Am I Blue Bette Midler
AM I BLUE-by Grant Clarke & Harry Akst-from Bette Midler"s
"THE DIVINE MISS M"
Intro:
[Dmaj7] [G7] [Dmaj7]
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[A7#9] [Dmaj7] I'm just a woman a lonely woman
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w[G7]aiting on a [G9]weary s[D7]hore[A7#9]
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I[Dmaj7]'m just a woman [E9] a lonely woman [Bm7]the kind
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you shou[Bm6]ld feel sorry [A7]for
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Wel[D7]l I woke up this morning around about dawn
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wi[G7]thout a warning I found that he was gone
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wh[Dmaj7]y did he do it [G7]how could he do it
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[Bm7] he never [Bm6]done it be[A13]fore[A7#5]
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VERSE 1
Am I blu[Dmaj7/]e [Em7/] [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] [Em7/]am I [Em6/]blue
[Em7/] [A13/] ain't these[Dmaj7/] tears [D9] [Db9] in these[Em7/] eyes[Bb9] [A9]
[Dmaj7/]tellin' yo[F9/]u[Bbmaj7] [A7#5b9]
VERSE 2
[Dmaj7/]Am I bl[Em7/]ue [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] y[Em7/]ou woul[Em6/]d be to[Em7/]o[A13/]
if eac[Dmaj7/]h plan [D9] [Db9] with yo[Em7/]ur ma[Bb9]n [A9] d[Dmaj7/]one fell [G9/]thro[Dmaj7//Db7]ugh
Break:
[F#m7/]There [F#m6]was a tim[F#m7/]e [F#m6/] when I was his[D6b5/] own I[Db7/D6b5/] was[Db7/]
but [D6b5/]now [Db7/] [D6b5/] [Db7/] I'm the sad and [F#m7/]lonely[F7b9] one[Em7/] [A13]
VERSE 3:
[Dmaj7/]Was I g[Em7/]ay [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] we[Em7/]ll that was[Em6/] yesterd[Em7/A13]ay
cause now that man is[Dmaj7/] gone [D9] [Db9] and we are[Em7/] throu[Bb9]gh[A9]
[Dmaj7]Am I bl[Fmaj7]ue[Abmaj7] [Dmaj6/9]
Chords used in verses:
[Dmaj7] [Em7] [F#m7] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] [Em6] [A7#5b9] [A13] [D9]
--5-----7----9------8-------10----7----6------7----------| --7-----8---10------8--------8----8----6------7---10-----| --6-----7----9------8--------8----6----6------6----9-----| --7-----x----x------7--------7----x----5------5---10-----| --5-----7----9------x--------x----7----x------x----9-----| --5-----------------7--------7---------5------5----------|
[Db9] [Bb9] [A9] [F9] [G9] [Bbmaj7] [Db7]
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Chords in Break and ending:
F#m6 Dma.6b5 F7b9 Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Dma.6/9
--9--------------9----------8------11------5------------| --10-----9-------10---------10-----13------5------------| --8------11------8----------9------12------4------------| --x------9-------x----------10-----13------4------------| --9------x-------8----------8------11------5------------| ---------10-----------------8------11------5------------|
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