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The Very Thought Of You

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

E7○○○○
A×○○
A6Diagram coming soon
A5Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
G#7Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×
CdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Introdução: E7 
 
         E7/9-    A                 A6 
The very thought of you and I forget to do 
           A     A5     A6         A7M       B7 
The little or-di-nar-y things that ev'ryone ought to do. 
      Bm5-/7      E7     F#m           F#m7       G#7 
I'm living in a kind of daydream, I'm happy as a king, 
    C#m     F#m5-/7         B7      Bm        Bm5-/7     E7 
And foolish though it may seem, to me that's  ev'rything. 
           A                       A6 
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you; 
             A         A5       A6     A7M         B7 
You'll never know how slow the moments go til I'm near to you. 
  Bm5-/7            E7     F#m         F#m7    Cdim    B7 
I see your face in ev'ry flower, your eyes in stars above 
               E7             Cdim 
It's just the thought of you,      
First Time 
          Bm5-/7         E7      A   A7M  F#m    Bm5-/7    E7 
The very thought of you,   my love. 
Last Time 
          Bm5-/7         E7      A    F#m    Bm5-/7    A 
The very thought of you,   my love.

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Chord set

E7 · A · A6 · A5 · B7 · F#m · F#m7 · G#7 · C#m · Bm · Cdim

Practice tip

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