Chord/Tab song: Am I Blue

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----------------|


w[G7]aiting on a [G9]weary s[D7]hore[A7#9]


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-----------------------------------------------------|


I[Dmaj7]'m just a woman [E9] a lonely woman [Bm7]the kind


-5---------------5-------------------------------7----|
-7---------------7--7--7-------------------------7----|
-6---------------7-----7-------------------------7----|
-7---------------x-----6-------------------------7----|
-5---------------7-----7-------------------------x----|
-5-----------------------------------------------7----|


you shou[Bm6]ld feel sorry [A7]for


--------7--------------5-------------------5---------|
--------7--------------5----------------5------------|
--------7--------------6-------------6---------------|
--------6--------------5----------5------------------|
--------x--------------7-------5---------------------|
--------7--------------5----5------------------------|


Wel[D7]l I woke up this morning around about dawn


----5---------------------------------------------|
----7---------------------------------------------|
----5---------------------------------------------|
----7---------------------------------------------|
----5---------------------------------------------|
----5---------------------------------------------|


wi[G7]thout a warning I found that he was gone


6--3---------------------------------------------------|
6--3---------------------------------------------------|
5--4---------------------------------------------|
4--3---------------------------------------------------|
x--5---------------------------------------------------|
4--3---------------------------------------------------|

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bette_midler/am_i_blue_tab.html )
wh[Dmaj7]y did he do it [G7]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] he never [Bm6]done it be[A13]fore[A7#5]


--7---------7--------7------------5------------------|
--7---------7--------7---------6---------------------|
--7---------7--------6------6------------------------|
--7---------6--------5---5---------------------------|
--x---------x--------x-------------------------------|
--7---------7--------5-------------------------------|


VERSE 1

Am I blu[Dmaj7/]e [Em7/] [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] [Em7/]am I [Em6/]blue

[Em7/] [A13/] ain't these[Dmaj7/] tears [D9] [Db9] in these[Em7/] eyes[Bb9][A9]

[Dmaj7/]tellin' yo[F9/]u[Bbmaj7][A7#5b9]

VERSE 2

[Dmaj7/]Am I bl[Em7/]ue [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] y[Em7/]ou woul[Em6/]d be to[Em7/]o[A13/]

if eac[Dmaj7/]h plan [D9] [Db9] with yo[Em7/]ur ma[Bb9]n [A9] d[Dmaj7/]one fell [G9/]thro[Dmaj7//Db7]ugh

Break:
[F#m7/]There [F#m6]was a tim[F#m7/]e [F#m6/] when I was his[D6b5/] own I[Db7/D6b5/] was[Db7/]

but [D6b5/]now [Db7/] [D6b5/] [Db7/] I'm the sad and [F#m7/]lonely[F7b9] one[Em7/][A13]

VERSE 3:
[Dmaj7/]Was I g[Em7/]ay [F#m7/] [B7#5b9] [B7#5#9] we[Em7/]ll that was[Em6/] yesterd[Em7/A13]ay

cause now that man is[Dmaj7/] gone [D9] [Db9] and we are[Em7/] throu[Bb9]gh[A9]

[Dmaj7]Am I bl[Fmaj7]ue[Abmaj7][Dmaj6/9]

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------------|