Gm7(9/13)       C7(9)
Solemn confessions
Gm7(9/13)       C7(9)
Sweetened expressions
     Gm7(9/13)    Am7    F7M
Are the way to love with you
     Gm7(9/13)    Am7
Nothing less is worthy of you
D7M(9)         Bb7M                G7M     C7(9)
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the moon and the
                  Gm7(9/13)  C7(9)
Stars, to me are you)

Gm7(9/13)     C7(9)
Nimbus may shade you
Gm7(9/13)      C7(9)
How much would I give to
         Gm7(9/13)   Am7     F7M
Show you love the way that you should
           Gm7(9/13)    Am7
That's the way to love with you
D7M(9)         Bb7M                G7M     C7(9)
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the moon and the
                 C#7 C7
Stars, to me are you)

F                      Dm7(9)
I can't bear to see you cry
                C9                   Bb9
Odella, Odella, wipe him away from your eyes
          C5 C#5 D5
(tonight)
F                     Dm7(9)
Hang on to art, to me, to life
                C9                     Bb9
Odella, Odella, nights are long but they die (untie
           C9    Bb5 B5 C5
The early ties)

Gm7(9/13)        C7(9)
Spurious affection
Gm7(9/13)       C7(9)
That haunts your reflections
     Gm7(9/13)    Am7       F7M
Are not easy to bury, it's true
             Gm7(9/13)     Am7
But there's love that is saved just for you
  D7M(9)         Bb7M                 G7M        C7(9)          Gm7(9/13) C7(9)
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the moon and the stars, to me are you)

Gm7(9/13)  C7(9)

Gm7(9/13)       C7(9)
Bloodline endearments
Gm7(9/13)        C7(9)
Are thick to consume when
      Gm7(9/13)  Am7    F7M
He is gone and away from you
       Gm7(9/13)    Am7
That's no way of loving you
  D7M(9)           Bb7M                          G7M         C7(9)           C#7 C7
(Dressed in sumptuous shoes, abstaining from the truth, he casts a spell on you)

F                      Dm7(9)
I can't bear to see you cry
                C9                   Bb9
Odella, Odella, wipe him away from your eyes
         C5 C#5 D5
(tonight)
F                     Dm7(9)
Hang on to art, to me, to life
                C9                     Bb9
Odella, Odella, nights are long but they die (untie
           C9    Bb5 B5 C5
The early ties)
     F                    Dm7(9)
You may be staggered but you're wise
                C9                      Bb9
Odella, Odella, don't be so kind (to him)
     F                   Dm7(9)
The sway someday will be no more

                    C9                     Bb9
Odella, Odella, and free we'll chant on our way home
                   C9  C5 C#5 D5
(new days are to come)

[Final] Gm7(9/13)  C7(9)
        Gm7(9/13)  C7(9)
        Bb9  F9
        Bb9  F9
        Ab  Db7
        Eb  D7  F#°  C