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If I Knew You Were Comin'

I'd 've Baked A Cake

Words and Music By Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts - 1950

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1950,  played for 12 weeks

Verse:
F	Dm	F     Eb7    D7    D+	G9             C7
Chorus:
F	-	C7	F
-	-	C7	F
-	-	C7	F
-	-	C7	F                F7
Bb	-	F	-
Dm            F+	Dm7            G7	Bb             Bb6	C7
F	-	C7	F
-	-	C7	F     (repeat chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:
Well, well, well, look who's here. I haven't seen you in many a year.

 

Chorus:

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 've Baked A Cake, baked a cake, baked a cake.

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 've Baked A Cake.  Howja do.  Howja do.  Howja do.

Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band, grandest band, in the land.

Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band and spread the welcome mat for you.

Now I don't know where you came from, 'cause I don't know where you've been.

But it really doesn't matter grab a chair and fill your platter and dig, dig, dig right in.

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 've Baked A Cake, hired a band, goodness sake.

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd 've Baked A Cake.  Howja do.  Howja do.  Howja do.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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