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Solitude

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

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

Em7○○○○○
A9Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
D××○
D7××○
G○○○
G6Diagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Introd: Em7 A9 Em7 A7/9- D7M B7 Em7 A7/13- 
 
Em7 A7/13- D7M     A7/9 Fdim D7M    Bm7   E7 
In   my  solitude             you haunt me 
     Em7     A9 Em7   A7/9-       D7M  B7 Em7 A7/13- 
With reveries      of days gone by; 
Em7 A7/13- D7M     A7/9 Fdim D7M    Bm7   E7 
In   my  solitude             you taunt me 
     Em7     A9      A7/9-   D  D7M   D7 
With memories   that never die. 
Bridge: 
  G          G6    Fdim 
I sit in my chair, filled with despair  
        D            A7 A7/13 D7 
There's no one could be  so  sad. 
      G            G6   Fdim 
With gloom ev'rywhere, I sit and I stare; 
   D             B7      Em7  A7/13- 
I know that I'll soon go mad. 
Em7 A7/13- D7M     A7/9 Fdim D7M   Bm7    E7 
 In my  solitude,           I'm praying 
     Em7   A7   Em7     Edim     D    A7 Gdim D7M 
Dear Lord above,   send back my love 
 
Also Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald

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Chord set

Em7 · A9 · A7 · B7 · Fdim · Bm7 · E7 · D · D7 · G · G6 · Edim · Gdim

Practice tip

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