Wonderful Baby Chords
by Don McLean
Wonderful Baby by Don McLean is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, A7, G7, C7, F#7, F, Eb and Ebm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Bb A7
Wonderful baby, living on love,
Bb G7
the sandman says maybe, he'll take you above.
C7 F#7
Up where the girls fly on rhythms and bows,
Bb F#7 F
where babies float by just counting their toes.
Bb A7
Wonderful baby, nothing but new,
Bb G7
the world has gone crazy, I'm glad I'm not you.
C7 F#7
at the beginning, or is it the end
Bb F#7 F
goes in and comes out and starts over a - gain.
Bb A7
Wonderful baby, living on love,
Bb G7
the sandman says maybe, he'll take you above.
C7 F#7
Up where the girls fly on rhythms and bows,
Bb F#7 F
where babies float by just counting their toes.
Eb Ebm7
Wonderful baby, I watch while you grow,
Bb G7
if I knew the future you'd be first to know,
C7 F#7
but I don't know nothing of what life's about,
Bb F#7 F
just as long as you live, you'll never find out.
Bb A7
Wonderful baby, nothing to fear,
Bb G7
laughing you will, but doubt what you hear,
C7 F#7
They'll whisper sweet things and make you want truth,
Bb F#7 F
so be good to yourself, that's all you can do.
Bb A7
Wonderful baby, living on love,
Bb G7
the sandman says maybe, he'll take you above.
C7 F#7
Up where the girls fly on rhythms and bows,
Bb F#7 F
where babies float by just counting their toes.
Outro:
Bb F#7 F
where babies float by just counting their toes.
Bb
Oehhh hhhoee