GLOOMY SUNDAY-BILLIE HOLIDAY VERSION Chords

Tempo:
122.75 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

D

Cm

Eb

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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GLOOMY SUNDAY-BILLIE HOLIDAY VERSION chords
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[Gm] [E] [Gm]
[Cm] [D] [Gm]
Sunday is blooming, [E] my hours are [Eb] slumbering,
[Gm] dearest the [Cm] shadows
[Db] I live with are [D] numberless.
[Eb] Little white flowers will never [D] wait for you, [Eb] not where [Gm] the black coat of sorrow [D] has taken you.
[Gm] Angels [Bb] have no thought [Gm] of ever [Eb] returning you, [Gm] would they [Cm] be angry if [Db] I thought of [D] joining you.
[Gm] Gloomy Sunday,
[E]
[Gm] [Cm]
[D] [G] [Gm] gloomy Sunday, [E] with shadows [Eb] I spend it all, my heart and I [Cm] [Eb] have decided to [D] end it all.
[Eb] Soon there'll be candles [Cm] and prayers that [D] are said I know, [Bb] let them not [Gm] weep, [Cm] let them know that [D] I'm glad to go.
[Gm] Death is [D] no dream, [Bb] for in death I'm [Gm] caressing you, [Cm] with the last breath of [G] my soul I'll [D] be blessing you.
[Ab] Gloomy [Gm] Sunday, [G]
[Am] dreaming [G] I [Am] was [G] only
[Am]
[Abm] [Bm] awake [C] and I find [D] you asleep [Em] in the deep [Am] of my [C]
heart.
[Am] [Ab] Dear,
[D] [Gm]
[D] [Bb] that my dream never [Gm] haunted you, [Cm] my [Bb]
[D]
gloomy [Eb] Sunday.
[Gm]
[N]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
D
1321
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
D
1321
Cm
13421113
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To learn Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Cm, D, Gm, E, Gm, Cm, Bb and Gm. Kick off your practice at a gentle 61 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 123 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G Minor.

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[Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ Sunday _ is blooming, _ _ [E] my _ hours are [Eb] _ _ _ slumbering, _
[Gm] _ dearest the [Cm] shadows _ _
[Db] I live with are [D] _ _ numberless.
[Eb] _ _ Little white flowers _ will never [D] wait for you, _ [Eb] _ not where [Gm] the black coat of sorrow [D] has taken you.
[Gm] _ _ Angels [Bb] have no thought [Gm] of ever [Eb] returning you, _ [Gm] _ _ would they [Cm] be angry if [Db] I thought of [D] joining you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Gloomy Sunday, _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] gloomy _ _ Sunday, [E] with shadows [Eb] I spend it all, my heart and I [Cm] _ [Eb] have decided to [D] end it all.
[Eb] _ _ Soon there'll be candles [Cm] and prayers that [D] are said I know, [Bb] _ let them not [Gm] _ weep, [Cm] let them know that [D] I'm glad to go.
_ [Gm] _ Death is [D] no dream, [Bb] for in death I'm [Gm] caressing _ you, [Cm] with the last breath of [G] my soul I'll [D] be blessing you. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ Gloomy [Gm] _ _ Sunday, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] dreaming _ _ [G] _ _ I [Am] _ _ was [G] only _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] awake _ [C] and I _ find [D] you asleep [Em] in the deep [Am] of my [C] _
heart.
_ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ Dear, _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] that my dream never [Gm] haunted you, _ [Cm] _ _ my _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ gloomy _ [Eb] _ Sunday.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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Among the tracks on the album Romance In The Dark, written by Laszlo Javor, Rezso Seress and Samuel M Lewis, this one stands out.

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