Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby chords by Dinah Washington

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Words & Music by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Recorded by Louis Jordan*, 1944 (#2)


Am   G7alt    F7   E7  Am  Fdim
 F7   E7
I got a gal that's always late, ev'ry time we have a date,

   DM7    Dm+7 E7  A  AM7  F#7
But I love her,    yes I love her,

Am   G7alt    F7     E7    A
 F#7
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,

     D9    E7      A     F#7
'Cause I want her,  I'm gonna ask her.


A      C#7       D   D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?

   E7    Cdim   E7  E7/6   A
 Bm7-5 E7
The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt

Dm6 Dm+7 E7   E7/6  A   F#7
Yous is still my baby, baby --

Dm6   Bm7-5  E7/6     Fdim E7/6 A
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out.

 D     Cdim   B7    D9 Bm7-5
  A
A woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;

 D        Cdim
Just when you're sure of one,

        B7        E7
You find she's gone and made a change.

A      C#7        D   D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?

E7  Cdim   E7   E7/6 A
 F#7
Maybe baby's found somebody new,

  B7     Fdim   E7  A
Or is my baby still my baby true?

*I'm crediting Jordan here principly because he co-wrote and popularized the song, but
listened to several versions -- notably Dinah Washington's from 1956 and Diana Krall's
1994 -- and each have their advantages.