Tell Me Baby chords by 
Lead Belly 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Tell me
Verse 1
baby,
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what on earth is wrong with you
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Tell me baby,
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what on earth is wrong with you
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I just wanna know pretty mama,
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how come you do me like you do
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You caught the Santa Fe,
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I caught that Santa Fe
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You caught the Santa Fe,
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I caught that Santa Fe
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I the first thing I ask you pretty mama
Ooh Lord, you know you can't
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quit poor me
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Teepee and the Morgan,
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is runnin' side by side
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Teepee and the Morgan,
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is runnin' side by side
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If you can't catch the teepee, Ooh Lord,
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the Morgan will let you ride
Well it rained forty days,
forty nights without stoppin'
Jonah got mad 'cause the rain
kept a droppin'
Jonah run,
got in the belly of a whale
Now ain't the time to
tell the great big tale
The whale began to wiggle,
and Jonah began to scratch
The whale throw Jonah
in somebody's sweet potato patch
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Tell me baby,
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what on earth is wrong with you
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I just wanna know pretty mama,
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how come you do me like you do
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You caught the Santa Fe,
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I caught on be hind
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You caught the Santa Fe, I caught on behind
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A brownskin woman pretty mama, Ooh Lord,
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make a moon- eyed man go blind
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Go blind for me now
Outro 1
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ChordsA D E
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Capo: 2
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