The Very Thought Of You Chords by Billie Holiday
Tempo:
105 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
A
Gm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [Bm] [Eb] [G]
[Ab] [Gm] [B] [Ab] [G]
The [Cm] very thought of you, and I forget to do
[Eb]
[Cm] Those little ordinary things, that [A] everyone ought to do
In [Ab] a kind [G] of [Cm] daydream, I'm happy [D] as a queen
[Gm] And [Gb] foolish, [Bb] though it may seem [Fm] to me
[Bb] That's [D] everything, the [Eb] mere idea [Cm] of you
The longing here for you
[Gm] You'll [Cm] never know how slow the moments go
[A] Till I'm near to you
I [Fm] see your face [G] in every flower
[Cm] Your eyes in [Eb] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Ab]
The very [D] thought of [Eb] you, my [A] love
[Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[D] I
[Eb]
[A]
[Bb]
[G] [Cm]
[D] [Gb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] see
[F] [A] [A]
[Fm] your [G] face in every flower
[Cm] Your eyes in [A] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Fm] The very thought [Gm] of you, my [Gbm] love
[Ab]
[Ab] [Gm] [B] [Ab] [G]
The [Cm] very thought of you, and I forget to do
[Eb]
[Cm] Those little ordinary things, that [A] everyone ought to do
In [Ab] a kind [G] of [Cm] daydream, I'm happy [D] as a queen
[Gm] And [Gb] foolish, [Bb] though it may seem [Fm] to me
[Bb] That's [D] everything, the [Eb] mere idea [Cm] of you
The longing here for you
[Gm] You'll [Cm] never know how slow the moments go
[A] Till I'm near to you
I [Fm] see your face [G] in every flower
[Cm] Your eyes in [Eb] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Ab]
The very [D] thought of [Eb] you, my [A] love
[Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[D] I
[Eb]
[A]
[Bb]
[G] [Cm]
[D] [Gb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] see
[F] [A] [A]
[Fm] your [G] face in every flower
[Cm] Your eyes in [A] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Fm] The very thought [Gm] of you, my [Gbm] love
[Ab]
Key:
Eb
Cm
A
Gm
D
Eb
Cm
A
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [B] _ [Ab] _ [G]
The [Cm] very thought of you, _ _ and I forget to do
[Eb] _ _
[Cm] Those little ordinary _ things, that [A] everyone ought to do
In _ [Ab] _ a kind [G] of _ [Cm] daydream, I'm happy [D] as a queen
[Gm] And [Gb] foolish, [Bb] though it may seem [Fm] to me
[Bb] That's [D] everything, the [Eb] mere idea [Cm] of you
The longing here for you _
_ [Gm] You'll [Cm] never know how slow the moments go
[A] Till I'm near to you
I _ [Fm] see your face [G] in every flower
_ [Cm] Your eyes in [Eb] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Ab]
The very [D] thought of [Eb] you, my _ [A] love
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ see _
[F] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Fm] your [G] face in every flower
_ [Cm] Your eyes in [A] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Fm] The very thought [Gm] of you, my _ [Gbm] love
[Ab] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [B] _ [Ab] _ [G]
The [Cm] very thought of you, _ _ and I forget to do
[Eb] _ _
[Cm] Those little ordinary _ things, that [A] everyone ought to do
In _ [Ab] _ a kind [G] of _ [Cm] daydream, I'm happy [D] as a queen
[Gm] And [Gb] foolish, [Bb] though it may seem [Fm] to me
[Bb] That's [D] everything, the [Eb] mere idea [Cm] of you
The longing here for you _
_ [Gm] You'll [Cm] never know how slow the moments go
[A] Till I'm near to you
I _ [Fm] see your face [G] in every flower
_ [Cm] Your eyes in [Eb] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Ab]
The very [D] thought of [Eb] you, my _ [A] love
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ see _
[F] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Fm] your [G] face in every flower
_ [Cm] Your eyes in [A] stars above
[D] It's just the [A] thought of you
[Fm] The very thought [Gm] of you, my _ [Gbm] love
[Ab] _ _
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