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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:15:20 -0500
From: DON META
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Tab and chords to "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
hold chord and pedal top notes-----------slide into chord
-5---5--7--5--8--5-----3--------------4/5--7--5--8--5---
-7---5--------------6--3--5--3--6--3--6/7----------------
-6---5--------------5--4--------------5/6---------------
-7---7--------------4--3--------------6/7----------------
-5---5--------------x--5--------------4/5-----------------
-5---5--------------4--3--------------4/5----------------
A7#9 Dmaj7
I'm just a woman a lonely woman
-7/8-----------------5-----------------5--5-------------
-7/8-----------------7-----------------5--7-------------
-5/6-----5-----5--7--6-----------------6--6-------------
-x/x--7-----7--------7-----------------7--7---------------
-6/7-----------------5-----------------5--5--------------
-4/5-----------------5-----------------5--5--------------
G7 G9 D7 A7#9
waiting on a weary shore
6--3------------10-------------------------------------
6--3------------10-----10----12--13--12--10----13-------
5--4------------10-----10h11-12--14--12--10h11-12-------
4--3------------9------10----12--12--12--10----11-------
x--5------------10-----------------------------12-------
4--3--------------------------------------------------
Dmaj7 E9 Bm7
I'm just a woman a lonely woman the kind
-5---------------5-------------------------------7--
-7---------------7--7--7-------------------------7--
-6---------------7-----7-------------------------7--
-7---------------x-----6-------------------------7--
-5---------------7-----7-------------------------x--
-5-----------------------------------------------7---
Bm6 A7
you should feel sorry for
--------7--------------5-------------------5---------
--------7--------------5----------------5------------
--------7--------------6-------------6---------------
--------6--------------5----------5------------------
--------x--------------7-------5---------------------
--------7--------------5----5------------------------
D7
Well I woke up this morning around about dawn
----5------------------------------------------
----7-------------------------------------------
----5--------------------------------------------
----7--------------------------------------------
----5--------------------------------------------
----5--------------------------------------------
G7
without a warning I found that he was gone
6--3--------------------------------------------
6--3--------------------------------------------
5--4--------------------------------------------
4--3---------------------------------------------
x--5---------------------------------------------
4--3---------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/midler_bette/am_i_blue_tab.html ]
Dmaj7 G7
why did he do it how could he do it
4/5--------------------6----3---------------------
6/7--------------------6----3---------------------
5/6--------------------5----4---------------------
6/7--------------------4----3---------------------
4/5--------------------x----5----------------------
4/5--------------------4----3----------------------
Bm7 Bm6 A13 A7#5
he never done it before
--7---------7--------7------------5------------------
--7---------7--------7---------6---------------------
--7---------7--------6------6------------------------
--7---------6--------5---5---------------------------
--x---------x--------x-------------------------------
--7---------7--------5-------------------------------
VERSE 1
Dmaj7/ Em7/ F#m7/ B7#5b9 B7#5#9 Em7/ Em6/
Am I blue am I blue
Em7/ A13/ Dmaj7/ D9 Db9 Em7/ Bb9 A9
ain't these tears in these eyes
Dmaj7/ F9/ Bbmaj7 A7#5b9
tellin' you
VERSE 2
Dmaj7/ Em7/ F#m7/ B7#5b9 B7#5#9 Em7/ Em6/ Em7/ A13/
Am I blue you would be too
Dmaj7/ D9 Db9 Em7/ Bb9 A9 Dmaj7/ G9/ Dmaj7//Db7
if each plan with your man done fell through
Break:
F#m7/ F#m6 F#m7/ F#m6/ D6b5/ Db7/D6b5/ Db7/
There was a time when I was his own I was
D6b5/ Db7/ D6b5/ Db7/ F#m7/ F7b9 Em7/ A13
but now I'm the sad and lonely one
VERSE 3:
Dmaj7/ Em7/ F#m7/ B7#5b9 B7#5#9 Em7/ Em6/ Em7/A13
Was I gay well that was yesterday
Dmaj7/ D9 Db9 Em7/ Bb9 A9
cause now that man is gone and we are through
Dmaj7 Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Dmaj6/9
Am I blue
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
--------------8---10-----------9-------------------
-9----6---5---8---10----6------9--------------------
-8----5---4---8---10----7------10--------------------
-9----6---5---7----9----7------9---------------------
-8----5---4---8---10----x------11--------------------
------------------------6------9-------------------
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----------
