Three Little Words chords by Ethel Waters

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
C majorC       A7A7     Ds4 Fm6Fm6
Three words in my diction - a - ry
C majorC DmDm  E minorEm  G7G7  C majorC  G7G7
I ne - ver could see
C majorC       A7A7    Ds4  Fm6Fm6
But to my vo - cab - u - la - ry
C majorC  DmDm  FF  G7G7  C majorC
I’ve add - ed those three
E minorEm B7B7     E minorEm   A7A7 G+G D7D7     G7G7
I’m waiting for someone  to say them to me

Chorus:
C majorC         A minorAm C majorC
Three little words
  A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7     G7G7        Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
  F#m7F#m7 G7G7  C majorC         A minorAm C majorC
To hear  those three little words
      A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7  G7G7       Dm7Dm7 G7G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
  F#m7F#m7 G7G7 C majorC        C7C7         Gm7Gm7  C7C7
And what I  feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
FF    DmDm  Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm  A7A7  G#7G#7   G7G7
No other words can tell  it  half so  clear - ly
C majorC         A minorAm C majorC    A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7
Three little words,   eight lit - tle letters
   G7G7      FF F minorFm G7G7  A minorAm  G+G D7D7
Which simply means “I - love you!”

Verse 2:
C majorC     A7A7    Ds4  Fm6Fm6
I used to pay no atten - tion
C majorC   DmDm  E minorEm  G7G7 C majorC  G7G7
When ev - er I’d hear
C majorC       A7A7  Ds4  Fm6Fm6
Some lonesome Romeo men - tion
C majorC  DmDm  FF  G7G7 C majorC
“I love you, my dear”
E minorEm B7B7    E minorEm   A7A7 G+G  D7D7      G7G7
Now I want to hear it  each time you draw near

Chorus:
C majorC         A minorAm C majorC
Three little words
  A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7     G7G7        Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
  F#m7F#m7  G7G7  C majorC         A minorAm C majorC
To hear  those three little words
      A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7  G7G7       Dm7Dm7 G7G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
  F#m7F#m7 G7G7 C majorC        C7C7         Gm7Gm7  C7C7
And what I  feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
FF    DmDm  Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm  A7A7  G#7G#7   G7G7
No other words can tell  it  half so  clear - ly
C majorC         A minorAm C majorC    A minorAm  C majorC  Adim7Adim7
Three little words,   eight lit - tle letters
   G7G7      FF F minorFm G7G7  A minorAm  F7F7 C majorC
Which simply means “I - love you!”

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