Lean Baby chords by Dinah Washington

SimplifiedD · Am · G · Bm · B …

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D
Am
G
Bm
B
Em
A
C
E
F#m
Bbdim
F#
C#m
C#dim
C#

Verse 1
D 
Am 
Well,  (D major)  (A minor) 
D 
G 
 (D major) now, it takes more  (G major) than a robin
D 
Bm 
B 
to make  (D major) the  (B minor) win (B major) ter go
Em 
A 
 (E minor) And it takes two  (A major) lips of
fire to melt away the snow
D 
G 
But, it  (D major) takes two  (G major) hearts a-
D 
cookin' to  (D major) make a fire grow
A 
D 
G 
And baby  (A major) you've  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
got what  (D major) it takes
Bm 
B 
You know  (B minor)  (B major) it

Verse 2
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor) takes a  (A major) lot  (D major) of kissin'
G 
(Tell me  (G major) about it)
D 
G 
to make  (D major) a ro (G major) mance sweet
D 
Am 
D 
G 
C 
 (D major) Ooh, it  (A minor) takes a  (D major) lot of  (G major) lovin'  (C major) 
E 
Am 
D 
 (E major)  (A minor) to make my  (D major) life complete
G 
Bm 
D 
A 
F#m 
D 
A 
 (G major) Mmm, and it  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) takes  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
a lot of woman to knock me off my  (D major) feet
G 
D 
and baby,  (G major) you've got  (D major) what it takes.
Bm 
I said, mm,  (B minor) mm, mm. uh- huh, mm, mm, mm

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Verse 3

Ah, ah, hah

mm, mm

You know you've got just

what it takes!

Verse 4
G 
Because it takes more than  (G major) an
D 
G 
 (D major) effort to stay  (G major) away from you
D 
Bm 
B 
E 
A 
It'd take  (D major) more  (B minor)  (B major)  (E major) than  (A major) a  lifetime
E 
A 
Bbdim 
F# 
 (E major) to prove  (A major) that  (B flatdim)  (F sharp major) I'll be true
C#m 
F# 
E 
 (C sharp minor) But  (F sharp major) it takes somebody  (E major) special
A 
Bbdim 
C#dim 
to make  (A major) me  (B flatdim) say, "I  (C sharpdim) do."
C#m 
"Oh,  (C sharp minor) yeah"
F# 
B 
E 
A 
And baby,  (F sharp major)  (B major)  (E major) you've got what it  (A major) takes.
Bbdim 
F# 
Ah, ah,  (B flatdim)  (F sharp major) hah mm, mm, uh-

Verse 5
huh,
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) mm, mm, mm
Mmm
F#m 
F# 
You  (F sharp minor) know   (F sharp major) you've got
F#m 
just what  (F sharp minor) it    takes

Verse 6
E 
F#m 
Because  (E major) it takes oh yeah  (F sharp minor) 
A 
Bbdim 
F# 
B 
C#m 
 (A major) "You're back  (B flatdim) in  (F sharp major)  (B major) my spot  (C sharp minor) again,
F# 
 (F sharp major) honey"
C#m 
F# 
"I like your spot"  (C sharp minor)  (F sharp major) 
Bm 
D 
 (B minor) To stay  (D major) away from you
A 
F# 
Bm 
"I can (A major) 't stay away from you"  (F sharp major)  (B minor) 
C#m 
A 
It takes more than  (C sharp minor) a life (A major) time, daddy,
C#m 
F# 
to  (C sharp minor) prove that I'll  (F sharp major) be true
"NOW it's you"
B 
 (B major) But, it takes somebody special
C# 
B 
F# 
 (C sharp major)  (B major) "Like  (F sharp major) me, baby"
B 
C# 
to make  (B major) me say,  (C sharp major) "I do."
F# 
 (F sharp major) And baby you've got what it takes

Verse 7
C# 
"C'mon, let's play  (C sharp major) it again,
huh?"
F# 
B 
C# 
"C'mon,  (F sharp major) let's do  (B major) it one more  (C sharp major) time,
F# 
all  (F sharp major) right?"
C# 
And baby  (C sharp major) you've got
F# 
what it takes  (F sharp major) 
"One more time, Brook"
B 
"Ah- ha, OK,  (B major) Ah- ha"
F# 
And baby you've got what it takes  (F sharp major) 