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Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners15 chords

How to play it

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

G○○○
Em7○○○○○
Am7×○○○
Bm×
D7××○
C×○○
CmDiagram coming soon
Em○○○○
Eb7Diagram coming soon
Cmaj7Diagram coming soon
C6Diagram coming soon
BbdimDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
E○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Melody:    
 
G           Em7       Am7         Bm   D7   
Fish got to swim and birds got to fly   
 
G        Em7      C          Cm   
I got to love one man till I die   
 
G     Em   Eb7        D7      G     Cmaj7 C6   
Can't help lovin' dat man of  mine.   
 
 
G           Em7      Am7        Bm   D7   
Tell me he's lazy tell me he's slow   
 
G           Em7      C         Cm    
Tell me I'm crazy -- maybe I know.   
 
G     Em   Eb7        D7      G     C  G  C  G   
Can't help lovin' dat man of  mine.   
 
Bridge:   
 
C6           Bbdim  G              A7   
When he goes away dat's a rainy day   
 
G                 Bbdim              D7  C/E  D7  C6     D7   
And when he comes back dat day is fine the sun will shine.   
 
 
G           Em      Am7         D7   
He can come home as late as can be;   
 
G            Em        C          Cm   
Home without him ain't no home to me   
 
G     Em   Eb7        D7      G    A7 Cdim  G   
Can't help lovin' dat man of  mine.

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Chord set

G · Em7 · Am7 · Bm · D7 · C · Cm · Em · Eb7 · Cmaj7 · C6 · Bbdim · A7 · E · Cdim

Practice tip

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