Am I Blue? Billie Holiday

[ProfessorGAC]

In further exploring acoustic guitar chord options, I picked this one to learn. I played it on piano as a kid.
I'm doing a solo guitar version, but I chose the Billie version as my model because of how she works the melody.
Really cool old song.

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[highplainsdem]

1. A real classic.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. A Hoagy Carmichael tune, as you know.

{edited: not}

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Actually, No

Though it clearly sounds like something he would have written.
It was actually written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in the 1920s.
Hoagy's most impactful period was 1930 to 1955, though Stardust was written in the the '20s.
If I hadn't been looking up lead sheets & lyrics, I never would have guessed it.
The lead sheet I printed (in a different key & simpler chords) has Akst & Clarke at the top of the page.
Otherwise, I would have accepted that this was a Hoagy tune without hesitation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Blue%3F

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Hey, thanks. All this time, I had thought it was by HC. NT