Billie Holiday

Until The Real Thing Comes Along(Chords)

Billie Holiday

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	        A                   E7                                     F#7 
I'd work for you, I'd slave for you, I'd be a beggar or a knave for you; 
       D            D       Dm7          Dm6    A          F#m               D9     E7 
And if that isn't love, it will have to do, until the real thing comes along. 
A                   E7                                  F#7 
I'd gladly move the earth for you  to prove my love, dear, and its worth for you; 
   D           D            Dm7     Dm6    A       D9         E7/13  E7    A G#7 
If that isn't love, it will have to do, until the real thing comes  along 
Bridge one: 
C#                       G#7                                     F#                 C# 
With all the words, dear, at my command I just can't make you understand 
C#                             G#7                                      C#                   E7 
I'll always love you, darling, come what may, my heart is yours, what more can I say? 
        A                  E7                                F#7 
I would cry for you, even sigh for you, tear the stars down from the sky for you 
   D           D          Dm7     Dm6     F         E7        D9  B7M   A          
If that isn't love, it'll have to do, until the real thing comes along.  
         A                E7                                F#7 
I would walk on burning coals for you, I would drive the Chrysler, leave the Rolls for you 
   D           D          Dm7     Dm6     F         E7        D9  B7M   A          
If that isn't love, it'll have to do, until the real thing comes along. 
        A               E7                      F#7 
I would try to hit high C for you,  I'd even punch out Mister T for you, 
   D           D          Dm7     Dm6  F         E7        D9  B7M   A          
If that isn't love, it'll have to do, uUntil the real thing comes along. 
Bridge two: 
C#                                 G#7                             F#             G#7 
There's not a thing that you can't ask of me  go on, demand any task from me 
C#                      G#7                        C#                             E7 
You want the moon for a lavalier, all you've got to do is nibble on my ear. 
A                                  E7                                 F#7 
I would rob, steal, beg borrow and lie for you. Lay my little body down and die for you, 
   D           D       Dm7       Dm6       A          A7          D9    Dm5-/7 
If that ain't love, if that ain't love, if that ain't love, it'll have to  do 
            E   E7    E7/13-      A          
Until the real thing comes along.
	        

Written by Sammy Cahn/Saul Chaplin/L.E. Freeman/Mann Holiner/Alberta Nichols

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