Chords for If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake - Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
Tempo:
155.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm]
[E] [C#m] Fuckin' fuck!
[C] [B]
[E] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] [E] baked a cake
baked a big fat cake
If I knew you was coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] How'd'ya do?
[D#] How'd'ya do, how'd'ya [E] do, [B] how'd'ya [A] [B] do?
[E] Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a [F#m] band?
I got the greatest [E] band in the whole darned land
Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a band?
And spread the [G#m] welcome mat for [A] me
Now I don't know where you came from
Cause [E] I don't know where you've been
[C#m] But it really [C] doesn't matter
[E] Get a [F#] chair, fill your platter
[F#m] And dig, [C] dig, dig [B] right in
[C] [E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
[F#m] Seven [G#m] course, [E]
mostly horse?
Yeah, now
If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[Am]
[D] [C#] If we'd have known [G] you were coming
We'd have baked [Am] a cake
Baked a [G] cake, baked a cake
If we'd have known you were coming
We'd have baked a cake
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
Had you dropped us a letter
We'd have hired a hall
A great big hall with a bunch
If you dropped us a letter
We'd [D] have had a meal
And spread the welcome mat [G] for you
[F#m] Spread [B] the welcome mat [E] for you
[A] Gee, it's so darn good to see ya
[E] And I've planned a good long stay
If you'd only give me warning
[A#m] I'd have hopped a plane this [F#m] morning
And I'd [C#] have [A] gone the other [G#m]
way
[E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have cooked a goose
[F#] Cooked [B] a hoose?
A goose moose
If you knew I was coming
[E] You'd have cooked a goose
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[N]
How'd you do?
[B] How'd you do?
[C] How'd you do-do-do [B]
-doose?
How'd [C#m] you do?
[E] [N]
Oh [E] Robert, I must say I've never heard you
Never heard you in such a [N] wonderful voice, Rob
You're never better, I'm sure of it
[E] [C#m] Fuckin' fuck!
[C] [B]
[E] If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] [E] baked a cake
baked a big fat cake
If I knew you was coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] How'd'ya do?
[D#] How'd'ya do, how'd'ya [E] do, [B] how'd'ya [A] [B] do?
[E] Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a [F#m] band?
I got the greatest [E] band in the whole darned land
Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a band?
And spread the [G#m] welcome mat for [A] me
Now I don't know where you came from
Cause [E] I don't know where you've been
[C#m] But it really [C] doesn't matter
[E] Get a [F#] chair, fill your platter
[F#m] And dig, [C] dig, dig [B] right in
[C] [E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
[F#m] Seven [G#m] course, [E]
mostly horse?
Yeah, now
If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[Am]
[D] [C#] If we'd have known [G] you were coming
We'd have baked [Am] a cake
Baked a [G] cake, baked a cake
If we'd have known you were coming
We'd have baked a cake
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
Had you dropped us a letter
We'd have hired a hall
A great big hall with a bunch
If you dropped us a letter
We'd [D] have had a meal
And spread the welcome mat [G] for you
[F#m] Spread [B] the welcome mat [E] for you
[A] Gee, it's so darn good to see ya
[E] And I've planned a good long stay
If you'd only give me warning
[A#m] I'd have hopped a plane this [F#m] morning
And I'd [C#] have [A] gone the other [G#m]
way
[E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have cooked a goose
[F#] Cooked [B] a hoose?
A goose moose
If you knew I was coming
[E] You'd have cooked a goose
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[N]
How'd you do?
[B] How'd you do?
[C] How'd you do-do-do [B]
-doose?
How'd [C#m] you do?
[E] [N]
Oh [E] Robert, I must say I've never heard you
Never heard you in such a [N] wonderful voice, Rob
You're never better, I'm sure of it
Key:
E
B
C
F#m
F#
E
B
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ Fuckin' fuck!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] _ [E] baked a cake
baked a big fat cake
If I knew you was coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] How'd'ya do?
[D#] How'd'ya do, how'd'ya [E] do, _ [B] how'd'ya _ [A] _ _ [B] do?
_ [E] Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a [F#m] band?
I got the greatest [E] band in the whole darned land
Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a band?
And spread the [G#m] welcome mat for [A] me
Now I don't know where you came from
Cause [E] I don't know where you've been
[C#m] But it really [C] doesn't matter
[E] Get a [F#] chair, fill your platter
[F#m] And dig, [C] dig, dig [B] right in
[C] _ [E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
[F#m] Seven [G#m] course, [E] _
mostly horse?
Yeah, now
If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] [C#] If we'd have known [G] you were coming
We'd have baked [Am] a cake
_ Baked a [G] cake, baked a cake
If we'd have known you were coming
We'd have baked a cake
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
_ Had you dropped us a letter
We'd have hired a hall
A great big hall with a _ bunch
If you dropped us a letter
We'd _ _ [D] have had a meal
And spread the welcome mat [G] for you
_ _ [F#m] Spread [B] the welcome mat [E] for you
_ [A] Gee, it's so darn good to see ya
[E] And I've planned a good long stay
_ If you'd only give me warning
[A#m] I'd have hopped a plane this [F#m] morning
And I'd [C#] have [A] gone the other [G#m]
way
[E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have cooked a goose
[F#] Cooked [B] a hoose?
A goose moose
If you knew I was coming
[E] You'd have cooked a goose
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[N] _
How'd you do?
[B] How'd you do?
[C] How'd you do-do-do [B] _
-doose?
How'd [C#m] you do? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [E] Robert, I must say I've never heard you _
Never heard you in such a [N] wonderful voice, Rob
You're never better, I'm sure of it _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ Fuckin' fuck!
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] _ [E] baked a cake
baked a big fat cake
If I knew you was coming, I'd have baked a cake
[F#] How'd'ya do?
[D#] How'd'ya do, how'd'ya [E] do, _ [B] how'd'ya _ [A] _ _ [B] do?
_ [E] Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a [F#m] band?
I got the greatest [E] band in the whole darned land
Had I dropped you a letter, would you've hired a band?
And spread the [G#m] welcome mat for [A] me
Now I don't know where you came from
Cause [E] I don't know where you've been
[C#m] But it really [C] doesn't matter
[E] Get a [F#] chair, fill your platter
[F#m] And dig, [C] dig, dig [B] right in
[C] _ [E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
[F#m] Seven [G#m] course, [E] _
mostly horse?
Yeah, now
If you knew I was coming
You'd have had a meal
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] [C#] If we'd have known [G] you were coming
We'd have baked [Am] a cake
_ Baked a [G] cake, baked a cake
If we'd have known you were coming
We'd have baked a cake
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
_ Had you dropped us a letter
We'd have hired a hall
A great big hall with a _ bunch
If you dropped us a letter
We'd _ _ [D] have had a meal
And spread the welcome mat [G] for you
_ _ [F#m] Spread [B] the welcome mat [E] for you
_ [A] Gee, it's so darn good to see ya
[E] And I've planned a good long stay
_ If you'd only give me warning
[A#m] I'd have hopped a plane this [F#m] morning
And I'd [C#] have [A] gone the other [G#m]
way
[E] If you knew I was coming
You'd have cooked a goose
[F#] Cooked [B] a hoose?
A goose moose
If you knew I was coming
[E] You'd have cooked a goose
How'd you do?
How'd you do?
[N] _
How'd you do?
[B] How'd you do?
[C] How'd you do-do-do [B] _
-doose?
How'd [C#m] you do? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [E] Robert, I must say I've never heard you _
Never heard you in such a [N] wonderful voice, Rob
You're never better, I'm sure of it _ _ _ _ _ _