Chords for Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Baby It's Cold Outside

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[Eb] I really can't stay.
Betty, it's cold outside.
[Fm] I've got to go away.
Betty, it's cold out [Fm] there.
[Eb] This evening has been so very nice.
Been hoping that you'd drop in. _
_ [Db] _ I'll hold [Cm] your [Bbm] hand.
[Ab] My mother [Fm] will start [Cm] to worry [Db] _ _
[Eb] me.
And father will [F] be pacing the lawn.
Listen to that [Eb] fireplace growl.
It's so really ice [Cm] cold.
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Well, [Dm] maybe just a [A] half a [Bb] tree or _ _
[Eb] two.
Even the neighbors might think that it gets bad out there.
_ [Ab] Say, what's in this [Bb] tree?
No [Fm] cabs to be had out [Bb] there.
[Eb] I wish I knew how.
Your eyes are like starlight now.
Too [Bbm] great to spare.
I'll take your [Cm] hat.
[F] [G] Your [Ab] hair looks red.
My heart is [Fm] aching now.
[Cm]
Mind [Abm] if I move in [Eb] closer?
At [Bb] least I'm [Dm] gonna say that [Fm] I tried.
What's the [D] sense of hurting [Cm] my pride?
I really [Eb] can't [C] stay.
Baby, don't hold on.
Oh, [F] but it's [Cm] [Bb] cold _ [Eb] outside.
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_ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ Let's go.
Betty, it's cold outside.
[Ab] The answer [Fm] is no.
[Ebm] I say [Bb] it's cold out there.
[Cm] The welcome [Gm] has been.
How lucky that you dropped in.
So nice [Fm] and warm.
Look [Bbm] out [G] that window.
And [Ab] that's where my sister [Fm] will be.
[G] _ Your [Fm] lips look delicious.
[Abm] My [Eb] brother will [F] be.
_ [B] Waves [F] upon a tropical [Eb] shore.
My maiden aunt's mind [Cm] is vicious.
Your lips are [A] delicious.
Well, [Am] maybe just a [Bb] cigarette moon.
Oh, never such a blizzard [Eb] before.
I've got to go home.
Betty, you freeze out there.
[Fm] Say lend me your comb.
[Ab] It's up to your [Bb] knees out [Ab] there.
[Cm] You've really been great.
I thrill [G] when you touch my [Eb] hand.
[Bbm] Don't [Fm] you see?
How [Bbm] [Eb] can you [G] do this to [Ab] me?
Best bond to be. _
Make of my lifelong [Eb] sorrow.
At least there [Cm] will be plenty [Fm] implied.
If [Ab] you caught [Eb] pneumonia and died.
I really can't [Gm] stay.
Get over that, oh, [C] love.
Oh, [F] but it's cold.
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