Chords for If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake Eileen Barton
Tempo:
86.6 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Bb
F
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Db] Come in!
Well, well, well, look who's here!
[B] I haven't [Bb] seen you [Eb] in many [Db] a year!
[Eb] If I [Ab] knew you were [Db] coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Db] Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a [Ab] band,
Grand [Db] band in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have [Bm] hired a [Ab] band,
And spread the welcome mat [Db] for you.
[Gb] Oh, I don't know where you came from,
[Db] Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bb] But it really [F] doesn't matter,
[Db] Grab a chair [Gb] and fill your platter,
[Fm] And dig, [Ebm] dig, dig [Ab] right [Eb] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a [Ab] cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have [G] baked a cake,
[Eb] Hatchidoo, [Ab] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Bb] If [F] [Bb]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [C] [Gm] [F] [Gm]
[F] [D]
[Db] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Ab] [A] [Db] I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, [Db] baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked [Abm] a cake,
Hatchidoo, [Db] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a band,
[Ab] Grand [Ebm] band [Dbm] in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired [Ab] a band,
[Db] And spread the welcome mat for you.
Oh, [Gb] I don't know where you came [Db] from,
Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bbm] But [F] it really [Bbm] doesn't matter,
Grab [Bb] a chair and fill your [Gbm] platter,
And [Eb] dig, dig, [Ab] dig right [F] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, [Ab] I'd have baked a cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, [G] hatchidoo.
[Bb] Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Hatchidoo!
[Db] [E]
Well, well, well, look who's here!
[B] I haven't [Bb] seen you [Eb] in many [Db] a year!
[Eb] If I [Ab] knew you were [Db] coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Db] Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a [Ab] band,
Grand [Db] band in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have [Bm] hired a [Ab] band,
And spread the welcome mat [Db] for you.
[Gb] Oh, I don't know where you came from,
[Db] Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bb] But it really [F] doesn't matter,
[Db] Grab a chair [Gb] and fill your platter,
[Fm] And dig, [Ebm] dig, dig [Ab] right [Eb] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a [Ab] cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have [G] baked a cake,
[Eb] Hatchidoo, [Ab] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Bb] If [F] [Bb]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [C] [Gm] [F] [Gm]
[F] [D]
[Db] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Ab] [A] [Db] I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, [Db] baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked [Abm] a cake,
Hatchidoo, [Db] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a band,
[Ab] Grand [Ebm] band [Dbm] in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired [Ab] a band,
[Db] And spread the welcome mat for you.
Oh, [Gb] I don't know where you came [Db] from,
Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bbm] But [F] it really [Bbm] doesn't matter,
Grab [Bb] a chair and fill your [Gbm] platter,
And [Eb] dig, dig, [Ab] dig right [F] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, [Ab] I'd have baked a cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, [G] hatchidoo.
[Bb] Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Hatchidoo!
[Db] [E]
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_ _ _ [Db] Come in!
Well, well, well, look who's here!
[B] I haven't [Bb] seen you [Eb] in many [Db] a year!
[Eb] If I [Ab] knew you were [Db] coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Db] Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a [Ab] band,
Grand [Db] band in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have [Bm] hired a [Ab] band,
And spread the welcome mat [Db] for you.
[Gb] Oh, I don't know where you came from,
[Db] Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bb] But it really [F] doesn't matter,
[Db] Grab a chair [Gb] and fill your platter,
[Fm] And dig, [Ebm] dig, dig [Ab] right [Eb] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a [Ab] cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have [G] baked a cake,
[Eb] Hatchidoo, [Ab] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Bb] If _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] [Db] I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, [Db] baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked [Abm] a cake,
Hatchidoo, [Db] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a band,
[Ab] Grand [Ebm] band [Dbm] in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired [Ab] a band,
[Db] And spread the welcome mat for you.
Oh, [Gb] I don't know where you came [Db] from,
Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bbm] But [F] it really [Bbm] doesn't matter,
Grab [Bb] a chair and fill your [Gbm] platter,
And [Eb] dig, dig, [Ab] dig right [F] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, [Ab] I'd have baked a cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, [G] hatchidoo.
[Bb] Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Hatchidoo!
_ [Db] _ [E] _ _ _ _
Well, well, well, look who's here!
[B] I haven't [Bb] seen you [Eb] in many [Db] a year!
[Eb] If I [Ab] knew you were [Db] coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Db] Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a [Ab] band,
Grand [Db] band in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have [Bm] hired a [Ab] band,
And spread the welcome mat [Db] for you.
[Gb] Oh, I don't know where you came from,
[Db] Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bb] But it really [F] doesn't matter,
[Db] Grab a chair [Gb] and fill your platter,
[Fm] And dig, [Ebm] dig, dig [Ab] right [Eb] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a [Ab] cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have [G] baked a cake,
[Eb] Hatchidoo, [Ab] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
[Bb] If _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] [Db] I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
[Ab] Baked a cake, [Db] baked a cake.
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked [Abm] a cake,
Hatchidoo, [Db] hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired a band,
[Ab] Grand [Ebm] band [Dbm] in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd have hired [Ab] a band,
[Db] And spread the welcome mat for you.
Oh, [Gb] I don't know where you came [Db] from,
Cause I don't know where you've been,
[Bbm] But [F] it really [Bbm] doesn't matter,
Grab [Bb] a chair and fill your [Gbm] platter,
And [Eb] dig, dig, [Ab] dig right [F] in!
[Db] If I knew you were coming, [Ab] I'd have baked a cake,
Hired a [Db] band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake,
Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, [G] hatchidoo.
[Bb] Hatchidoo, hatchidoo, hatchidoo.
Hatchidoo!
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