Baby chords by Devendra Banhart (Official Version)

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E
F#m7
A
B

Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
 (E major) Baby
F#m7 
I finally know what I'm going after  (F sharp minor7) 
E 
I'm learning to let in all the laughter  (E major) 
Holy moly you´re so funny
F#m7 
You  (F sharp minor7) crack   me up
You crack me up
E 
 (E major) Look out
F#m7 
For dreams that keep returning  (F sharp minor7) 
E 
Cause magic ain´t no hand me down yearning  (E major) 
You feel it you want it
F#m7 
The way I want  (F sharp minor7) you     babe

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Chorus 1

Traveling by choo choo train, yeah

We know where we just don't know when

Like some everlasting onion

peeled by love

Verse 2
E 
 (E major) Never
F#m7 
Heard a better bad joke said out  (F sharp minor7) loud
E 
You flip flap and I wild  (E major) out
Can you believe believe it? I can't believe it
F#m7 
But it's  (F sharp minor7) true
E 
F#m7 
You're  (E major) giving eighty billion years of giggling  (F sharp minor7) 
E 
A whole new world to live  (E major) in
But this one's real
This one's real
F#m7 
 (F sharp minor7) This    one's real

Chorus 2

Like an old tired kangaroo

You be one and I'll be one too

Play it goofy or play it cool

Interlude 1

Chorus 3

Everything that happened

You know it don't mean a thing to us

'Cause so much is going to happen

Because

Outro 1

You showed me

A sunset overflowing

But who cares where it's going

As long as you're next to me

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GuitarPianoUkulele

E
F#m7
A
B

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E majorBPM: 103

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#m7: 2-4-2-2-2-2
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x

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This is the definitive original version of Baby by Devendra Banhart, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Baby the way Devendra Banhart intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.