Ella Fitzgerald — I Didnt Know What Time It Was Chords
This is in the key I sing it in, but it can obviously be transposed into whatever
you need. Please enjoy!!!
I use a lot of jazz symbols so for those of you that don't know:
a (—) means minor. As in A#—7 = A#min7
A#—7 D#7 G#m
I——————— didn't know what time it was
A#—7 D#7 C#
Then—————— I met you.
C#m G#m D#m E
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
D#m C#m (F#—7 F#7)
How sublime it was too!
A#—7 D#7 G#m
I—————— didn't know what day it was
A# D#7 C#
You———— hold my hand.
C#m G#m D#m E
Warm like the month of May it was,
D#m C#—7 (F#—7 F#7)
and I'll say it was grand.
B C#—7 D#7
Grand to be alive, to be young,
C#m D#7 G#m
to be mad, to be yours alone!
E F#7 B
Grand—— to see your face, feel your touch,
C#7 C#m7 (F#—7 F#7)
hear your voice say I'm all your own.
A#—7 D#7 G#m
I——————— didn't know what year it was
A#—7 D#7 C#
life———— was no prize.
C#m G#m D#m E
I—————— wanted love and here it was
C#—7
shining out of your eyes.
C#—7—5 B
I'm wise————,
Endings
E6 F# E6 B 1. E#—7—5 F#7
and I know what time it is now. 2. B B6