Three Little Words chords by Ethel Waters

Verse 1:
C       A7     Ds4 Fm6
Three words in my diction - a - ry
C Dm  Em  G7  C  G7
I ne - ver could see
C       A7    Ds4  Fm6
But to my vo - cab - u - la - ry
C  Dm  F  G7  C
I’ve add - ed those three
Em B7     Em   A7 G D7     G7
I’m waiting for someone  to say them to me

Chorus:
C         Am C
Three little words
  Am  C  Adim7     G7        Dm7 G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
  F#m7 G7  C         Am C
To hear  those three little words
      Am  C  Adim7  G7       Dm7 G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
  F#m7 G7 C        C7         Gm7  C7
And what I  feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
F    Dm  Gdim7 Dm Gdim7 Dm  A7  G#7   G7
No other words can tell  it  half so  clear - ly
C         Am C    Am  C  Adim7
Three little words,   eight lit - tle letters
   G7      F Fm G7  Am  G D7
Which simply means “I - love you!”

Verse 2:
C     A7    Ds4  Fm6
I used to pay no atten - tion
C   Dm  Em  G7 C  G7
When ev - er I’d hear
C       A7  Ds4  Fm6
Some lonesome Romeo men - tion
C  Dm  F  G7 C
“I love you, my dear”
Em B7    Em   A7 G  D7      G7
Now I want to hear it  each time you draw near

Chorus:
C         Am C
Three little words
  Am  C  Adim7     G7        Dm7 G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
  F#m7  G7  C         Am C
To hear  those three little words
      Am  C  Adim7  G7       Dm7 G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
  F#m7 G7 C        C7         Gm7  C7
And what I  feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
F    Dm  Gdim7 Dm Gdim7 Dm  A7  G#7   G7
No other words can tell  it  half so  clear - ly
C         Am C    Am  C  Adim7
Three little words,   eight lit - tle letters
   G7      F Fm G7  Am  F7 C
Which simply means “I - love you!”