Chords for Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1932)

_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [B] Gee, but it's tough [Eb] to be broke, kid.
[Fm] It's not a joke, [F] kid.
[Eb] It's a curse. _
_ My luck is
changing, it's gotten from [Fm] simply rotten [Eb] to something [D] worse. _
Who [C] knows, someday I will
[G] win too.
[F] I'll [Gm] begin to reach [B] my [Bb] prime. _
[Abm] Now though I see what [Eb] our end is, [F] all I can spend
is just my [Ab] time.
[Gm] _ _
[Eb] I can't give you anything [Fm] but love, _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] baby.
_ [Eb] And that's the only thing _ _
[Fm] I've plenty of, _ [Bb] _ _ baby.
_ [Eb] _ Dream a while, _ scheme a while, [Ab] _ and we're sure to find _ [F] _ happiness.
[Cm] _ _ And I guess [Bb] all those things we've always mined [Eb] for, gee, I'd like [Gm] to see you [Ebm] [Fm] looking
swell, _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _
baby.
[Eb] _ _ Diamond bracelets, _ [Ab] Woolworths, doesn't sell, _ baby.
_ _ Till that [Fm] lucky day, you
[Eb] know darn [Dm] well, _ [C] baby, _ [Fm] _ I can't [Bb] give you _ anything [Eb] _ [Cm] but love.
[F] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ I can't give you _ [Bbm] anything but love,
[Eb] _ _
baby.
[Ab] _ _ That's the only thing _ [Eb] _ I've plenty of, _ baby.
[Ab] _ Dream a [Eb] while, [Abm] scheme a while,
[Db] baby.
_ You're sure [C] to find a little bit [Bb] of _ happiness.
And I guess [Eb] all those things that
I'm mining [Ab] for, gee, I'd like to [C] see you [Bbm] looking swell, _ baby.
[Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ Diamond bracelets,
_ Woolworths, [Db] doesn't sell, _ baby. _ _
_ Till that lucky [Ab] day, you know darn [G] well, _ [F] baby, I _
[Bb] _ can't give you
[Eb] _ anything but [Ab] love.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _