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You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Words by Johnny Mercer, Music by Harry Warren -1938

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1938, played for 8 weeks.

Verse:
F              Fmaj7	F7               D7	G7              C7	F               C7
F	F7    E+7   Am7   Ab7	C                G7	C
Gm7	G7              A7	|
Chorus:
D7              D9	D+7	G7            Dm7	G7
C9	Gm7           C9	F               Ddim	Gm7            A7
D7              D9	D+7	G7             Dm7	G7
F                 F+	Dm             F+	F                Dm7	G9             Ddim
F                 A7	D7             D+7	G7              C7	F      (A7 repeat chorus)

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

This song is in the key of F.

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Verse:

Does your mother realize, The stork delivered quite a prize, The day he left you on the family tree?

Does your dad appreciate, That you are merely super-great, The miracle of any century?

If they don't, just send them both to me.

 

Chorus:

You must have been a beautiful baby, You must have been a wonderful child,
When you were only startin', To go to kindergarten, I bet you drove the little boys wild,

And when it came to winning blue ribbons, You must have shown the other kids how,
I can see the judge's eyes, When they handed you the prize, I bet you made the cutest bow,

Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cause baby, look at you now.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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