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They Can't Take That Away From Me

Blossom Dearie

JazzAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
D6Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
D××○
FdimDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D7××○
CdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
Em○○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
A×○○
BDiagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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   Em7     A7/9   D6  F#m D6                
The way you wear your hat      
   D    Fdim    A7   A4/7 A7 
The way you sip your tea  
  Em7   A7/9     D7M    Am7 D7 
The mem'ry  of all that 
 Cdim       G        Em   Bm5-/7    A7 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me  
  Em7     A7/9      D6   F#m  D6                 
The way your smile just beams          
  D    Fdim     A7   A4/7  A7 
The way you sing off key  
  Em7   A7/9    D7M   Am7    D7 
The way you haunt my dreams 
  Cdim      G          Em   A7  D 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me 
 D7M   F#m     B7    F#m    B7      F#m    B7      C#7 
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love  
          F#m   B7     F#m     B7    E7   A7 
Still, I´ll always, always keep the memory of  
  Em7     A7/9     D6    F#m D6                 
The way you hold your knife          
  D   Fdim      A7     A4/7  A7 
The way we danced till three  
  Em7    A7/9     D7M     Am7 D7 
The way you changed my life        
  Cdim      G        Em       A7    Bm7 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me 
Em7      D    G    D  F#m   G   A  D  D7M Em7 
No, they can´t take that away from me 
 
Interlude: Em7 A7/9 D6 F#m D6 D Fdim A7 A4/7 A7 Em7 A7/9 D7M Am7 D7 Cdim G Em Bm5-/7 A7 
 
D7M   F#m     B7    F#m    B7      F#m    B7      C#7 
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love  
          F#m   B7     F#m     B7    E7   A7 
Still, I´ll always, always keep the memory of   
Em7     D      G   D  F#m  G  A7   D  D7M Bm7 
No, they can´t take that away from me 
   D       F#m      A      D       F#m       A 
They can´t take that  away,  they can´t take that away 
Em7      D     G   D  F#m  G  A  D  Bm7 G G/B D9 
No, they can´t take that away from me

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Chord set

Em7 · A7 · D6 · F#m · D · Fdim · Am7 · D7 · Cdim · G · Em · B7 · C#7 · E7 · Bm7 · A · B · D9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.