You'd Better Love Me (while You May) Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays374

You'd Better Love Me (while You May) by Shirley Horn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7M, F#m, Cdim, C#m5-/7, F#7, D9, Bm5-/7, E7/9-, E7(9b), E7, Cm5-/7, Cm7, D, Bm, Bm7/E, B7, A, E, Fdim and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A7M   F#m Cdim   C#m5-/7     A7M 
You'd better   love   me  while you may 
A7M  F#m  Cdim    C#m5-/7 F#7   
Tomorrow  I  may  fly away 
D9 Cdim     Bm5-/7   E7/9-  A7M  D9 A7M        F#m 
I  want your gentle touch, your continental touch 
D9  Cdim  Bm5-/7 E7(9b) 
Your elemental touch 
    A7M    C#m5-/7        D9           E7 
You want me too  oh, I know that you do 
A7M   F#m Cdim  C#m5-/7   A7M D9 Cm5-/7 A7M 
You'd better  love  me while I'm here 
A7M  F#m       Cm7     C#m5-/7 D C#m5-/7 Bm  
I   have been known to  dis ap pear 
D    F#m Bm Bm7/E  A7M C#m5-/7 F#7  
So, don't let this miracle  melt away 
A7M   F#m      C#m5-/7 A7M   F#m   C#m5-/7    D        B7     
The clock ticks fast above me, if   you think fondly of me 
A7M  Bm5-/7       D9     E7(9b)      A7M   D9       A7M 
You'd better love me while you may, while you may 

Bridge 
A    A7M       D9  Bm5-/7  E       Fdim     A D9 A 
You called me back         with a silent plea 
       A7M   D9      Bm5-/7  E7     E7/9-   A 
From another time, another place, another me 
A    A7M      D9  Bm5-/7 E       Fdim Am  E7 Am 
You called me back,       and I found my way 
      E7     A         F#m     D9    Bm5-/7  E 
To a half remembered, half forgotten yesterday 
      Fdim       F#7       Cdim 
But I might not stay, so remember, baby 
      Fdim       F#7       Cdim 
But I might not stay, so remember, baby 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante