To Keep My Love Alive chords and lyrics - ELLA FITZGERALD

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[Verse 1]
[C]I'v[G]e b[D]een married,
[G]and marrie[C]d, and of [F]ten I've sig[Am]hed
[D]"I'm nev[G]er a bri[Cm]desmaid,[F]
I'm [Bb]always [D]a bride"
I nev[G]er di

[Verse 2]
[C]vorced them,
I had[F]n't [Am]the heart
[D]Yet remem[G]ber these swe[C]et words,
[G]"'till [Em]death do [A]us [D]part"

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][Eb][D][G][F]
[Eb][D]

[Verse 3]
I [G]married many [D]men, a [G]ton of [D]them
Be[G]cause I was un[D]true
to [G]none of [C]them[D]
Be[Am]cause I bumped [D]off every
[G]one of [Em]them
To [A]keep [Am]my l[D]ove al[G]ive
[D]Sir Paul

[Verse 4]
[G]was frail,
he [D]looked a [G]wreck to [D]me
At [G]night he was a [D]horse's [C]neck to [D]me
So [Am]I performed an[D][G]
[Em]appendectomy
To [A]keep my [D]love [G]alive

[Verse 5]
Sir [Cm]Thomas [F]had in[Bb]somnia,
[F]he [Cm]couldn't [F]sleep at [Bb]night[F]
[D]I bought a little a[G]rsenic,
he's [Em]sleeping [A]now all [D]right

[Verse 6]
Sir [G]Philip played the [D]harp,
I [G]cussed the [D]thing
[G]I crowned him with his h[D]arp
to [G]bust the [C]thing[D]
And [Am]now he plays where h[D]arps
are [G]just the [Em]thing
To [A]keep my [D]love [G]alive
To [C]keep [Am]my love al[D]ive

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G]
[F][Eb][D][G][F][Eb][D]

[Verse 7]
(bridge) [G]I
thought Sir George [D]had possib[G]ilities
[D]But [G]his flirtations [D]made me [G]ill at [D]ease
And [Am]when I'm ill at [D]ease, I [G]kill at [Em]ease
To [Am]keep my [D]love [G]alive
[D]Sir Char

[Verse 8]
[G]les came from
a [D]sanatori[G] um[D]
And [G]yelled for drinks in [D]my em[G]porium
[D]I mix[Am]ed one drink,
he's [D]in [G]mem[Em]orium
To [A]keep my [D]love [G]alive

[Verse 9]
Sir [Cm]Francis [F]was a [Bb]singing bird,
a [Cm]nightingale, [F]that's why[Bb][A]
[Bb]I to[D]ssed him off my ba[G]lcony,
to [Em]see if [A]he, could [D]fly

[Verse 10]
Sir [G]Atherton in[D]dulged in [G]fratricide,
[D]He kil[G]led his dad and tha[D]t was pat[G]ricide
[D]One nig[Am]ht I stabbed him
[D]by my mat[G]tress-side
[Em]To To ke[Am]ep my lo[D]ve a[G]live[Baug]
To [C]keep my [Am]love [D]alive[G]
To [A]keep my [D]love alive