My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

My Funny Valentine

Biography:

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You). Jazz historian David Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame

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An interpretation of one of his early versions in which he sings. These chords try to cover mainly the piano
and bass chords and harmonies but not to fully replace or completely simulate them. It's quite tricky and you
should really figure out your way to play it. First tab btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXywhJpOKs

Chords:

The main theme is basically X-m X-m(ma7) X-m7 X-m6 while X can be any chord. I use to play it in C as
Chet Baker usually did and add the bass note into the pattern. Just try some fingerpicking and I think the
chords show how and what to play. But feel free to make some soft strums at the chromatic part for example
in the end (sounds so good with an e-guitar without any effects/pure amplified sound).

Cm Cm(ma7)/B Cm7/Bb Cm6/A Abma7 Fm7 Dm7b5 G+ Ebma9 Bb7sus4
e|-(8)-----(8)------(8)------(8)------x------x------x-------7------x-------x-------|
B|--8-------8--------8--------8-------4------9------6-------4------6-------6-------|
G|--8-------8--------8--------8-------5------8------5-------4------7-------8-------|
D|--10------9--------8--------7-------5------10-----6-------5------5-------6-------|
A|--x-------x--------x--------x-------x------8------5-------x------6-------x-------|
E|--8-------7--------6--------5-------4------x------x-------x------x-------6-------|

G7(#5,b9) B+ Bbm7 Eb9 G7(b9) Cm* Cm7*
e|-----4------3-----1----x-----x------x-----x-----|
B|-----4------4-----2----6-----0------4-----4-----|
G|-----4------4-----1----6-----1------5-----3-----|
D|-----3------x-----x----5-----3------5-----5-----|
A|-----x------2-----1----6-----x------3-----3-----|
E|-----3------x-----x----x-----3------x-----x-----|

[Verse]

Cm Cm(ma7)/B
My funny valentine
Cm7/Bb Cm6/A
Sweet comic valentine
Abma7 Fm7 Dm7b5 G+
You make me smile with my heart
Cm Cm(ma7)/B
Your looks are laughable
Cm7/Bb Cm6/A
Unphotographable
Abma7 Fm7 Dm7b5 G+
Yet you're my favourite work of art

[Brigde]

Ebma9 Bb7sus4 Ebma9
Is your figure less than Greek?
Bb7sus4 Ebma9 Bb7sus4 Ebma9
Is your mouth a little weak?
Bb7sus4 Ebma9 G7(#5,b9) Cm* Cm7*
When you open it to speak
Abma7 Dm7b5 G+
Are you smart?

[Verse/Outro]

Cm Cm(ma7)/B
But don't change your hair for me
Cm7/Bb Cm6/A
Not if you care for me
Abma7 Dm7b5 G7(#5,b9) Cm7* B+ Bbm7 Eb9
Stay little valentine, stay
Abma7 Dm7b5 G7(b9) Cm
Each day is valentines day

Tip: play the last "stay" part in a chromatic nice flowing way. The Eb9 does not fully resolve it
and leaves the full resolving to the last Cm.

Try to figure out your way espacially the Bridge part is a bit tricky.
Also try to vary some chords to find your sóund e.g. Fm7 in the first fret or 8th or try some G+ variations..