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Babysitting Blues Chords

Music by: Albert Collins
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[Verse 1]
Hi, [C]my [F]nam[C]e's Chris Par[F]ker.[C]
I live in Oak Park.
That's a suburb.
They probably figured that [F]out.
[C]This is Brad, Sarah, and Daryl.
And we're in trouble.
Ain't [G]no doubt.[Bb]
[C]See me and my boyfriend Mike.
Tonight's [F]our anniversary.
[C]but then he went and canceled
and now I'm stuck watching these three
[D]an d [C]it's so [F]hard[Cm][F]
babysitting these [C]guys[G][D]
[C][F]
[C]I got this call f[G]rom Brenda,
I went to pick her up[F],
the [C]tire had a blowout,
and my mom's car got shot up,
[F]and t[C]hese guys started to chase us,
and we all got hijacked,
[F]we'[C]re cruising dow[Cm]n the highway[G].
It's big ol' Cadillac, and [F]it's so hard.
[D]It's so [F]hard [Cm]babysitting these[C] guys.[G][C]
She [Am]got the [G]babysit [F]ting blu[Cm]es.
[C]Baby, [F]baby, [C]babysitting blues.
I've [D]got the [G]babysit[F] ting bl[C]ues.[Bb][C][F]
[Cm]Now [F]nights,
you swear you were born to lose
[Cm]Like tonig[Eb]ht,
[Cm]an d[Bb] you [F]wis[D]h your feet
Were walking in someone [G]else's shoes
[Em]Some[G] guys [F]ar[C]e out to get us
[G]And Brenda's probably dead
[F]We [C]ain't got a nic[G]kel
And they should be in bed,
[F]and you outta luck
Outta luck watchin' [C]these [Cm]guys[C]
I've got [G]the
[F]Baby sittin' blues
[G]Baby, baby
[F]Baby [Cm]sittin' blues
[G]Baby, baby
[F]Baby [G]sittin' [Cm]blues[D][Eb]
[F]They're a nice
You swear you were born to [Cm]lose,
yeah, [Ab]like to[Cm]night[F]
[D]An d you wish your feet
were walkin' in someone
[G]else's sho[F]es
[Cm]Some [C]guy's out to get her,
[G]and the girl's probably dead
[D]She[F] ain[C]'t got a nickel,
[G]and we [Bb]should get [Cm]mad
Are [F]you out of luck?
Out of luck watchin' [Cm]these [Bb]guys[Cm]
[F]I've [C]got the bab[G]y[D]
[F]sitting blu[G]es,
baby sit[F]ting [D]blues,[G]
[F]baby [Bb]sitting [C]blues.[F][C][Cm]
[F][Cm][C][F][C][F][C]
[Cm]
[F][C][Cm][F][C][F]
[C][Bb][Am][Ab][G]
[F][C][F][Eb][C][C]
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