April In Paris

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners20 chords

How to play it

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

Am7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Introdução: C7M Am7 Dm7 G7/13 
 
Fm         B  C   Fm             Ebm G7/13   
April in Paris. Chestnuts in blossom 
C7M      B  C              Gm7  C7 Gm7 C7  
Holiday tables. Under the trees 
F6         E7 F   E7       G#m Am   
April in Paris, this is a feeling 
        Fm5-/7        B7/13- B7 E7/13- 
That no one can  ever       reprise 
F7M  Ddim                C6   
I       never knew the charm of spring 
Ddim             Fm6      C 
I never met it face to face 
Am   E7                    Am  
I      never knew my heart could sing 
F#m5-/7             B7/13-  B7 E    Dm7 G7      
Never missed a warm   embrace  
Fm         B  C   Em5-/7        C   A5-/7 
Till april in Paris. Whom can I run to? 
D7                     G#m6     Fm5-/7  G7    C  
What have you  done      to           my   heart? 
F7M  Ddim                C6   
I       never knew the charm of spring 
Ddim             Fm6      C 
I never met it face to face 
Am   E7                    Am  
I      never knew my heart could sing 
F#m5-/7             B7/13-  B7 E    Dm7 G7      
Never missed a warm   embrace  
Fm         B  C   Em5-/7        C   A5-/7 
Till April in Paris. Whom can I run to? 
D7                     G#m6     Fm5-/7  G7    C  
What have you  done      to           my   heart?

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Chord set

Am7 · Dm7 · G7 · Fm · B · C · Ebm · Gm7 · C7 · F6 · E7 · F · G#m · Am · B7 · Ddim · C6 · E · A5 · D7

Practice tip

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