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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 |
G 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:
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- 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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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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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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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com