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I'd Rather Be Blue
Words & Music by Fred Fisher & Billy Rose
Recorded by Barbra Streisand, 1968, in the movie "Funny Girl"
Introduced by Fanny Brice, 1928, in "My Man"
Em7 A7 A7+5 D Dalt Cdim
I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
B7 Em7 G/B A7
I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
Em7 A7 Em7 G/B A7+5 D Cdim(IV) G A7
Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
Em7 A7 Edim D F#m Bm G
I'm cra - zy a - bout ya, out - cha;
Em7 A7
For you I'm strong,
Em7 G/B A7 Em7 A7 D
I can't do with - out - cha, out - cha - ma - gou - cha,
Cdim A7
Don't stay too long.
D A7 G
I need a lit - tle "ah", lit - tle "ooh",
F#m Cdim Em7 A7
Lit - tle "oh" and I'm knock - in' on wood;
B7 G B7 Em
Hon - ey, hur - ry up, hur - ry up, hur - ry up,
G/B A7
It's so hard to be good.
Em7 A7 A7+5 D Dalt Cdim
I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
B7 Em7 G/B A7
I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
Em7 A7 Em7 G/B A7 Edim D
Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
D7 G Em7 Gm7 Gdim D7 D7/9 D7
Will I be good? Will I be bad? Don't be a fool, you fool;
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
My lit - tle flat? I'm turn - ing that
Am7 G Am7 G
In - to a Sun - day school.
D7 G Em7 Gm7
While you're a - way, I'm here to say
Gdim D7 D7/9 D7
There'll be no ice man there;
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
Sing - in' the blues, I'm gon - na use
Am7 D7 G Am7 G
Noth - ing but Fri - gi - daire.
Em7 A7 A7+5 D Dalt Cdim
I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
B7 Em7 G/B A7
I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
Em7 A7 Em7 G/B A7 A7/9 D DM7 D7
Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
Am7 D9 G G/F# Em7
I'd rath - er be blue, think - in' of you,
Em6 D F#7 B7
I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
Cdim G Em7 A7 Em7 A7 D
Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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