Baby Used To Be chords by Bob Dorough

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Em
A
Bbdim
D
F#m
C#
Ddim
Ebdim
Asus4
B
Fdim
Fm
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
F#dim
D#dim
G#
C#m
F#
Bbaug
Dm
D#m
Gdim
Edim
Bm
C
Gbdim
Adim
F
Db
Ab
Gb
Eaug
Dbm
E
G#m
Gbm
G#dim
Bsus4

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Baby used to be so cute
A 
Bbdim 
 (A major) and  cuddly  (B flatdim) 
D 
F#m 
 (D major) Bouncing on my knee,  (F sharp minor) 
C# 
Ddim 
bab (C sharp major) bling  (Ddim) nothings
Em 
Ebdim 
 (E minor) Laughing when I'd  (E flatdim) laugh,
Em 
Asus4 
A 
 (E minor) crying  (Asus4) when      (A major) she wanted
D 
Ebdim 
B 
my  (D major) mind  (E flatdim)  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) And mama used to be so
A 
 (A major) bright and breezy,
D 
she'd  (D major) sleep in bed with me,
Ddim 
C# 
Fdim 
nice  (Ddim)  (C sharp major)  (Fdim) and    easy.
Em 
Ebdim 
Now  (E minor) she's always  (E flatdim) out
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Doesn't seem  (A major) to want her
D 
Fm 
Bbsus4 
 (D major) Popeye  (F minor) Apples used to fall  (B flatsus4) 
Bb 
Eb 
 (B flat major) Right at my feet most  (E flat major) every early fall
D 
F#dim 
D#dim 
G# 
So  (D major)  (F sharpdim) ripe     and sweet  (D sharpdim)  (G sharp major) 
C#m 
F# 
 (C sharp minor) But   now, they keep clinging to  (F sharp major) the bow
Bbaug 
B 
Until they shrivel  (B flataug) and       (B major) die
Dm 
I don't know why  (D minor) 
D#m 
F# 
D#m 
Vaca (D sharp minor) tions used  (F sharp major) to  (D sharp minor) reach
G# 
 (G sharp major) Right across Virginia
C# 
 (C sharp major) To  a clean, secluded beach
Gdim 
Edim 
 (Gdim) Now you  (Edim) can't  go in the water,
D#m 
 (D sharp minor) temperatures are hotter,
Ddim 
D#dim 
D#m 
G# 
C# 
 (Ddim) and  (D sharpdim) the weather's weird  (D sharp minor) an (G sharp major) d crazy too,  (C sharp major) 
Em 
what to do? and now baby's  (E minor) gone away
Asus4 
A 
she's  (Asus4) seek (A major) ing knowledge
Edim 
D 
 (Edim) call    (D major) s me once a day
Fdim 
Ddim 
but  (Fdim)  (Ddim) after college,
Edim 
she'll be  (Edim) moving far away,
Ebdim 
Em 
A 
D 
 (E flatdim) follow (E minor) ing her  (A major) new  (D major) ca reer,
Bm 
D 
C 
F#dim 
 (B minor)  (D major) far from  (C major) here.  (F sharpdim) 
Fm 
And  (F minor) mama's got the blues,
Fdim 
Ddim 
she  (Fdim) doesn't  (Ddim) need   me,
Eb 
Bb 
Eb 
 (E flat major) whatever  (B flat major) word (E flat major) s I choose,
Gbdim 
Adim 
F 
Ebdim 
 (G flatdim) she       (Adim) doesn't  (F major) read me  (E flatdim) 
Fm 
Fdim 
Em 
Edim 
Db 
Ab 
Ddim 
 (F minor) so   (Fdim) it's kind of  (E minor) lonely here  (Edim) at     home  (D flat major) with  (A flat major)  (Ddim) only
Bbaug 
Gb 
Ddim 
Db 
Eaug 
Dbm 
C 
Fm 
 (B flataug) me  (G flat major) or  (Ddim)  (D flat major) is that  (Eaug) me      (D flat minor)  (C major)  (F minor) 
why nothing seemed to be
Bbsus4 
Ab 
Bb 
Eb 
F#m 
C#m 
 (B flatsus4) the       way it  (A flat major)  (B flat major) used to  (E flat major) be   (F sharp minor)  (C sharp minor) 
F#m 
B 
F#dim 
Fm 
 (F sharp minor)  (B major)  (F sharpdim)  (F minor) 
E 
G#m 
E 
G#m 
C#m 
E 
F# 
Gdim 
Edim 
 (E major)  (G sharp minor)  (E major)  (G sharp minor)  (C sharp minor)  (E major)  (F sharp major)  (Gdim)  (Edim) 
Gbm 
Db 
 (G flat minor)  (D flat major) 
Dbm 
C# 
Ddim 
Guess  (D flat minor) I'll  take  (C sharp major) up  chess or  (Ddim) poker,
A 
C#m 
C# 
 (A major) hang  (C sharp minor) out with  (C sharp major) my  friend the joker,
B 
Ddim 
G#dim 
 (B major)  (Ddim) but  (G sharpdim) I know this
C# 
This isn't just  (C sharp major) me
F#m 
B 
Cause nothing  (F sharp minor) seems to be  (B major) 
Bsus4 
B 
E 
The  (Bsus4) way      it  (B major) used to  (E major) be