Getting Some Fun Out of Life

Words & Music by Joe Burke & Edgar Leslie
Recorded by Billie Holiday**, 1937


G5       D9      G5   D9  G
When we want to love, we love;

E7-9             D9      D7/9
When we want to kiss, we kiss.

Am7            C  C/B  Am7   G   E7
With a little petting, we're getting

      C Cdim D7  G 
Some fun out of life.


G5       D9      G5   D9  G
When we want to work. we work;

E7-9             D9      D7/9
When we want to play, we play.

Am7         C  C/B  Am7   G   E7
In a happy setting, we're getting

      C Cdim D7  G 
Some fun out of life.


Bridge:

C  C/B   Am7    Edim
Maybe we do the right things

G     D9 D7/9      G
Maybe we  do the wrong

G5            E   Bm7-5       E7  A7   D7
Spending each day wending our way a - long


G5       D9      G5   D9  G
When we want to sing, we sing

E7-9             D9       D7/9
When we want to dance, we dance

Am7              C  C/B  Am7   G   E7
You can do your betting, we're getting

      C Cdim D7  G 
Some fun out of life.

*Suggested by recent visitor Mr. Starr

*Holiday is credited here mainly because her recordings of it were released more frequently than anybody else's. I still find her version melodically imprecise; frankly I enjoyed Madeleine Peyroux's version much more, and she has a lot of Holiday's vocal qualities, so to me it's like getting the best of both worlds.

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