Someone To Watch Over Me

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.

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Am7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Introdução: F#m Bbm5-/7  F#m7 B7 E C#7 A Am7/13 Am7 E 
 
  E       E7            A6                    Cdim 
There's a somebody I'm longing to see 
E/G#       Gdim  B7/F#        Fdim   C#7 
I hope that he   turns out to be 
F#m  Bbm5-/7 F#m7 B7    E G#7 A7M  B7 
Someone to watch over me 
E           E7                   A6           Cdim 
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood 
E/G#     Gdim  B7/F#     Fdim  C#7 
I know I could always be good      
F#m Bbm5-/7      F#m7  B7   E E7 A  B7 
To   one who'll watch over me 
Bridge: 
 E   E7  Bm5-/7  A          Am7/13 Am7 
Although   he  may not be a man some 
      E9    E     E7/9        E7 
Girls think of as handsome 
   Gdim        Cdim         G#7    C#7 F#7 B7 
To my heart he carries the key        
E                E7                           A6            Cdim 
Won't you tell him, please, to put on some speed, 
E/G#      Gdim  B7/F#       Fdim  C#7 
Follow my lead,   oh, how I need 
F#m  Bbm5-/7    F#m7  B7      E C#7 A Am7/13 Am7 E 
Someone  to  watch    over me

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Chord set

F#m · F#m7 · B7 · E · C#7 · A · Am7 · E7 · A6 · Cdim · G# · Gdim · F# · Fdim · G#7 · E9 · F#7

Practice tip

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