Billy Eckstine

You Don't Know What Love Is

Billy Eckstine


Tom: C

Intro: Dm Em5-/7 E7 E7/9- Em5-/7 E7 Am7

E7 A9         Fdim
You don't know what love is
 Am    A9    Am     G/B  E7  Em5-/7    E7   Am
'Til you've learned the meaning  of  the blues
 Dm        Dm7+     F       G7  Fdim   Am
Until you've loved a love you've had  to lose
 Dm Em5-/7      E7 E7/9-  Em5-/7 E7
You don't know    what love  is
E7 A9         Fdim
You don't know how lips hurt
 Am    A9    Am      G/B E7  Em5-/7  E7   Am
Until you've kissed and had to  pay  the cost
 Dm        Dm7+         F     G7  Fdim  Am
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
Dm  Em5-/7     E7  E   A9   Am
You don't know    what love is
Bridge
G    G7  Fdim  C       C7M
Do you know how a lost heart fears
     G      Am7    G/B C
At the thought of reminiscing
    Dm7       Fdim     C
And how lips that taste of tears
F      Bbm9       Em5-/7    E7
Lose their taste for kissing
E7 A9         Fdim
You don't know how hearts burn
Am    A9  Am   G/B      E7   Em5-/7  E7    Am
For love that can    not live yet never dies
 Dm        Dm7+       F    G7     Fdim   Am
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
Dm  Em5-/7     E7  E   A9   Am
You don't know    what love is
Interdude: G G7 Fdim C C7M G Am7 G/B C Dm7 Fdim C F Bbm9 Em5-/7 E7
E7 A9         Fdim
You don't know how hearts burn
Am    A9  Am   G/B      E7   Em5-/7  E7    Am
For love that can    not live yet never dies
 Dm        Dm7+       F    G7     Fdim   Am
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
Dm  Em5-/7     E7  E   A9   Am
You don't know    what love is