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Take Good Care Of My Baby:Bobby Vee.
#1 in 1961.
Please note that the original recording is off pitch. If you want
to play along to it, you'll have to tune your strings up a bit.
[Intro]
F Dm Bb C
My tears are fallin', cause you've taken her away.
F Aaug
And though it really hurts me so,
Bb C
there's something that I've gotta say.
[Verse 1]
F Dm Bb C
Take good care of my ba..by.
F Dm Bb C
Please don't ever make her blu...e.
F F7
Just tell her that you love her,
Bb Bbm
Make sure you're thinking of her,
F Dm Bb C
In everything you say and do..o.
[Verse 2]
F Dm Bb C
Aww, take good care of my ba..by.
F Dm Bb C
Now, don't you ever make her cry..y.
F F7
Just let your love surround her,
Bb Bbm
Paint a rainbow all around her,
F Dm C F F7
Don't let her see a cloudy sky.
[Chorus]
Gm C Fmaj7 Dm
Once upon a time that little girl was mine.
Gm C Fmaj7 Bb C
If I'd been true, I know she'd never be with you.
[Verse 3]
F Dm Bb C
So, take good care of my ba..by.
F Dm Bb C
Be just as kind as you can be..e.
F F7
And if you should discover,
Bb Bbm
That you don't really love her,
F Dm Bb C F
Just send my baby, back home, to, me.
(Key change)
C#7
[Verse 4]
F# D#m B C#
So, take good care of my ba..by.
F# D#m B C#
Be just as kind as you can be..e.
F# F#7
And if you should discover,
B Bm
That you don't really love her,
F# D#m B C# F# D#m B C#
Just send my baby, back home, to, me.
[Outro]
C# F# D#m B C#
Aww, take good care of my ba..by.
F# D#m B C#
Well, take good care of my ba..by.
F# D#m B C#
Just, take good care of my ba..by.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.