Baby chords by Lloyd Cole

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

In the verses, you can play the C5addC# C minorCm combo as F minorFm C minorCm also. There's a C#C# in there somewhere, but it
isn't crucial.

Also, the Eb MajorEb sounds better with the G+G as the root note (i.e., a first inversion),
especially if you are arpeggiating it (G+G Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb)

I also tabbed this for no capo (in C majorC minor), but it will be easier to play on guitar with Capo on 3.

Verse 1:
C minorCm     D7D7
Wasting my time
 G minorGm      C minorCm
A augmentedA shadow on the riverbank
Eb MajorEb     G minorGm        C minorCm
Watching my reflection go to sea
C minorCm       D7D7
Wind in my hair
G minorGm            C minorCm
I could be most anywhere
    Eb MajorEb      G minorGm
But I do not care to know
      C minorCm
Not where I stand

Chorus 1:
Bb majorBb       F minorFm
Baby, I've been lost without you
    AbAb              Eb MajorEb
Since I don't have a place to call my home
       F minorFm Bb majorBb     F minorFm       Bb majorBb
Oh, my sweet ba-by, must I empty my heart?
    F minorFm       G minorGm         C minorCm
Must I take what I can get and make it my own?
       C5addC# C minorCm
As long as I love my baby
F minorFm    G minorGm
I'm only lonely

Verse 2:
   C minorCm       D7D7
She said not to call
G minorGm        C minorCm
Said it would be best for all concerned
  Eb MajorEb   G minorGm        C minorCm
If I just all but disappear
C minorCm         D7D7
She loves you best
G minorGm             C minorCm
And I love her nonetheless
     Eb MajorEb      G minorGm      C minorCm
So I just listen to the voice on the machine, singing

Chorus 2:
Bb majorBb       F minorFm
Baby, I've been lost without you
    AbAb              Eb MajorEb
Since I don't have a place to call my home
       F minorFm Bb majorBb     F minorFm    Bb majorBb
Oh, my sweet ba-by, must I empty my heart?
    F minorFm       G minorGm         C minorCm
Must I take what I can get and call it my own?
       C5addC# C minorCm
As long as I love my baby
F minorFm    G minorGm
I'm only lonely

Bridge:
AbAb      Bb majorBb
Maybe one day she'll call me up and say
C minorCm
"Goddamn you your baby's crying,
  AbAb  Bb majorBb      C minorCm
And I'm lonely. Come home."
AbAb          Bb majorBb
Maybe I'll find some guts someplace
     C minorCm
And drive up and you'll be there playing on the porch
AbAb          Bb majorBb       F minorFm
And she'll just say "Baby, where you been?
        G minorGm
And ain't your little man growin'?"

Verse 3:
C minorCm    D7D7
Pay me no mind
      G minorGm      C minorCm
I'm just a shadow on the riverbank
Eb MajorEb      G minorGm       C minorCm
Watching my reflection go to sea

Chorus 3:
Bb majorBb       F minorFm
Baby, I've been lost without you
    AbAb              Eb MajorEb
Since I don't have a place to call my home
       F minorFm Bb majorBb     F minorFm    Bb majorBb
Oh, my sweet ba-by, must I empty my heart?
    F minorFm       G minorGm         C minorCm
Must I take what I can get and make it my home?
       F minorFm  C minorCm
As long as I love my baby
F minorFm    G minorGm
I'm only lonely

Outro: