bbm]
but they wouldn't do _ _ [A] [B] for [G] [Gb] nobody else.
You just [Gbm] gave me a [B] thrill
[Gbm] [Fm] with all [F] your_
[Bbm] I love you [G] still.
[Bb] It [Ebm] had to be you.
[Abm] _ [B] [Gb] Wonderful you.
[Ab]
It had to [Bbm] be you.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _
[F] _ [Db] It had [Fm] to be you.
[Bbm] _
[B] _ It had to [Ab] be [Gm] you.
[F] [C] I [D] _ wandered [Bbm] around _ [G] and finally found
[Ebm] somebody [Db] who _ [Bbm] _
_ [G] could make [Gb] me be true, _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [F] who could make [Bbm] me be blue
[F] _
[Gb] and [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] [Eb] even be [Db] glad [Gb] just to be sad
thinking of you.
[Db] _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] [Gb] Some others [Fm]
I've [Gb] seen
[C] _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] might [Gm] never be [Cm] mean,
[F] _ [Ab] _ might [E] never [Eb] be [Db] cross or [G] try to be [Eb] boss
but they wouldn't [Gb] do for [Eb] _ [B] _ [Bb] _
[Gb] nobody else.
You just gave me [Gbm] a thrill
[Ab] with [Fm] all [F] your_
[Bbm] I love you still.
[Fm] It [Db] had to [Ab] be you.
Wonderful [Db] you.
[D] It had to [G] be [Ab] you.
[Gb] _ [A] _ [Db] _ [D] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was written by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones.

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