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They Can't Take That Away From Me

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

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

Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
D6Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
D××○
FdimDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D7××○
CdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
Em○○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
A×○○
BDiagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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     Em7     A7/9      D6  F#m D6                
The way you wear your hat    
     D     Fdim      A7   A4/7 A7 
The way you sip your tea  
    Em7    A7/9    D7M   Am7 D7 
The mem'ry  of all that 
   Cdim       G          Em   Bm5-/7     A7 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me  
    Em7       A7/9       D6    F#m  D6                 
The way your smile just beams         
     D     Fdim      A7   A4/7 A7 
The way you sing off key  
    Em7    A7/9       D7M   Am7  D7 
The way you haunt my dreams 
   Cdim       G              Em  A7  D 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me 
D7M     F#m       B7    F#m    B7         F#m      B7      C#7 
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love  
            F#m     B7     F#m      B7     E7    A7 
Still, I´ll always, always keep the memory of  
    Em7      A7/9        D6    F#m D6                 
The way you hold your knife         
     D     Fdim         A7   A4/7 A7 
The way we danced till three  
   Em7       A7/9       D7M     Am7  D7 
The way you changed my life        
    Cdim       G         Em       A7       Bm7 
No, no, they can´t take that away from me 
Em7       D    G     D  F#m   G    A  D   D7M Em7 
No, they can´t take that away from me. 
 
Interlude: Em7 A7/9 D6 F#m D6 D Fdim A7 A4/7 A7 Em7 A7/9 D7M Am7 D7 Cdim G Em Bm5-/7 A7 
 
   D7M     F#m       B7    F#m    B7         F#m      B7      C#7 
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love  
            F#m     B7     F#m      B7     E7    A7 
Still, I´ll always, always keep the memory of  
Em7       D     G   D   F#m G    A7   D    D7M Bm7 
No, they can´t take that  away  from me. 
      D         F#m      A         D         F#m       A 
They can´t take that  away,  they can´t take that away 
Em7       D     G    D  F#m G   A  D    Bm7 G G/B D9 
No, they can´t take that away from me

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Chord set

Em7 · A7 · D6 · F#m · D · Fdim · Am7 · D7 · Cdim · G · Em · B7 · C#7 · E7 · Bm7 · A · B · D9

Practice tip

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