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Nice Work If You Can Get It

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners14 chords

How to play it

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

G○○○
G9Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
Cm7Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D9Diagram coming soon
D7××○
Am×○○
A7×○○○
Em7○○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G        G9      B7 
Holdin' hands at midnight 
 Em      B7/13-     Cm7 
'Neath a starry sky  
 G   G/F#        Em          G/B 
Nice work if you can get it, 
            Am7    D9      G     D7 
And you can get it if you try 
G         G9       B7 
Strollin' with the one girl 
Em      B7/13-          Cm7 
Sighin' sigh after sigh  
 G   G/F#        Em          G/B 
Nice work if you can get it 
            Am7    D9      G 
And you can get it if you try 
 
Bridge:
 
 Em   B7/13-      Cm7    Em             Am      B7 
Just imagine someone waiting at the cottage door 
A7       Em7       A7         Em7 
Where two hearts become one  
          Am7     Cdim      D7     
Who could ask for anything more 
G       G9      B7 
Loving one who loves you 
Em       B7/13-          Cm7 
And then takin' that vow  
 G   G/F#             Em     G/B 
Nice work if you can get it 
           Am7     D9    Am7 Cdim Am7 G 
And if you get it, won't you tell me how

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Chord set

G · G9 · B7 · Em · Cm7 · F# · B · Am7 · D9 · D7 · Am · A7 · Em7 · Cdim

Practice tip

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