Ella Fitzgerald – I Got It Bad And That Aint Good (Guitar Solo)

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1957 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book [Chords] Ab7 4x454x Adim 5x454x Am7 5x555x Bb6 6x576x Bb7 6x676x Bbdim 6x565x Bbmaj7 6x776x Bdim 7x676x C7 8x898x C9 x7878x Cdim 8x787x Cm7 8x888x D7 x5453x Daug x9877x Dbdim 9x898x Dm7 9x999x Eb6 x6554x Eb9 x65666 Ebaug X6544X Ebm7/Bb 6x464x F6/C 8x776x F7 x8786x F7sus 8x886x F9 x87888 Fm7 8x686x G7 3x343x Gm7 3x333x [Intro] A9 B7#5 F6 E6 Bbdim F7 [Verse]

    A9    Ebaug                     Dm7   Abdim
The poets say that all who love are blind

    Cm7             F9          Bbdim       Dm7 Abdim Cm7
But I'm in love and I know what time it is!

Bb6 A9                 Ebaug             Dm7
The Good Book says "Go seek and ye shall find

Adim   Cm7               F9        F9       Bb6
"Well, I have sought and my what a climb it is!

   Ab6                    Bb7#5      Ebm7             Cm7
My life is just like the weather It changes with the hours

D7                 G7
When he's near I'm fair and warmer

C6                 G7/B        Adim        Bb6
When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers; in emotion

Ebaug               Eb6
Like the ocean it's either sink or swim

F6/C                 Eb9  Adim Fm7 C9   F7sus  F7
When a woman loves a man  like I   love him

[Chorus]

Bbdim Bb6 Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7        Gm7     C9
Nev   er  treats    me     sweet and gentle  the way he should

Cm7      Daug G7  C7   F9    Bb6     Gm7 Cm7 F9
I got it bad  and that ain't good!

Bbdim Bb6  Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7    Gm7    C9
My    poor heart     is     sentimental  not made of wood

Cm7      Daug G7  C7   F9    Bb6     Dbdim  Fm7 Bb7
I got it bad  and that ain't good!

[Bridge]

    Eb6                         Ab7
But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls aroun'

  Bbmaj7 Am7  Ab7 Dm7      G7    Cm7       F9    Cdim
I end up like I   start out just cryin' my heart out

Bbdim Bb6   Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7     Gm7  C9   Gm7    C9
He    don't love      me     like I love him  nobody could

Cm7       Daug G7  C7   F9    Bb6   Gm7 Cm7 F7
 I got it bad  and that ain't good

[Solo] Bbdim Bb6 Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7 Gm7 C9 Cm7 Daug G7 C7 F9 Bb6 Gm7 Cm7 F9

Bbdim Fm7 Bb7
Soo bad, sooo bad

Bbdim Bb6 Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7 Gm7 C9 Cm7 Daug G7 C7 F9 Bb6 Gm7 Cm7 F9 Cm7 Daug G7

Bbdim Fm7 Bb7
I got it so bad its so bad

[Bridge]

  Eb6          Ab7
Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears

  Bbmaj7    Dm7  G7 Cm7     F9sus   Bdim
I'm glad I'm mad about him I can't live without him

Bbdim Bb6 Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7       Gm7     C9
Lord  a   bove      me     make him love me the way he should

[Outro]

Bbdim Bb6 Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7 D7      Bb6     C9
Like  a   lone      ly     weeping willow lost in the wood

Bbdim Bb6    Ebmaj7/Bb Bbmaj7  Gm7       C9
the   things I         tell my pillow no woman should

Cm7       Daug G7  C7   F9    Bb6
 I got it bad  and that ain't good