You Took Advantage Of Me (For Walt)

by Billie Holiday

Edit

YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME         BILLIE HOLIDAY


VERSE 1

-4  -4    6    -4   -4  6    6   -4   6   6
In the spring when the feel-ing was chron-ic

-4  -4  6   -4   -4   6   6   -4  6
And my cau-tion was leav-ing you flat

6   7     6    6    7   7  6   7  7
I should have made use of the ton-ic

7   7    -4    -4  5   4
Be-fore you gave me that

5  6  -4  -4  6   6     -4     6   6
A men-tal de-fi-cient you’ll grade me

 6   -6b -6b -6b -6  -6  -6  6  6
I’ve giv-en you plen-ty of da-ta

 6   -6b  -6b  -5b -5b -5b   5   5
You came, you saw and you slayed me

 5   6   5  -4 6  6
And that-a is tha-a


VERSE 2

When a girl has the hear of a mother
It must go to someone of course
It can’t be a sister or brother
And so I loved my horse
But horses are frequently silly
Mine ran from the beach of kalua
And left me alone for a fily
So I-a picked you-a


REFRAIN

 6  6   4  4  4   -6b -6b   6     6
I'm a sent-i-ment-al sap, that's all

  6     6  -6b  6  -5b 7   7   6   6
What's the use of try-ing not to fall?

-7 -7   7   7
I have no will

  6      6   -6b  -6b
You've made your kill

   4    -4  5    5  -4   4   -4 4
'Cause you took ad-vant-age of me

 6    6    4   4  4 -6b -6b 6  6
I'm just like an ap-ple on a bough

 6    6    -6b  6  -5b  7   7    6    6
And you're gon-na shake me down some-how

-7  -7    7    7
So what's the use

  6      6    -5b  -5b
You've cooked my goose

   4    -4   5   5  -4   4  -4  4
'Cause you took ad-vant-age of me

  7  7  -7  7   -6   -6   -6b 6   -6  -6b
I'm so hot and both-ered that I don't know

6  -5b -6b  6  -4  5
My el-bow from my ear

6  7   7   -7     7  -6  -6  -6b   6   -6 -6b
I suf-fer some-thing aw-ful each time you go

 6   -5b  -6b    6    -4    6
And much worse when you're near

 6    6 4  4    4  -6b  -6b 6    6
Here am I with all my brid-ges burned

 6   6 -6b   6  -5b  7      7     -6   -6
Just a babe in arms where you're con-cerned

-7  -7   7    7    6    6  -6b  -5b
So lock the doors and call me yours


   4    -4   5   5  -4   4  -4  4
'Cause you took ad-vant-age of me