You Could Have Had Me, Baby chords by
Esther Phillips

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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C

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C#dim

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Verse 1

G

G

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You could have had me baby,

C

C

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G

G

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but you threw your chance away.

C

C

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You thought you had a rain check,

G

G

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C

C

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G

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but there ain't no game today, well good mornin' baby,

I wanna know,

G

G

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Gm

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G

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what can I do for you, yeah.

C

C

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G

G

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Yeah.

D

D

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C

C

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You see, I don't seem to recall

that we'd sign up any kind of rendezvous.

G

G

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C

C

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C#m

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C#dim

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G

G

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Now,

D

D

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G

G

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I want you to hear this, honey.

C

C

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You remember one night, baby, I was standing,

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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standing in the rain, yeah, and you never,

C

C

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you never asked me in, and I didn't even complain,

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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no, no, no, no, and you know, I was broke,

Wet, tired, and hungry

But you threw me right

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G

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on out the door

C

C

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Yes you did, yes you did, yes you did

C#

C#

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D

D

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Now it's my turn to tell you

C

C

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I just can't, I just can't,

just can't use you anymore

Oh

G

G

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C

C

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Lord, I'm so glad, so glad you're gone

C#dim

C#dim

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G

G

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Ddim

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E

E

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Asus4

Asus4

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D

D

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this time around

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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Yeah, the last time I saw you

C

C

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You were evil, evil as you could be

G

G

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C

C

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My sister had big eyes for you

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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Gaug

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But you had no eyes for me

C

C

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You, you could have had me baby

But it's too bad, it's too bad

It's too bad because you

G

G

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need me now

C

C

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G

G

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Don't you think I don't know

C

C

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G

G

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C

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G

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C#

C#

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you need me now

D

D

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C

C

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I'm so sorry, baby, cause I ain't about to take you back,

Fsus4

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F#

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take you back no time, no place,

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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no how, no I ain't, baby, no I ain't,

C#dim

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G

G

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D

D

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C

C

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baby, no, uh -uh, no, no.

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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I used to love you, baby

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C

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But you're playin' so

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C

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hard to get

G

G

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Bdim

Bdim

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Bb

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G

G

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Em

Em

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C

C

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So I found me somebody

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G

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C

C

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Who made you so easy to forget

Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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Be cause of you,

you could've had me, baby

G

G

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Way back when the time was so right,

C

C

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G

G

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so right, so right

C

C

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D

D

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Now I know you're starving,

you're starving for some of my lovin'

C#

C#

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C

C

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It's too late, it's too late,

G

G

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C

C

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C#dim

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G

G

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E

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A

A

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D

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G

G

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cause I've lost my appetite

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C

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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Bb

Bb

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Bb

Bb

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Bb

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G

G

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C

C

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So

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G

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Em

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D

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C#dim

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G

G

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Ddim

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G

G

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Oh

C

C

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G

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G

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C#dim

C#dim

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C

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C

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C#dim

C#dim

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C

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G

G

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C

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G

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C

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G

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D

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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C#dim

C#dim

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G

G

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Em

Em

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E

E

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A

A

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D

D

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Now I want you to pay special attention to this,

G

G

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G

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C

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you could have had me baby, in 1973.

Fm

Fm

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G

G

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G

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Now I'm older and I'm wiser and you don't look so good to me no more,

C#

C#

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C

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no more, you could have had me baby

G

G

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Way back, way back in 1968, yeah,

C

C

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G

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C

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yeah, yeah

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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But I got news, I got news for you baby

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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C#dim

C#dim

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C

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Oh my lord, oh you just

Am

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C

C

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G

G

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came around too late

C

C

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Yes you did, it's too late baby,

C#dim

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oh yeah

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G

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Ab

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G

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Chords

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Bb
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Am
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The original key of You Could Have Had Me, Baby by Esther Phillips is Bb major.

The primary chords used in You Could Have Had Me, Baby are Bb, Eb, Fbdim, G, C, F.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, Eb, Fbdim, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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