Im Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key by Billie Holiday, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Im Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key

by Billie Holiday

Biography:

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New York City, NY, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing.

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[Intro]
Bb E F Dm G E F E C

[Verse 1]
F G
I'm gonna lock my heart
Db Dm F G Am G
And throw away the key
F Dm C G Eb
I'm wise to all those tricks you played on me
G C
I'm gonna turn my back on love
F E Dm
Gonna snog the moon above
G Eb
Seal all my windows up with tin
Bm C F
So the love bug can't get in
Bb F C F
I'm gonna park my romance right alone the curb
C
Hang a sign upon my heart
F Bb Am G
"Please don't disturb"
Bb G
And if I never fall in love again
Am Dm
That's soon enough for me
G
I'm gonna lock my heart
C F G
And throw away the key

[Instrumental 1]
C F Bb C F C F Am Eb G
Eb C F E Dm Am G

[Instrumental bridge]
C Dm C

[Instrumental 2]
F Dm F Am F E F Am Dm G Bb G
F Am Dm G C F

[Bridge]
Bb G
And if I never fall in love again
F Am Bm
That's soon enough for me
G E
I!m gonna lock my heart

[End]
Eb Dm G Dm
I'll never fall in love
G Dm
I'm gonna lock my heart
C F
And throw away the key