Chords for "There Ain't No 'Maybe' in My Baby's Eyes" ("Whispering" Jack Smith, 1926)
Tempo:
113.7 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Cm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo [Ab] do, doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, [Cm] do-do-doo [F] do, do-do-doo do, [Bb] doo [Eb]-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, doo [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
-doo-doo do.
My baby never told me [E] exactly [Eb] how I smell.
[Bbm] She [Bb] even [Eb] tries to scold me when [Ab] I hold her a little [Bb] hard.
My baby may be [Ebm] bashful.
[Bb] My baby may be [Eb] shy.
[Gb]
But I'm [Bb] happy, oh so [F] happy.
And I'll [Bb] tell you why.
[Eb] Oh, I know my baby loves me.
[C] I can tell my baby loves me.
For there ain't [Eb] no baby in my baby's [B] eyes.
[Bb] Even [Eb] though she don't express it,
[Gb] I just as well [Eb] can tell,
For there ain't no [Bb] baby in [Ebm] my baby's eyes.
[Abm] [Eb] We sit [Cm] each [Bb] evening,
[Ebm] Never [Cm] speak,
I wish each evening
[F] Could last [Fm] a week.
[Db] [Bb] [Eb] For I know my baby [C] loves me,
[Ebm] I can tell my baby loves me,
For there ain't no baby in [Eb] my [Cm] baby's eyes.
[Abm] [E] Although our [Eb] conversation
[Bb] Is mostly just [C] hello,
That certain hesitation
[Eb] [F] Every time I start [Abm] to go.
[Bb] [Eb] A little way of saying
[C] [Bb] That little [Gm] word goodbye
[F] Makes me [Bb] happy, oh so happy.
[Gbm] And here's [Bb] just why.
[Eb] Oh I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my [Eb] baby loves me,
For there ain't [E] no baby [Bb] in my [Eb] baby's eyes.
[B] [Gm] And even though [Eb] she don't express it,
[Ab] [C] She might just as well confess [Eb] it,
For there ain't no [Ab] baby in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
We sit each [Bb] evening,
[Cm] Never speak,
[Gb] [Bm] I wish each [Cm] evening
[F] Could last a week.
[Bb] [Eb] For I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
For there [C] ain't no [B] baby [Gm] in my baby's eyes.
[D] [Eb] Oh I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
[Em] For there ain't no [A] [Gm] baby in my baby's eyes.
[Eb] And even though she don't express it,
[Ab] She might just as well confess it,
[Cm] For there ain't [Bb] no [Cm] baby in my baby's eyes.
We sit [Eb] each evening,
Never [Gb] speak,
[Gm] [Cm] I wish each evening
[Em] Could last a [Fm] week.
[Bb] [C] [Eb] For I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my baby loves me,
[Eb] For there ain't [F] no baby [Bb] in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
-doo-doo do.
My baby never told me [E] exactly [Eb] how I smell.
[Bbm] She [Bb] even [Eb] tries to scold me when [Ab] I hold her a little [Bb] hard.
My baby may be [Ebm] bashful.
[Bb] My baby may be [Eb] shy.
[Gb]
But I'm [Bb] happy, oh so [F] happy.
And I'll [Bb] tell you why.
[Eb] Oh, I know my baby loves me.
[C] I can tell my baby loves me.
For there ain't [Eb] no baby in my baby's [B] eyes.
[Bb] Even [Eb] though she don't express it,
[Gb] I just as well [Eb] can tell,
For there ain't no [Bb] baby in [Ebm] my baby's eyes.
[Abm] [Eb] We sit [Cm] each [Bb] evening,
[Ebm] Never [Cm] speak,
I wish each evening
[F] Could last [Fm] a week.
[Db] [Bb] [Eb] For I know my baby [C] loves me,
[Ebm] I can tell my baby loves me,
For there ain't no baby in [Eb] my [Cm] baby's eyes.
[Abm] [E] Although our [Eb] conversation
[Bb] Is mostly just [C] hello,
That certain hesitation
[Eb] [F] Every time I start [Abm] to go.
[Bb] [Eb] A little way of saying
[C] [Bb] That little [Gm] word goodbye
[F] Makes me [Bb] happy, oh so happy.
[Gbm] And here's [Bb] just why.
[Eb] Oh I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my [Eb] baby loves me,
For there ain't [E] no baby [Bb] in my [Eb] baby's eyes.
[B] [Gm] And even though [Eb] she don't express it,
[Ab] [C] She might just as well confess [Eb] it,
For there ain't no [Ab] baby in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
We sit each [Bb] evening,
[Cm] Never speak,
[Gb] [Bm] I wish each [Cm] evening
[F] Could last a week.
[Bb] [Eb] For I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
For there [C] ain't no [B] baby [Gm] in my baby's eyes.
[D] [Eb] Oh I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
[Em] For there ain't no [A] [Gm] baby in my baby's eyes.
[Eb] And even though she don't express it,
[Ab] She might just as well confess it,
[Cm] For there ain't [Bb] no [Cm] baby in my baby's eyes.
We sit [Eb] each evening,
Never [Gb] speak,
[Gm] [Cm] I wish each evening
[Em] Could last a [Fm] week.
[Bb] [C] [Eb] For I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my baby loves me,
[Eb] For there ain't [F] no baby [Bb] in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Cm
F
Eb
Bb
Ab
[Eb] doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo [Ab] do, doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, [Cm] do-do-doo [F] do, do-do-doo do, [Bb] doo [Eb]-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, doo-doo-doo do, doo _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
-doo-doo do.
