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I Cant Give You Anything But Love by Fats Waller - Guitar Chords

Artist Fats Waller How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord GM7.jpg How to play the guitar chord G6.jpg How to play the guitar chord Abdim.jpg How to play the guitar chord Am7.jpg How to play the guitar chord D7.jpg How to play the guitar chord C9.jpg How to play the guitar chord Bm7.jpg How to play the guitar chord Bbdim.jpg How to play the guitar chord D9.jpg How to play the guitar chord G7+5.jpg How to play the guitar chord CM7.jpg How to play the guitar chord C6.jpg How to play the guitar chord A7+5.jpg How to play the guitar chord Csharpdim.jpg How to play the guitar chord E7.jpg How to play the guitar chord BbM7.jpg How to play the guitar chord AM7.jpg How to play the guitar chord AbM7.jpg

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Version 1
            Year:  1928
Music: Jimmy Mchugh
Words: Dorothy Fields
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Give_You_Anything_but_Love,_Baby
The wikipedia ardicle says the Mchuch may have purchased the song from Fats Waller in 1926.
Fats Waller does it in Aflat, capo 1 to play along. I'm just playing it in Gee.
--.-/watch?ds49aTxiOL75ASaE
Willie Nelson does it in Eb
I worked this up & then sent it to my teacher
the most excellent jazz guitarist Ricky Howard of Bonita Springs FL.
Ricky jazzified it. I combined the 2 with what I liked best.
Note, prior to the mid 1930s, chords weren't that jazzy, more ragtime: major, minor,
dominant 7th, dimished & augmented. Major & minor 7s, 9, 11, 13, + & - 5 & 9 came later.

The 1st line I had G GM7 G6 Abdim Am7 D7
  Ricky had        G6 C9 Bm7 Bbdim Am7 D9
  I wound up with  GM7 G6 Bm7 Bbdim Am7 D7
The 3rd line is Ricky's Dm9 G13 G7+5. I had G G7.
2nd verse, the 3rd line I had Cm7 C#dim but could hear Fats playing E Eb in the bass.
  So i switched it to C/E (x7555x) Ebdim (x6757x) G/D (x5543x).
  Ricky had what I had originally, so I went with that.
From the G to the E7, I went F#7, F7, I went with Ricky's Bm7-5 - I love that chord.

GM7:   3x443x
Abdim: 4x343x
Am7:   5x555x
D7:    x5453x
D7-9:  x5454x
G6:    3x243x
Bm7:   7x777x
Bbdim: 6x565x
D9:    x54555 or x5455x
Dm9:   x5355x
G13:   3x345x
G7+5:  3x344x
CM7:   x3545x
C6:    x3225x
C#dim: x4535x
Bm7-5: x2323x

[Intro]

GM7 Abdim Am7 D7  GM7 Abdim Am7 D7-9

[Verse 1]

GM7     G6       Bm7  Bbdim     Am7   D7
I can't give you any- thing but love, baby
GM7        G6   Bm7        Bbdim  Am7 D9
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby
Dm9            G13      G7+5
Dream a while, scheme a while
CM7           C6
We're sure to find
A13       A7+5
Happiness and I guess
Am7                     D9     D7-9
All those things you've always pined for

[Verse 2]

GM7   G6      Bm7     Bbdim   Am7    D9
Gee I like to see you lookin' swell, baby
Dm9               G13       G7+5    CM7   C6
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby
CM7             C#dim              GM7  Bm7-5  E7
Till that lucky day, you know darn well,       baby
Am7              D7           GM7  Abdim  Am7  D7
I can't give you anything but love

(solo over verse 1)
(repeat verse 2, replace last line with the tag)

[Tag]

Am7              D7
I can’t give you anything
Bm7-5            E7
I can’t give you anything
Am7              D7-9
I can’t give you anything
    GM7      BbM7 AM7 AbM7 F#M7 GM7
but love 
        

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