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Ella Fitzgerald - Can’t Help Lovin That Man Of Mine Chords

Chord reference G, G7, A7, D, G, F, Em, D7, Bm
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]Oh, listen, [G7]sister, [A7]I love my [D]Mister [G]man; [F]Cannot [Em]tell yo’ [Dm]why [C]There ain’t no reason [Cm]why I should love that [G]man [D7]It must be something that the angels did [G]plan [Am]

[G]The chimney’s [G7]smoking, [A7]the roof is [D7]leaking [G]in, But he [Dm]don’t seem to [D7]care; [C]He can be happy [Cm]with jes’ a sip of [G]gin. [D7]I even loves him when his kisses got [G]gin. [Em] [D]

[G]Fish got to [Em7]swim and [Am7]birds got to [Bm]fly, [D7] [G]I got to [Em7]love one [C]man till I [Cm]die, [G]Can’t [Em7]help [Eb]lovin’ that [D7]man of [G]mine. [C7] [C] [G] [G]Tell me he’s [Em7]lazy, [Am7]tell me he’s [D7]slow, [G]Tell me I’m [Em7]crazy may[C]be, I [Cm]know.

[G]Can’t [Em]help [Dm]lovin’ that [G7]man of [C]mine. [G] [C] [G]

[C]When he [G]goes a[Em7]way, [G]that’s a rainy [A7]day, [G]And when he comes [G]back, that day is [D7]fine, [C]the [D7]sun [C]will [D7]shine. [G]He can come [Em]home as [Am7]late as can [D7]be; [G]Home without [Em]him ain’t [C]no home to [Cm]me [G]Can’t [Em]help [Eb]lovin’ dat [D7]man of [G]mine. [A7] [Cm] [G]

Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Album Single
Genres Jazz
Year 1960
Key G

How to Play Can't Help Lovin That Man Of Mine on Guitar?

Ella Fitzgerald - Can't Help Lovin That Man Of Mine can be played in the key of G using the G, G7, A7, D, F, Em, D7, Bm chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
  • For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Can't Help Lovin That Man Of Mine with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.