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Love For Sale

by Cole Porter, Billie Holiday · posted by WaltP

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Tab
LOVE FOR SALE
By Cole Porter
Billie Holiday
Key: Bb


-6   -6 -7*-7*  -7* -7* -7*  7* 7*  -9* 
When the on-ly sound in the emp-ty street
8   7* -6*-6*  -6* -6* -6*  -6 -6  8 
is the hea-vy tread of the heav-y feet 
7*   -6  -5*-5*-5* -6*  -6   7*
that be-long to a lone-some cop
-7 -6* -6  -6
I   o-pen shop

-6    -6  -7* -7* -7* -7*  -7*  7*  7* -9*
When the moon so long has been gaz-ing down 
8   7* -6* -6*  -6* -6* -6*   6    6   8*
on the way-ward ways of this way-ward town
-8    7*   6    6  -6*  6   7*
that her smile be-comes a smirk, 
-7  -5  4 -3*
I   go to work

-7*   7   -6
Love for sale
-7*-7*-7* -7*  -7*   -7*  7   -6
Ap-pe-tiz-ing young love for sale
-7*   -7*    -7*  -7*  -7*   8    8
love that’s fresh and still un-spoiled 
7*     7*   7* 7*   7*  -6*   -6*
love that’s on-ly slight-ly soiled
-6    5   -3*
love for sale

-7*  7    -6
Who will buy?
-7*  -7*   -7* -7*-9*  8 -7*  7   -6
Who would like to sam-ple my sup-ply?
-7*   -7*  -7* -7* -7*  8    8
Who's pre-pared to pay the price
-9 -9  -9  -9  -9 7   7
for a trip to par-a-dise 
-6    5*  -3*
love for sale
-3*  4  4* -5*  -6 -5* -5*
Let the po-ets pipe of love
5   5*    -5*   -6  7*
in their child-ish ways
-3* 4  4* -5*  -6  -5* -5*
I know ev-‘ry type of love
5    5* -5*  -6   -7*
bet-ter far than they
-3* 4   -5   -6  -6*   -6  -6
if you want the thrill of love 
-5   -5*   -6  -6*  8  -7*  -7*
I’ve been thru the mill of love
8*   8     8*  8
old love  new love 
-8  -8  -8   -8  -8  -7*
ev-‘ry love but true love
-7*   7   -6
love for sale
-7*-7*-7* -7*  -7*   -7*  7   -6
ap-pe-tiz-ing young love for sale
-7*-7*  -7*-7* -7*  8   8
if you want to buy my wares 
8*   8* 8*  8*   8*  -9*  -9*  
fol-low me and climb the stairs
-10   9*  -7*
love for sale

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