Babys A Red chords by House Of Heroes

Chords with lyrics

By: House of Heroes

Standard tuning
Capo 5 (or w/o capo played in D, I just like the chords better in A augmentedA)

Love this song, but I couldnt find it charted out anywhere, so heres my best shot at it. Enjoy!

I wrote out the chords that might be different from usual...the rest are
just normal. This is how I play it, and it works pretty well with the track.
  C# minorC#m  D2/F#  E/D
E MajorE|---0------0------0---|
BB|---5------3------3---|
G+G|---6------2------1---|
D MajorD|---6------0------2---|
A augmentedA|---4------0------2---|
E MajorE|---4------2------0---|

Verse 1:
A augmentedA                C# minorC#m
Ooh, ooh, little red, with your heart in Stalingrad
    D2/F#                 E/D
Oh, it kills me how they hate you, but they just dont understand
A augmentedA             C# minorC#m
Oh, oh-oh, red, when they put me on the stand
    D2/F#            E/D              A augmentedA
I will testify I loved you, and Im not ashamed to be your comrade

Chorus:
A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Red!    Red!     Babys a red!
   A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Shes blood    red!     Babys a red!
  FF (mute)   FF (mute)  C majorC      E MajorE
The feds     said,   Lock her in lead;
   FF (mute)  FF (mute)   E MajorE     A augmentedA
Shes red!    but I    love her!

A augmentedA      DmDm      A augmentedA
 (Hammer and sickle on my mind...)

Verse:
A augmentedA               C# minorC#m
Ooh, ooh, little red, its not like McCarthy said
     D2/F#         E/D
Though we differ on religion, we both support the working man
A augmentedA         C# minorC#m
Oh, oh-oh, red, if the bombs fall on our lands
     D2/F#          E/D             A augmentedA
Then our politics won't matter...only that I loved you until death
A augmentedA      DmDm
 (Hammer and sickle...)

Chorus:
A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Red!    Red!     Babys a red!
   A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Shes blood    red!     Babys a red!
  FF (mute)   FF (mute)  C majorC      E MajorE
The feds     said,   Lock her in lead;
   FF (mute)  FF (mute)   E MajorE
Shes red!    but I    love her!

A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Oh!     Yeah!    Babys a red!
   A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Shes blood    red!     Babys a red!
  FF (mute)   FF (mute)  C majorC      E MajorE
The feds     said,   Lock her in lead;
   FF (mute)  FF (mute)   E MajorE     FF
Shes red!    but I    love her!

Bridge:
DmDm     A augmentedA            DmDm
 I want to touch you and Im not afraid
     A augmentedA             DmDm
I want to touch you and Im not ashamed
     A augmentedA            DmDm (hold)
I want to tell you that Im not afraid...  theyll burn us at the stake!
DmDm     A augmentedA            DmDm
 I want to love you and Im not afraid
     A augmentedA            DmDm
I want to love you and Im not ashamed
     A augmentedA            DmDm (hold)
I want to love you and Im not afraid; oh, baby...

(A augmentedA DmDm guitar solo...Ill probably tab it out later)

A augmentedA      DmDm      A augmentedA          DmDm      A augmentedA
 (Hammer and sickle on my mind...) Saint Petersburg in summertime...
      DmDm      A augmentedA          DmDm       A augmentedA
(Hammer and sickle on my mind...) Stars over Moscow shining bright...
      DmDm      A augmentedA           DmDm      A augmentedA
(Hammer and sickle on my mind...) The shores of Astrakhan are fine...
A augmentedA      DmDm      A augmentedA  G+G
(Hammer and sickle on my mi-i-ind...)

Chorus:
A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Red!    Red!     Babys a red!
   A augmentedA (mute)  A augmentedA (mute)   E MajorE    D2/F#
Shes blood    red!     Babys a red!
  FF (mute)   FF (mute)  C majorC      E MajorE
The feds     said,   Lock her in lead;
   FF (mute)  FF (mute)   E MajorE     A augmentedA