Tar Baby Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Grandma
came to [E]see
Something [Am]she could not [E]be lieve
[Am]How could her girl be
So na[E]ive

[Verse 2]
[G]Tar [Gsus4]baby, tar[G] baby told
The secret she [Am]con ceived
[E][Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Oh, that big old smile of [E]yours
Could turn the [Am]wind into [E]a song
[Am]How could I have d[E]oubted?
Honey it's with [Am]me that you be[E]long

[Verse 4]
[G]Tar baby, tar baby
I love you [Am]so[E][Am][E][Am]
[E](I love you)

[Verse 5]
Like a [C]brand new [F]blade
You cut [C]into my [F]life
Cut through [C]two dec[F]ades (decades)
Like a [C]hot coal on [G]ice [C](ba[F]by,
baby, [Am]baby, baby, [G]babe)

[Verse 6]
Tar baby, my tar baby
It maybe, was meant to [Am]be
When I look at you
[E]I can[Am]'t believe my [E]eyes
And with your [Am]magic
I [E]think you just might charm [Am]the birds
Out of the [E]skies

[Verse 7]
[G]Tar [Gsus4]baby, tar bab[G]y, tar baby
[Am]Came good out of [E]grief
[Am][E]

[Verse 8]
[Am][E]
[C]A golden [G]thr[C]ead insid[F]e of the web
That I got [C]caught [F]in
Oh, it's a [C]lover's revenge,
but [F]out of the pain
Come the best [C]things[F]

[Verse 9]
You cut [C]into my [F]life
You cut [C]into my life
(Baby, [F]baby, baby, baby, baby,
don't you know that?)
You cut [C]into my [F]life (I love you)
You cut [C]into my [F]life

[Verse 10]
[C]La la la la la ooh[F]
You can turn [C]the wind into [F]a song
[C]La la la la la baby bab[F]y bab[C]y[F]
It's with [C]me you belong