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Baby - Tenacious D
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
[VERSE]
I Ecant F#m/Eget to G#m/Esleep tonightF#m/E  
No Ematter F#m/Ehow hard I G#m/EtryA/E  
[CHORUS]
'Cause it's C#mcold and it's Bdark
And the C#mwind is awhiBstlin'
And I Acan't seem to put out the Blight
[VERSE]
EMamma's been F#m/Esearching for G#m/EbabyF#m/E  
But Ebaby's been F#m/Etryin' to get G#m/EhomeA/E  
[CHORUS]
'Cause it's C#mcold and it's Bdark
And the C#mmoon cannot Blight the wayA  
And Daddy's Bgone
N.C.          
I'm just a baby
[OUTRO]
E  F#m/E  G#m/E  A/E  D#m/F# E

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Baby

by Tenacious D

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m/E

G#m/E

A/E

C#m

D#m/F#

Baby - Tenacious D

Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

[VERSE]

E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E

I cant get to sleep tonight

E F#m/E G#m/E A/E

No matter how hard I try

[CHORUS]

C#m B

'Cause it's cold and it's dark

C#m B

And the wind is awhistlin'

A B

And I can't seem to put out the light

[VERSE]

E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E

Mamma's been searching for baby

E F#m/E G#m/E A/E

But baby's been tryin' to get home

[CHORUS]

C#m B

'Cause it's cold and it's dark

C#m B A

And the moon cannot light the way

And Daddy's gone

N.C.

I'm just a baby

[OUTRO]

E F#m/E G#m/E A/E D#m/F# E

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