"You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling."
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday - Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)

Are you a Billie Holiday fan? "Ain't Misbehavin'" is a 1929 song written by Thomas "Fats" Waller.

E7         C#m7    F#m7      B7
No one to talk to, all by myself;

E7         Ab7            A7   Am     Am7
No one to walk with, I'm happy on the shelf;

E7         C#m7   F#m7           B7          E    C#m7   F#7    B7
Ain't misbehavin,     I'm saving my love for you.


E7           C#m7     F#m7           B7
Now it's for certain,     the one I love;

E7                Ab7           A7           Am      Am7
I'm through with flirtin' it's just you I'm thinkin' of.

E7        C#m7  F#m7            B7          E    A7   B7   Ab7
Ain't misbehavin,   I'm saving my love for you.


Bridge:

C#m7                 A7
    Like Jack Horner,   in the corner,

F#7                       C#7
    Don't go no where -- what do I care?

F#7         C#m7      F#7     B7       C   B7
Your kisses are worth waiting for, believe me.


E7            C#m7      F#m7         B7
I don't stay out late, don't care to go;

E7         Ab7             A7        Am   Am7
I'm home about eight, just me and my rad-I-o.

E7         C#m7    F#m7          B7           E   A   Am7   E   B7   E6
Ain't misbehavin',    I'm savin' my love for you.

I play this song, Ain't Misbehavin' in the Key of Eb. Here's the chord chart. I'm just lowering the chords one half step.

Eb         Cm7    Fm7      Bb9
No one to talk to, all by myself;

Eb         G7+5            Ab   Abm     Ddim
No one to walk with, I'm happy on the shelf;

Eb         Gb7   Fm7           Bb9          Eb    Edim   F7    Bb7
Ain't misbehavin,     I'm saving my love for you.


Eb           Cm7     Fm7           Bb9
Now it's for certain,     the one I love;

Eb                G7+5           Ab           Abm      Ddim
I'm through with flirtin' it's just you I'm thinkin' of.

Eb        Gb7  Fm7            Bb9          Eb    Ab   Bb7   G7
Ain't misbehavin,   I'm saving my love for you.


Bridge:

Cm                 Ab7/C
    Like Jack Horner,   in the corner,

F7/C                       C7
    Don't go no where -- what do I care?

Bb         Cm      F7     Bb7       C7  F7 Bb7
Your kisses are worth waiting for, believe me.


Eb            Cm7      Fm7         Bb9
I don't stay out late, don't care to go;

Eb         G7+5             Ab        Abm   Ddim
I'm home about eight, just me and my rad-I-o.

Eb         Gb7    Fm7          Bb9           Eb      Bb7   Eb
Ain't misbehavin',    I'm savin' my love for you.