Chords for Elsie Clark - Cry Baby Blues (1921)

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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ You're [Gb] the [Eb] baby [F] _ [D] I've been calling [Eb] my _ own.
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_ [Eb] _ [Bb] You're [B] about [F] the [Bb] meanest baby [Eb] I've known.
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And here's just [Bb] why.
When I want a [Eb] kiss, you answer no.
[Bb] I'll tell you [Eb] this, I'm gonna go.
And [Dm] [C] babies _
[Eb] [F] always spread _ [Bb] _ left [Eb] and right.
[B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] You'll [Eb] get _ [Ab] _ baby blues, you're [B] gonna cry _ baby.
[Eb] Cry baby [A]
blues just [C] means goodbye _ baby.
[B] _
Sugar oh [F] mine, so refined.
[Fm] You won't do this, [Bb] you won't do that, now what's on your [F] [Eb] mind?
[Ab] Cry baby blues, you're [B] gonna _ die baby.
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[Ebm] Kisses and blues, that [C] sweet as pie baby.
[Fm] At most [B] any sweetie at [Eb] the candy [Bbm] shop.
[Ab] What good is [B] a lolly [Cm] without _ any pie?
If I skadoo, you're [G] gonna _ [Db]
[C] cry baby.
_ [F] So cry [Bb] baby [Eb] _ blues.
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[Eb] _ _ [D] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] You must think [Gm]
[F] your kisses [Bb] made out [Eb] of _ gold.
_ Oh me, oh [Ab] my.
[Eb] [D] They [B] won't do [C] [F] you [Bb] any good when [Eb] you're [Abm] old. _ _ _
Just [Bb] why.
When roses are [D] red, [Eb] bees hang around.
[Bb]
When they are [Gb] dead, [Eb] bees can be found.
There'll [D] be no [Eb] bees [F]
around [Bb] when your love grows [Eb] cold. _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ You [F] will [Eb] get [Ab] those cry baby [F] blues, you're [B] gonna cry baby.
[Eb] Cry baby [Ebm] blues [E] just means goodbye baby.
_ [F] Sugar oh mine, you're so refined.
[Bb] You won't do this, you won't do that, now what's on your [Eb] mind?
[Ab] Cry [F] baby blues, you're [B] gonna _ die baby.
[Eb] _ Kisses [A] and blues, that [C] sweet as pie baby.
[Fm]
I'm the [B] bestest baby in [Eb] our neighborhood.
_ [Bbm] [Ab] They say [B] I'm not bad, but [Eb] still I'm not [Cm] so good.
If I skadoo, you're [G] gonna _ [C] cry baby.
[F] _
So [Bb] cry baby [Eb] blues. _
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