Chords for Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left Me - 1972
Tempo:
83.45 bpm
Chords used:
F
D
Bb
Fm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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But now I never knew how much progress I was making because Melrose didn't tell me.
I never played in a nightclub, no more than in Mississippi.
I could hear my songs on the jukeboxes, everywhere, all through the South.
And I had one disc jockey to tell me that, he says,
his officer, you supposed to be in good shape.
He said, your records are selling second to the top.
I said, well, yeah.
But now, every time that I would go to make a record,
I would ask Lester, how many records would a man have to make
that [N] he didn't have to work on the farm and work sawmills and all of that.
I said, you know, as I'm a record maker,
I do just as hard a work as a [Gb] man that don't make it.
But [A] now, the other fellow was making them, just like Edward Presley.
When [Bm] he got the numbers of mine, he got them off the jukebox.
Then [A] when I knew anything, why, that was a gold record out on That's Alright Now Mama.
[Eb] [F] [Gb]
Well, my [F] baby's gone and left me, never said a word.
Was nothing I done, something that she heard, she's gone [Bb] and left me.
Baby left me.
[Gb] My baby's gone [F] and left me, never said a word.
[Bb] [Fm]
And, well, fact of the business, if he [D] claimed that song and got the copyright on it,
he's got to get something out of it, all except me.
[Ab] Only thing I can get out of my songs, they give me the credit for writing the song.
But when it comes down to the money question, [F] there ain't no money.
Never [Dm] said a word.
[F] [D] If I get that money, [B] I could really put out a, [N] I really could,
I could really put out one that I believe would knock the ceiling out.
But as [G] I've not got that money, what have I got to put out a song about?
Sometime I'll be sitting down, I'll be alone, you know,
[D] a verse or two will come to me and I'll throw it up.
[Fm]
Well, she sneaked off in my kitchen, eat up all my bread.
Soon my back was turned, she's diddling in [Dm] my bed, she's gone and left me.
[D] [Bb] She's gone and left me.
My baby's gone [Dm] and left me, never [F] said a word.
[D] [Fm]
Piano [C] dee dee dee dee, [Fm] dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee.
She's gone [Bb] and left me.
She's gone and left me.
My baby's [F] gone and left me, never [D] said a [F] word.
I never played in a nightclub, no more than in Mississippi.
I could hear my songs on the jukeboxes, everywhere, all through the South.
And I had one disc jockey to tell me that, he says,
his officer, you supposed to be in good shape.
He said, your records are selling second to the top.
I said, well, yeah.
But now, every time that I would go to make a record,
I would ask Lester, how many records would a man have to make
that [N] he didn't have to work on the farm and work sawmills and all of that.
I said, you know, as I'm a record maker,
I do just as hard a work as a [Gb] man that don't make it.
But [A] now, the other fellow was making them, just like Edward Presley.
When [Bm] he got the numbers of mine, he got them off the jukebox.
Then [A] when I knew anything, why, that was a gold record out on That's Alright Now Mama.
[Eb] [F] [Gb]
Well, my [F] baby's gone and left me, never said a word.
Was nothing I done, something that she heard, she's gone [Bb] and left me.
Baby left me.
[Gb] My baby's gone [F] and left me, never said a word.
[Bb] [Fm]
And, well, fact of the business, if he [D] claimed that song and got the copyright on it,
he's got to get something out of it, all except me.
[Ab] Only thing I can get out of my songs, they give me the credit for writing the song.
But when it comes down to the money question, [F] there ain't no money.
Never [Dm] said a word.
[F] [D] If I get that money, [B] I could really put out a, [N] I really could,
I could really put out one that I believe would knock the ceiling out.
But as [G] I've not got that money, what have I got to put out a song about?
Sometime I'll be sitting down, I'll be alone, you know,
[D] a verse or two will come to me and I'll throw it up.
[Fm]
Well, she sneaked off in my kitchen, eat up all my bread.
Soon my back was turned, she's diddling in [Dm] my bed, she's gone and left me.
[D] [Bb] She's gone and left me.
My baby's gone [Dm] and left me, never [F] said a word.
[D] [Fm]
Piano [C] dee dee dee dee, [Fm] dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee.
She's gone [Bb] and left me.
She's gone and left me.
My baby's [F] gone and left me, never [D] said a [F] word.