My baby never told me [E] exactly [Eb] how I smell.
[Bbm] She [Bb] even [Eb] tries to scold me when [Ab] I hold her a little [Bb] hard.
My baby may be [Ebm] bashful.
[Bb] My baby may be [Eb] shy.
[Gb]
But I'm [Bb] happy, oh so [F] happy.
And I'll [Bb] tell you why.
[Eb] Oh, I know my baby loves me.
[C] I can tell my baby loves me.
For there ain't [Eb] no baby in my baby's [B] eyes.
[Bb] Even [Eb] though she don't express it,
[Gb] I just as well [Eb] can tell,
For there ain't no [Bb] baby in [Ebm] my baby's eyes.
[Abm] _ [Eb] We sit [Cm] each [Bb] evening,
[Ebm] Never [Cm] speak,
_ I wish each evening
[F] Could last [Fm] a week.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] For I know my baby [C] loves me,
[Ebm] I can tell my baby loves me,
For there ain't no baby in [Eb] my [Cm] baby's eyes.
[Abm] _ [E] _ Although our [Eb] conversation
[Bb] Is mostly just [C] hello,
That certain hesitation
[Eb] _ [F] Every time I start [Abm] to go.
[Bb] [Eb] A little way of saying
[C] [Bb] That little [Gm] word goodbye
[F] Makes me [Bb] happy, oh so happy.
[Gbm] And here's [Bb] just why.
[Eb] Oh I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my [Eb] baby loves me,
For there ain't [E] no baby [Bb] in my [Eb] baby's eyes.
[B] _ [Gm] And even though [Eb] she don't express it,
[Ab] [C] She might just as well confess [Eb] it,
For there ain't no [Ab] baby in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
We sit each [Bb] evening,
[Cm] Never speak,
[Gb] _ [Bm] I wish each [Cm] evening
[F] Could last a week.
[Bb] _ [Eb] For I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
For there [C] ain't no [B] baby [Gm] in my baby's eyes.
[D] _ [Eb] Oh I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
[Em] For there ain't no [A] [Gm] baby in my baby's eyes.
[Eb] And even though she don't express it,
[Ab] She might just as well confess it,
[Cm] For there ain't [Bb] no [Cm] baby in my baby's eyes.
We sit [Eb] each evening,
Never [Gb] speak,
[Gm] [Cm] I wish each evening
[Em] Could last a [Fm] week.
[Bb] _ [C] [Eb] For I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my baby loves me,
[Eb] For there ain't [F] no baby [Bb] in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
-doo-doo do.
My baby never told me [E] exactly [Eb] how I smell.
[Bbm] She [Bb] even [Eb] tries to scold me when [Ab] I hold her a little [Bb] hard.
My baby may be [Ebm] bashful.
[Bb] My baby may be [Eb] shy.
[Gb]
But I'm [Bb] happy, oh so [F] happy.
And I'll [Bb] tell you why.
[Eb] Oh, I know my baby loves me.
[C] I can tell my baby loves me.
For there ain't [Eb] no baby in my baby's [B] eyes.
[Bb] Even [Eb] though she don't express it,
[Gb] I just as well [Eb] can tell,
For there ain't no [Bb] baby in [Ebm] my baby's eyes.
[Abm] _ [Eb] We sit [Cm] each [Bb] evening,
[Ebm] Never [Cm] speak,
_ I wish each evening
[F] Could last [Fm] a week.
[Db] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] For I know my baby [C] loves me,
[Ebm] I can tell my baby loves me,
For there ain't no baby in [Eb] my [Cm] baby's eyes.
[Abm] _ [E] _ Although our [Eb] conversation
[Bb] Is mostly just [C] hello,
That certain hesitation
[Eb] _ [F] Every time I start [Abm] to go.
[Bb] [Eb] A little way of saying
[C] [Bb] That little [Gm] word goodbye
[F] Makes me [Bb] happy, oh so happy.
[Gbm] And here's [Bb] just why.
[Eb] Oh I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my [Eb] baby loves me,
For there ain't [E] no baby [Bb] in my [Eb] baby's eyes.
[B] _ [Gm] And even though [Eb] she don't express it,
[Ab] [C] She might just as well confess [Eb] it,
For there ain't no [Ab] baby in [Eb] my baby's eyes.
We sit each [Bb] evening,
[Cm] Never speak,
[Gb] _ [Bm] I wish each [Cm] evening
[F] Could last a week.
[Bb] _ [Eb] For I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
For there [C] ain't no [B] baby [Gm] in my baby's eyes.
[D] _ [Eb] Oh I know my baby loves [Ab] me,
I can tell my baby loves me,
[Em] For there ain't no [A] [Gm] baby in my baby's eyes.
[Eb] And even though she don't express it,
[Ab] She might just as well confess it,
[Cm] For there ain't [Bb] no [Cm] baby in my baby's eyes.
We sit [Eb] each evening,
Never [Gb] speak,
[Gm] [Cm] I wish each evening
[Em] Could last a [Fm] week.
[Bb] _ [C] [Eb] For I know my baby loves me,
[Ab] I can tell my baby loves me,
[Eb] For there ain't [F] no baby [Bb] in [Eb] my baby's eyes.