Baby Wont You Please Come Home Chords

by Bessie Smith
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Fake Book version of Charles Warfield and Clarence William's 1919 jazz ballad.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: no capo
Author harrydean [a] 198. Last edit on Jul 18, 2019

Chords

F
Fdim
Gm
C9
A7
Dm
G7
C7
F7
Bb
Gdim
C+
D7
Db7

Strumming

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[Verse]
F               Fdim     Gm      C9
   I've got the blues, I feel so lonely
F                Fdim     Gm      C9
   I'll give the world if I could only
A7            Dm
Make you understand
G7                    C7
   It surely would be grand
 
F            Fdim Gm      C9
   I'm gonna telephone my baby
F7                            Bb
Ask him won't you please come home
       G7
'Cause when you're gone
            Gdim    C7   C+
I'm worried all day long
 
[Chorus]
F              A7          D7
Baby won't you please come home
G7
'Cause your mama's all alone
C7     A7       Dm
I have tried in vain
     G7                C7
Ever more to call your name
 
F                 A7       D7
When you left you broke my heart
Gm                      A7
That will never make us part
      Bb          Db7  F       A7      D7
Every hour of the day, you can hear me say
G7             C7     F          A7      D7
Baby won't you please come home, I mean
G7             C7          F
Baby won't you please come home
 
[Chorus]
F              A7          D7
Baby won't you please come home
G7
'Cause your mama's all alone
C7     A7       Dm
I have tried in vain
     G7                C7
Ever more to call your name
 
F                 A7       D7
When you left you broke my heart
Gm                      A7
That will never make us part
      Bb          Db7  F       A7      D7
Every hour of the day, you can hear me say
G7             C7     F          A7      D7
Baby won't you please come home, I mean
G7             C7          F
Baby won't you please come home
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Baby Wont You Please Come Home – Bessie Smith
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