Key:
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Bb
But now I never knew how much progress I was making because _ Melrose didn't tell me.
I never played in a nightclub, no more than in Mississippi.
I could hear my songs on the jukeboxes, everywhere, all through the South.
And I had one disc jockey to tell me that, he says,
his officer, you supposed to be in good shape.
He said, your records are selling second to the top.
I said, well, yeah.
But now, every time that I would go to make a record,
I would ask Lester, how many records would a man have to make
that [N] he didn't have to work on the farm and work sawmills and all of that.
I said, you know, as I'm a record maker,
_ I do just as hard a work as a [Gb] man that don't make it.
But [A] now, the other fellow was making them, just like Edward Presley.
When [Bm] he got the _ numbers of mine, he got them off the jukebox.
Then [A] when I knew anything, why, that was a gold record out on That's Alright Now Mama.
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Well, my [F] baby's gone and left me, never said a word.
Was nothing I done, something that she heard, she's gone [Bb] and left me.
Baby left me.
[Gb] My baby's gone [F] and left me, never said a word.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
And, well, fact of the business, if he [D] claimed that song and got the copyright on it,
he's got to get something out of it, all except me.
[Ab] Only thing I can get out of my songs, they give me the credit for writing the song.
But when it comes down to the money question, [F] there ain't no money.
_ Never [Dm] said a word.
[F] _ _ _ [D] If I get that money, [B] _ I could really put out a, [N] _ I really could,
I could really put out one that I believe would knock the ceiling out.
But as [G] I've not got that money, _ what have I got to put out a song about?
Sometime I'll be sitting down, I'll be alone, you know,
[D] a verse or two will come to me and I'll throw it up.
_ _ [Fm] _
Well, she sneaked off in my kitchen, eat up all my bread.
Soon my back was turned, she's diddling in [Dm] my bed, she's gone and left me.
[D] [Bb] She's gone and left me.
My baby's gone [Dm] and left me, never [F] said a word.
[D] _ _ [Fm] _ _
Piano [C] dee dee dee dee, [Fm] dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee.
She's gone [Bb] and left me.
She's gone and left me.
My baby's [F] gone and left me, never [D] said a [F] word. _ _ _ _ _
I never played in a nightclub, no more than in Mississippi.
I could hear my songs on the jukeboxes, everywhere, all through the South.
And I had one disc jockey to tell me that, he says,
his officer, you supposed to be in good shape.
He said, your records are selling second to the top.
I said, well, yeah.
But now, every time that I would go to make a record,
I would ask Lester, how many records would a man have to make
that [N] he didn't have to work on the farm and work sawmills and all of that.
I said, you know, as I'm a record maker,
_ I do just as hard a work as a [Gb] man that don't make it.
But [A] now, the other fellow was making them, just like Edward Presley.
When [Bm] he got the _ numbers of mine, he got them off the jukebox.
Then [A] when I knew anything, why, that was a gold record out on That's Alright Now Mama.
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Well, my [F] baby's gone and left me, never said a word.
Was nothing I done, something that she heard, she's gone [Bb] and left me.
Baby left me.
[Gb] My baby's gone [F] and left me, never said a word.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
And, well, fact of the business, if he [D] claimed that song and got the copyright on it,
he's got to get something out of it, all except me.
[Ab] Only thing I can get out of my songs, they give me the credit for writing the song.
But when it comes down to the money question, [F] there ain't no money.
_ Never [Dm] said a word.
[F] _ _ _ [D] If I get that money, [B] _ I could really put out a, [N] _ I really could,
I could really put out one that I believe would knock the ceiling out.
But as [G] I've not got that money, _ what have I got to put out a song about?
Sometime I'll be sitting down, I'll be alone, you know,
[D] a verse or two will come to me and I'll throw it up.
_ _ [Fm] _
Well, she sneaked off in my kitchen, eat up all my bread.
Soon my back was turned, she's diddling in [Dm] my bed, she's gone and left me.
[D] [Bb] She's gone and left me.
My baby's gone [Dm] and left me, never [F] said a word.
[D] _ _ [Fm] _ _
Piano [C] dee dee dee dee, [Fm] dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee.
She's gone [Bb] and left me.
She's gone and left me.
My baby's [F] gone and left me, never [D] said a [F] word. _ _ _ _ _