When You're Smiling
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.
E7
A
A6Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
Bm
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E
A7
G
A9Diagram coming soon
D
D6Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
E7 A A6 A A7M When you're smiling, when you're smiling F# F#7 Bm The whole world smiles with you Bm Bm7 When you're laughing, when you're laughing E7 E+ A The sun comes shining through A7 G A7 A9 D D6 But when you're crying you bring on the rain Fdim D Fdim B7 A B7 E7 So stop your sighing, be happy again Bm5-/7 A D9 A A7M F#7 Keep on smiling, 'cause when you're smiling Bm Dm6 E7 A Cdim E7 The whole world smiles with you E7 A A6 A A7M When you're smiling, when you're smiling F# F#7 Bm The whole world smiles with you Bm Bm7 When you're laughing, when you're laughing E7 E+ A The sun comes shining through A7 G A7 A9 D D6 But when you're crying you bring on the rain Fdim D Fdim B7 A B7 E7 So stop your sighing, be happy again Bm5-/7 A D9 A A7M F#7 Keep on smiling, 'cause when you're smiling Bm Dm6 E7 A A7 D D6 A The whole world smiles with you
Details
Rating
Not rated yet
Chord set
E7 · A · A6 · F# · F#7 · Bm · Bm7 · E · A7 · G · A9 · D · D6 · Fdim · B7 · D9 · Cdim
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.