“They Can't Take That Away From Me”
By George Gershwin
Chords by Ben Henderson
(Based loosely on my memory of how Ella and Louie did it)
Verse
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Ddim]
The way you wear your hat
[Cm7] [F7]
The way you sip your tea
[Fm7] [Bb7]
The mem'ry of all that
[D#maj7] [G7] [C7]
No, no, they can´t take that away from me
Verse
[Fsus] [Bbmaj7] [Cm] [Dm] [Gdim]
The way your smile just beams
[Cm7] [F7]
The way you sing off key
[Fm7] [Bb7]
The way you haunt my dreams
[D#maj7] [F] [Bbmaj7]
No, no, they can´t take that away from me
[Middle 8]
[A7] [Dm7] [A7] [Dm7] [A7] [Dm7] [G] [C] [F] [Em]
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love
[Asus] [Dm7] [A7] [Dm] [Gsus] [C7] [F]
Still, I´ll always, always keep the memory of
Verse
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Gdim]
The way you hold your knife,
[Cm7] [F7]
The way we danced till three
[Fm7] [Bb7]
The way you changed my life
[D#maj7] [G7] [C7]
No, no, they can´t take that away from me
Outro
[G#6] [Dm7] [G+] [Cm] [F6] [Bb] [G#7] [G7]
No, they can't take that away from me
[Dm7] [G7] [Cm] [F6] [Bb] [G#7] [G7]
No, they can't take that away from me
[G#6] [Dm7] [G+] [Cm] [F6] [Bb]
No, they can't take that away from me