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{title: Lover man} {artist: Billie Holiday} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 52} {key: F} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} #origineel CM7 {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Dm7] I don't know [G6add9]why but I'm [Dm7]feeling so [G6add9]sad [Gm7] I long to [C9]try something [Gm7]I never [C9]had [F7]never had no kissin', [Bb9]oh, what I've been missin' [Bbm7]lover [Gdim]man, oh, [Eb9]where [A/C] can you [FM7]be? [Em7] [A7#9] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Dm7] the night is [G6add9]cold and [Dm7]I'm so a[G6add9]lone [Gm7] I'd give my [C9]soul just to [Gm7]call you my [C9]own [F7]got a moon above me, [Bb9] but no one to love me [Bbm7]lover [Gdim]man, oh, [Eb9]where [A/C] can you [FM7]be? [Bb9] {start_of_part: Bridge} [Am]I've heard it [AmM7]said that the [Am7]thrill of [D9]romance can [GM7]be [Am7] like a heavenly [Bm7]dream [Am7] [Cm6/D] [Gm]I go to [GmM7]bed with a [Gm7]prayer that you'll [C9]make love to [FM7]me [Eb9]strange as it [Em7]seems [A7#9] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Dm7] someday we'll [G6add9]meet and you'll [Dm7]dry all my [G6add9]tears [Gm7] then whisper [C9]sweet little [Gm7]things in my [C9]ear [F7]hugging and a-kissing, [Bb9]oh what I've been missing [Bbm7]lover [Gdim]man, oh, [Eb9]where [A/C] can you [FM9]be? {end_of_verse}