Filipino Baby chords by Cal Smith, Ernest Tubb

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (C major) When the warships left Manila
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Sailin'  (F major) proudly o 'er the sea
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Many sail (C major) ors' hearts were
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filled  (D major) with fond regret
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 (G major) Lookin'  (C major) backward to this island
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Where they've spent  (F major) 
such happy hours
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Makin'  (G major) love to  (D major) every
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pretty  (G major) girl they  (C major) met
When up stepped a little sailor
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With his bright  (F major) eyes all aglow
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Sayin' take  (C major) a look at my  (D major) 
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gal's photograph  (G major) 
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Then the  (C major) sailors gathered round him
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Just to  (F major) look up on her face
And he said,
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 (G major) I love my Filipino baby  (C major) 
She's my Filipino baby
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She's my treas (F major) ure and my pet
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Her teeth  (C major) are bright and pearly
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And her hair  (D major) is black as jet  (G major) 
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Oh, her lips  (C major) are sweet as honey
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An (D major) d   (C major) her heart  (F major) is true, I know
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She's my darlin'  (G major)  (D major) little Filipino  (G major) baby,
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 (C major) Alen  (F major)  (G major) 
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In a little rustic cottage in the
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far  (F major) -off Philippines
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Dwells a lonely  (C major) little maid (D major) en all alone  (G major) 
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She is thinking  (C major) of her true love
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 (D major) Though he's  (C major) far  (F major) across the sea
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But her heart  (G major) beats true for
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him and him alone  (C major) 
Then one day he whispered, Darling,
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I've come back  (F major) from Carolina
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I've come back  (C major) to claim
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the  (D major) only girl I love  (G major) 
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Then that night  (C major) there was a wedding
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While the ships  (F major) together round
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And he wed  (G major) his little Filipino baby  (C major) 
She's my Filipino baby
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She's my treasure  (F major) and my pet
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Her teeth  (C major) are bright and pearly
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And her hair  (D major) is black as jest  (G major) 
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Oh, her lips  (C major) are sweet as honey
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And her heart  (F major) is true, I know
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She's my darlin'  (G major) little Filipina baby
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