Chords with lyrics
Key: F# minorF#m
🎸 Intro:
N.C.
He's back, ma
N.C.
Why you all came back, boy?
N.C.
Leave us alone. Get
🎸 Verse 1:
F# minorF#m
- We all lived in a small town
F# minorF#m
- In a tumble-down shed
F# minorF#m
- Mumma, she was a good-good woman
F# minorF#m
- Worked so hard
F# minorF#m
- Worked her fingers to the bones
F# minorF#m
- Bring us kids up on her own
C#C# D MajorD
She said -- you'll see it - you'll hear it
🎸 Chorus:
BB
Baby don't speak no evil
D MajorD
Baby don't speak no evil
🎸 Interlude:
| F# minorF#m | F# minorF#m | F# minorF#m | F# minorF#m |
🎸 Verse 2:
F# minorF#m
- Papa, he was a good-good man
F# minorF#m
- And he worked so hard
C#C# D MajorD
He said -- you see it - you hear it
🎸 Chorus:
BB D MajorD
Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil
BB F# minorF#m
Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said
D MajorD BB
Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil
D MajorD A augmentedA
Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said
🎸 Interlude:
| A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
| E minorEm | E minorEm |
D MajorD E MajorE
Baby don't speak no evil
| F# minorF#m | F#M |
| A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
🎸 Verse 3:
F# minorF#m
- So they put us through schoo-ool
F# minorF#m
- And kept us clothed and fed
F# minorF#m
- We went swimmin' in summer
F# minorF#m
- Rememberin' what mama said
F# minorF#m
- Then we moved into town
F# minorF#m
- Saw those people messin' around
C# minorC#m D MajorD
She said - you see it - and you hear it
🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm
Baby don't speak no evil
D MajorD
My baby don't speak no evil
B minorBm F# minorF#m
Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said
F# minorF#m
Baby don't
C# minorC#m
Baby don't you see it, baby don't you hear it
B minorBm
Baby don't you see it, don't you hear it
🎸 Bridge:
D MajorD D MajorD
Baby don't speak, baby don't speak
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm
Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil
F# minorF#m
That's what she said, what she said
D MajorD B minorBm
Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said
D MajorD
Baby don't speak, no baby don't speak
B minorBm
Baby don't speak no evil (no e-e-evil)
D MajorD
Baby don't speak no evil, no evil
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD B minorBm
Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said
D MajorD
(No e-e-evil), baby don't speak no evil
B minorBm
No, baby don't speak no evil, no evil
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Baby, don't speak no evil, that's what she said (fade)