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Baby Face
Words and Music by Benny Davis & Harry Akst  - 1926
Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1948, played for 10 weeks.
Verse:
C G7 C               C7 A7
D7 G7 C G7
C G7 C Cm
G               D7 G              Cm G                D7 G              Cm
G               D7                  Dm D7 G7
Chorus:
C - - -
G7 - -
G7 - C              Gm6 A7
D7 - G7 -
C - - -
E7 Bm7          E7 Am C7
F Cdim C                A7 -                    G7
D7               D+ G7 C   (G7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Rosy cheeks and turn'd up nose and curly hair,
I'm raving 'bout my baby now.
Pretty little dimples here and dimples there,
Don't want to live without her, I love her goodness knows.
I wrote a song about her, And here's the way it goes:
 
Chorus:
Baby Face, You've got the cutest little
Baby Face, There's not another one could
Take your place, Baby Face,
My poor heart is jumpin, You sure have started somethin',
Baby Face, I'm up in heaven when I'm
In your fond embrace,
I didn't need a shove, 'Cause I just fell in love,
With your pretty Baby Face.
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Listen to Dick Legrand play "Baby Face" on tenor banjo (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
Click here for a lead sheet with plectrum chord notation
 
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