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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
E7○○○○
A7×○○○
D9Diagram coming soon
D7××○
G○○○
G7○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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C             E7         A7   A4/7    A7 
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone 
D9      D7       G    G7/13-     C   Fdim G7 
Though our friendship ceases from now on 
C             E7        A7     A7/13-  A7 
If you can't say anything that's nice 
   D9       D7      G         G7/13-   C 
Then best don't talk at all that's my advice 
 
Bridge
 
E7 
You go your way, I'll go mine 
A7 
It's best that we do 
D9                 D7 
Here's a kiss    I hope that this  
    G      D7    G7  G7/13- 
Brings lots of luck to you 
C           E7       D7 
Makes no difference how I carry on 
D9       D7      G       G7/13-      C  
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone

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Chord set

C · E7 · A7 · D9 · D7 · G · G7 · Fdim

Practice tip

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