They Can't Take That Away From Me

Words & Music by Ira & George Gershwin
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1962
Performed by Fred Astaire, 1952, in the movie "Shall We Dance"


    Em7     A7/9      D6  F#m   D6               
The way you wear your hat,
           
     D     Fdim      A7   A7sus4  A7
The way you sip your tea 

    Em7    A7/9    DM7    Am7    D7
The mem'ry  of all that…

   Cdim       G          Em   Bm7-5     A7
No, no, they canīt take that a-way from me 


    Em7       A7/9       D6    F#m   D6                
The way your smile just beams,         

     D     Fdim      A7   A7sus4  A7
The way you sing off key 

    Em7    A7/9       DM7   Am7    D7
The way you haunt my dreams…

   Cdim       G              Em  A7  D
No, no, they canīt take that away from me.


Bridge:

 DM7    F#m    B7   F#m    B7         F#m    B7      C#7
We may never, never meet again on the bumpy road to love 

            F#m     B7     F#m      B7     E7    A7
Still, Iīll always, always keep the memory of 


    Em7      A7/9        D6    F#m  D6                
The way you hold your knife,         

     D     Fdim         A7   A7sus4  A7
The way we danced till three 

   Em7       A7/9       DM7     Am7    D7
The way you changed my life…         

    Cdim      G         Em    A7       Bm7
No, no, they canīt take that away from me,

First Time:

Em7       D    G     D  F#m   G    A  D   DM7   Em7
No, they canīt take that a - way from me.

Last Time:

Em7       D     G   D   F#m  G    A7   D    DM7    Bm7
No, they canīt take that a - way from me.

      D         F#m       A         D         F#m       A
They canīt take that a - way, they canīt take that a - way

Em7       D     G    D  F#m   G    A  D    Bm7    G     G/B     D9
No, they canīt take that a - way from me.



 
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