God Bless The Child
Words & Music by
Billie Holiday & Arthur
Herzog
G13 Gm7/C [2x – with lick in between; 1st vox
note=E]
G13
Gm7/C G13
Gm7/C
Them that's
got shall get, them that's not shall lose.
Dm/G Dm+7/G Dm7/G G9
So the
Bible says and it still is news.
CM7
F9-5
Mama may
have and Papa may have.
Bm7
E7
Am7 D7
G13 Gm7/C
But God
bless the child that's got his own, that's got his own
And the
strong seem to get more while the weak ones fade
Empty
pockets don't make the grade
Mama may
have and Papa may have.
But God
bless the child thatŐs got his own, that's got his own
Em
Em+7 Em7
C7
And when
you got money you got lotsa friends
Bm
Bm7/A
GM7 Bm/F#
Crowdin'
'round your door.
Em
Em+7
Em7
C7
When the
money's gone and all your spendin' ends,
Bm7-5 Bb7#11 Am7-5 Ab7#11 [can go to D7, but donŐt have to]
They won't
be 'round any more.
And rich
relations may give you a crust of bread and such.
You can
help yourself, but don't take too much.
Mama may
have and Papa may have.
But God
bless the child thatŐs got his own, that's got his own.
Every
child's got to have his own.
[Guitar
Arrangement by Sam Davis]
CHORD
SHAPES
G13 = 3 3
3 4 5 x
Gm7/C = x
3 3 3 3 x
Lick back
to G13 is: C sl. D F C p.o. Bb G
p.o. F G G
A: 3 sl. 5; D: 3 h.o. 5; A: 3 sl. 5 sl.
3 p.o. 1; E: 3 p.o. 1
2nd
half of verse & chorus:
Dm/G = 3 0 0 2 3 x
Dm+7/G = 3
0 0 2 2 x
Dm7/G = 3 0 0 2 1 x
G9 = 3 0 0 2 0 1
CM7 = 0 3 2 0 0 0
F9-5 = 1 0 1 0 0 x
Bm7 = 2 2 0 2 0 x
E7 = 0 2 0 1 0 0
Am7 = 0 0 2 0 1 0
D7 = x 0 5 5 3 x [also:
x 5 4 2 0 x or x x 2 4 3 x]
Bridge:
Em = x 7 5 4 x x
Em+7 = x 6 5 4 x x
Em7 = x 5 5 4 x x
C7 = x 3 5 3 x x
Bm = x 2 4 4 x x
Bm7/A = x 0 4 4 x x
GM7 = 3 x 4 4 x x
Bm/F# = 2 x 4 4 x x
Bm-7 = 7 x 7 7 6 x
Bb7#11 = 6
x 6 7 5 x [Ňalso C shapeÓ]
Am7-5 = 5 x 5 5 4 x
Ab7#11 = 4
x 4 5 3 x