Tall Order Baby Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays376

Tall Order Baby by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			Intro:  
G 
G C D 
 
      G                C             D  
Well, give me a little loving in the morning, 
  G             C              D 
I want a little loving while I sleep, 
        C                           G 
But you want to get a loving in the evening 
     G                  C             D 
When I want to get some loving in the day. 
  G               C              D 
I tell her that I working in the morning 
  G               C             D 
I tell her that I got to got my rest 
    C                              G 
She tell me she's a working on our loving, 
    G               C             D 
She tell me that my loving is the best. 
 
            G    F     G 
Well it's a tall order baby, 
       G    F     D 
It's a tall order now. 
            G    F     G 
Well it's a tall order baby, 
       C              D      G 
But we got to get our loving somehow. Yeah. 
 
Well, I don't want to go to sleep on you baby, 
I don't want to go to sleep on you now 
But if I go to sleep on you baby 
Or are we going to do it any old how? 
Oh, don't you turn your back on me Darling 
Don't you know I'd like to stay up and play 
But if I turn my back on you Darling, 
Or are you going to do it some other way? 
 
Well, it's a tall order, baby, 
It's a tall order now, 
Well, it's a tall order, baby, 
But we got to get our loving somehow. 
It's a tall order, baby, 
Well, it's a tall order now, 
Well, it's a tall order, baby, 
But we got to get our loving somehow. 
 
I don't want to go to sleep on you, baby, 
I don't want to go to sleep on you now, 
If I'm going to go to sleep on you  baby, 
Are you going to do it any old how? 
Oh, don't you turn your back on me, baby, 
Don't you know I got to stay up and play 
But if I turn my back on you Darling 
Are you going to do it some other way? 
 
 
Well, it's a tall order, baby, 
It's a tall order now, 
Well, it's a tall order, baby, 
But we got to get our loving somehow. 
Well, It's a tall order, baby, 
Well, it's a tall order now, 
It's a tall order, baby, 
But we got to get our loving somehow." 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante