Sophisticated Lady

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners24 chords

How to play it

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

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Em7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
               
 
Fdim Em         C7   B7 Bb7    A7      D 
They say into your early  life romance came 
  A7       D7   C#7  C7    B7     E7  
And in this heart of yours burned a flame 
        A6     A   A6 A   A7  D   Cdim  A7 
A flame that flickered one day and died away 
Em            C7 B7 Bb7  A7       D 
Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes 
 A7         D7   C#7   C7   B7      E7 
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise 
          A6    A   A6   A   A7 D     
The years have changed you somehow 
      F#m  G#   
I see you now 
 
Bridge 
 
C#7     Bbm 
Smoking and drinking 
F#    G#7         C#7 Fdim    F#   F#m G# 
Never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant 
C#7         Bbm 
Diamonds shining 
Gdim     G#7         C# Fdim  F#m 
Dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant 
  A7          G7 
Is that all you really want 
Em    C7   B7  Bb7 A7         
No, Sophistcated Lady 
  D   A7        D7   C#7  C7   B7     E7 
I know  you miss the love you lost long ago 
       A7/13- A7       D 
And when nobody is nigh, you cry 
  Em7   G/B  D7M 
You cry, you cry

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Chord set

Fdim · Em · C7 · B7 · Bb7 · A7 · D · D7 · C#7 · E7 · A6 · A · Cdim · F#m · G# · Bbm · F# · G#7 · Gdim · C# · G7 · Em7 · G · B

Practice tip

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