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Embraceable You

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.

D××○
D9Diagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
Bm×
F
FdimDiagram coming soon
Em○○○○
C7×○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
A×○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Em7○○○○○
G○○○
F#7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Introdução: D D9 D Gdim A7 D Bm F A7 
 
D         Fdim             A7  Em     A7 
Embrace me,   my sweet embraceable you 
Em         C7       A7     D   A7      D 
Embrace me,     you irreplaceable you 
Bm               Bm7     C#7        F#m     F#m7      B7 
Just one look at you, my heart grew tipsy in me 
A       Cdim   E7        Cdim     A7 Em7    A   A7  
You, and you alone, bring out the Gypsy in me 
D         Fdim            A7    Em     A7 
I love all      the many charms about you 
Em         C7    A7      D    A7      D 
Above all,     I want my arms about you 
G              Em6     F#7 
Don't you be a naughty baby; 
Bm         Bm7    E7 
Come to  papa,  do   
D   D9   D  Gdim  A7     D   Bm  F A7 
My sweet embraceable you 
D         Fdim            A7    Em     A7 
I love all      the many charms about you  
Em         C7    A7      D    A7      D 
Above all,     I want my arms about you. 
G              Em6     F#7 
So don't you be a naughty baby; 
Bm     Bm7      E7 
Come to papa, do 
D   D9   D  Gdim  A7     D        
My sweet embraceable you

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Chord set

D · D9 · Gdim · A7 · Bm · F · Fdim · Em · C7 · Bm7 · C#7 · F#m · F#m7 · B7 · A · Cdim · E7 · Em7 · G · F#7

Practice tip

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