God Bless The Child — Billie Holiday
Chords and lyrics for God Bless The Child by Billie Holiday (key of D#).
Verse 1
Lots-o-crap here in tab-world but, here's a good one for a classic song.
Couldn't find it anywhere so, here it is.
Enjoy!
Chords (in order of appearance)
Ebmaj7 - 6 8 7 8 6
Abmaj7 - 11 13 12 13 11
Bbmin7 - 1 3 1 2 1
Eb7 - 6 8 6 8 6
Abmin7 4 6 4 4 4 4
F7 - 8 10 8 10 8
Gmin7 3 5 3 3 3 3
C7 - 3 5 3 5 3
Fmin7 1 3 1 1 1 1
Bb7 - 1 3 1 3 1
Bbmaj7 - 1 3 2 3 1
Ab7 - 11 13 11 13 11
G7 - 9 11 9 11 9
Cmin7 - 3 5 3 4 3
Cmin/maj7 - 3 5 4 4 3
Cmin6 8 10 10 8 10 8
D7 - 5 7 5 7 5
Verse
[Ebmaj7] Them thats got shall [Abmaj7]get
[Ebmaj7] them thats not shall [Abmaj7]lose
[Bbmin7] so the bible [Eb7]says
[Bbmin7] and still its [Eb7]news
[Abmaj7] momma may [Ebmaj7]have
[Abmin7] papa may [F7]have
[Gmin7] but god bless the [C7]child thats got his
[Fmin7] own [Bb7] thats got his
[Ebmaj7] own[Abmaj7]
Verse 2
[Ebmaj7] Yes the strong just gets [Abmaj7]more while the
[Ebmaj7] weak ones fade [Abmaj7]away
[Bbmin7] empty pockets [Eb7]won't
[Bbmin7] ever make the [Eb7]grade
[Abmaj7] momma may [Ebmaj7]have
[Abmin7] papa may [F7]have
[Gmin7] but god bless the [C7]child thats got his
[Fmin7] own [Bb7] thats got his
[Ebmaj7] own [Abmaj7]
Verse 3
[Ebmaj7] Money you've got lots of [Ab7]friends [G7]just
[Cmin7] crowding 'round your [Cmin/maj7]door
[Cmin7] but when it's gone and [Cmin6]spending ends
[Gmin7] they won't come around [D7]no more[G7]
[Cmin7] rich relations [Cmin/maj7]bring
[Cmin7] crusts of bread and [Cmin6]such
[Gmin7] you can help [C7]yourself
[Fmin7] but dont take too [Bb7]much
[Ebmaj7] momma may [Abmaj7]have
[Ebmaj7] papa may [Abmaj7]have
[Bbmin7] but god bless the [Eb7]child thats got his
[Bbmin7] own [Eb7] thats got his
[Abmaj7] own [Ebmaj7]
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