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I Can't Get Started

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.

G○○○
G6Diagram coming soon
C×○○
Am7×○○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
E○○○
E7○○○○
Am×○○
Fm7Diagram coming soon
G#7Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
C6Diagram coming soon
D××○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
D7××○
Bb9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G    G6  G C7M   C   Am7         Dm7 G7  
I've flown around the world in a plane 
          E    E7          Am     Fm7 
I've settled revolutions in Spain 
           C7M  C    Am       
The north pole I have charted 
  Dm7           G           C    Am7 Fm7 G#7 G7 
But I can't get started with you 
G  G6   G   C7M   C    Am7         Dm7 G7 
Around the golf course, I'm under par 
           E     E7          Am     Fm7 
And all the movies want me to star 
        C7M    C   Am        Dm7  
I've got a house, a show place    
         G              C    G#7 G7 
But I get no place with you 
 
Bridge 
 
C    C/B   Dm7   G7   Dm7       G7           
You're so supreme,     lyrics I write of you 
  C7M   C6       C7M         C6 
Scheme      just for a sight of you 
D     Bm7 Bm5-/7           D7                
Dream      both  day and night of you 
Dm7 Am7   Fm7         G 
And what good does it do 
G   G6   G   C7M   C       Am7   Dm7 G7 
In nineteen twenty-nine, I sold short 
     E           E7          Am     Fm7 
In England, I'm presented at court 
           C7M     C    Am        Dm7 
But you've got me down hearted 
Dm7      G          G7          C   Fm7 Bb9 C 
'Cause I can't get started with you 
Interlude: G G6 G C7M C Am7 Dm7 G7  
C    C/B   Dm7   G7   Dm7       G7            
You're so supreme,     lyrics I write of you 
  C7M   C6       C7M         C6 
Scheme      just for a sight of you 
D     Bm7 Bm5-/7           D7                
Dream      both  day and night of you 
Dm7 Am7   Fm7         G 
And what good does it do 
G   G6   G   C7M   C       Am7   Dm7 G7 
In nineteen twenty-nine, I sold short 
    E           E7          Am     Fm7 
In England, I'm presented at court 
         C7M     C    Am        Dm7 
But you've got me down hearted 
Dm7      G          G7          C   Fm7 Bb9 C 
'Cause I can't get started with you 
Dm7      G          G7          C   Fm7 Bb9 C 
'Cause I can't get started with you

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Chord set

G · G6 · C · Am7 · Dm7 · G7 · E · E7 · Am · Fm7 · G#7 · B · C6 · D · Bm7 · D7 · Bb9

Practice tip

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