Biography:
Etta James (1938-2012) was a U.S. blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammies, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008).
James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California, on 25th January 1938, to an unmarried fourteen-year-old mother, Dorothy Hawkins.
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Other songs:
- All I Could Do Was Cry
- At Last
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Something's Got A Hold On Me
- Sunday Kind Of Love
- Crazy Feeling
- Damn Your Eyes
- Fool That I Am
- I Just Wanna Make Love To You
- I Worship The Ground You Walk On
- Id Rather Go Blind
- If I Cant Have You
- In The Basement
- Lie No Better
- Loves Been Rough On Me
- Loving You More Every Day
- Purple Rain
- Santa Baby
- Somethings Got A Hold On Me
- Two Sides To Every Story
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[Intro]
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb x2
[Verse 1]
Bb Cm/Bb
They say time
Cdim/Bb Bb
heals the broken heart
Bb Cm/Bb
Days go by
Cdim/Bb Bb
and the healing starts
Gm F/G
They say life,
Cm/G Gm
life goes on
Cm7/F
I came through
Cm7/F
but I know they're wrong
[Chorus]
EbM7 Eb6
I can't sleep
Bb2/D Bb/D
I can't eat
EbM7 Eb6
I don't seem to be able
Bb2/D Bb/D
to get back on my feet
EbM7 Eb6
I can't run
Bb2/D Gm
I can't hide
Cm7 Dm7
and it's tearing me up
EbM7 Cm7/F
in - side
Cm7/F
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
[Instrumental]
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb x2
[Verse 2]
Bb Cm/Bb
I had love
Cdim/Bb Bb
but it turned out wrong
Bb Cm/Bb
I had faith
Cdim/Bb Bb
and when that was gone
Gm F/G
well at least,
Cm/G Gm
at least I had hope
Cm7/F
when you left me hanging
Cm7/F
at the end of my rope
[Chorus]
EbM7 Eb6
I can't sleep
Bb2/D Bb/D
I can't eat
EbM7 Eb6
I don't seem to be able
Bb2/D Bb/D
to get back on my feet
EbM7 Eb6
I can't run
Bb2/D Gm
I can't hide
Cm7 Dm7
and it's tearing me up
EbM7 Cm7/F
in - side
Cm7/F
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
[Outro]
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb x2
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb x2
[Verse 1]
Bb Cm/Bb
They say time
Cdim/Bb Bb
heals the broken heart
Bb Cm/Bb
Days go by
Cdim/Bb Bb
and the healing starts
Gm F/G
They say life,
Cm/G Gm
life goes on
Cm7/F
I came through
Cm7/F
but I know they're wrong
[Chorus]
EbM7 Eb6
I can't sleep
Bb2/D Bb/D
I can't eat
EbM7 Eb6
I don't seem to be able
Bb2/D Bb/D
to get back on my feet
EbM7 Eb6
I can't run
Bb2/D Gm
I can't hide
Cm7 Dm7
and it's tearing me up
EbM7 Cm7/F
in - side
Cm7/F
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
[Instrumental]
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb x2
[Verse 2]
Bb Cm/Bb
I had love
Cdim/Bb Bb
but it turned out wrong
Bb Cm/Bb
I had faith
Cdim/Bb Bb
and when that was gone
Gm F/G
well at least,
Cm/G Gm
at least I had hope
Cm7/F
when you left me hanging
Cm7/F
at the end of my rope
[Chorus]
EbM7 Eb6
I can't sleep
Bb2/D Bb/D
I can't eat
EbM7 Eb6
I don't seem to be able
Bb2/D Bb/D
to get back on my feet
EbM7 Eb6
I can't run
Bb2/D Gm
I can't hide
Cm7 Dm7
and it's tearing me up
EbM7 Cm7/F
in - side
Cm7/F
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
Bb Cm/Bb Cdim/Bb Bb
EbM7
Oh, have mercy baby
Cm7/F
Love's been rough on me
[Outro]
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Europe
Eurythmics
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Eva
Eva Cassidy
Evelyn Cornejo
Evelyn Evelyn
Everclear
Everething Every (...)
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