The Baby

Intro: D G Em7 B7 D

E   E      A           B       
My brother said that I, was 
          E
rotten to the core.
E   E         A           Gbm7 
I was the youngest child,  so I
                B
 got by with more.
E      E         A       B     
I guess she was tired by, the 
           E
time I came along.
E      E      A             
She'd laugh until she cried,
Gbm7              B
 I could do no wrong.
Gbm7                     B       
She would always save me, because
           E
 I was her baby.


             Dbm                   
I worked a factory in Ohio, a 
 A
shrimp boat in the Bayou,
E                         B
I drove a truck in Birmingham.
       Dbm                  A
Turned 21 in Cincinnati,I called 
home to mom and daddy,
E                          B
I said "Your boy is now a man."
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            Gbm7                   
She said "I don't care if you're 
  B                      E
80, you'll always be my baby."


E      E     A            B    
She loved that photograph, of 
           E
our whole family.
E       E     A           Gbm7 
She'd always point us out, for 
                    B
all her friends to see.
E       E         A         B  
That's Greg he's doing great, 
                   E
he really loves his job.
E       E        A         Gbm7
And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how
                         B
 'bout that wife he's got.
             Gbm7          B      
And that one's kinda crazy, but 
             E
that one is my baby.


         Dbm                       
I got a call in Alabama, said come 
     A
on home to Louisianna
E                            B
and come as fast as you can fly.
             Dbm                   
Cause your momma really needs you, 
      A
and says she's got to see you,
E                                 
she might not make it through the 
  B
night.
       Gbm7               B    
The whole way I drove 80, so she 
                E
could see her baby.


     Dbm                           
She looked like she was sleepin' 
       A
and my family had been weepin'
E                              B
by the time that I got to her side.
       Dbm                       
And I knew that she'd been taken, 
           A
and my heart it was breakin',
E                     B
I never got to say goodbye.
   Em7                     A
I softly kissed that lady, and cried
 just like a baby.