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

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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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