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A Fine Romance

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

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

F#m7Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
Em7
A7×
D××
CdimDiagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
G
F#Diagram coming soon
D7××
D6Diagram coming soon
G#m7Diagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
Am7×
GdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Introd: D7M F#m7 B7/9- Em7 A7 F#m7 B7/9- Em7 A7 
 
   D   Cdim         A7 Fdim 
A fine romance with no kisses, 
  F#m7 Bm7           G  G/F# A7/13 A7 
A fine romance, my friend,   this is; 
   D         D7M    D7        G  G/F# Cdim  A7 
We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes 
     D6                B7         G#m7      F#7  B7 
But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potahtoes. 
A7 D   Cdim         A7    Fdim 
A fine romance, you won't nestle; 
  F#m7 Bm7            G   G/F# A7/13   A7 
A fine romance, you won't      wrestle. 
        D       A7      D7         D9  Am7  B7 
You're just as hard to land as the Ile de France!  
Em7      Fdim    F#m7   B7  Em7      A7/9-     D  
I haven't got a chance   this is a fine romance.  
A7 D   Cdim         A7 Fdim 
A fine romance, my good woman 
   F#m7    Bm7          G   G/F# A7/13  A7 
My strong, age din the wood       woman 
        D6              B7         G#m7   F#7  B7 
You're calmer than the seals in the Arctic Ocean 
    D6                   B7         G#m7 Gdim F#7    B7 
At least they flap their fins to express   emotion 
A7 D   Cdim          A7  Fdim 
A fine romance, with no clinches 
   F#m7 Bm7         G  G/F#  A7/13   A7 
A fine romance with no      hitches 
     D    A7       D7         D9   Am7  B7 
You never give the orchids I send a glance; 
Em7     Fdim        F#m7   B7  Em7    A7/9-     D  
No, you like cactus plants   this is a fine romance. 
          
 

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Chord set

F#m7 · B7 · Em7 · A7 · D · Cdim · Fdim · Bm7 · G · F# · D7 · D6 · G#m7 · F#7 · D9 · Am7 · Gdim

Practice tip

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