If You Were My Baby Chords

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If You Were My Baby by Rick Price is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, G, A, E, F#m and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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Intro: D 

Verse 
D 
I could dream my life away 
D 
What would I care anyway 
                Em      G   A 
It'd be so fine 
                                D 
If you were my baby 

D 
I'd be walking ten feet tall 
D 
With your love, girl 
                                        E       G       A 
Why should I worry at all 
                                D 
If you were my baby 

        D 
I'd never be lonely 
        F#m                     G 
If you were my only love 
        Gm 
If you were my baby 
        D 
I'd take my last breath 
        F#m                             G 
Before I would let you go 
          Gm                                    D       G               A 
And I promise I said love you forever and ever 
                                D 
If you were my baby 

Verse 
D 
We'd go walking late at night 
D 
Count the stars up in the sky 
                        Em      G       A 
Just you and me 
                        D 
If you were my baby 

D 
Stop to kiss under a tree 
D                                                               Em              G       A 
Listen to the sound of the whispering breeze 
                                D 
If you were my baby 

        D 
I'd never be lonely 
        F#m                     G 
If you were my only love 
        Gm 
If you were my baby 
        D 
I'd take my last breath 
        F#m                             G 
Before I would let you go 
          Gm                                    D       G               A 
And I promise I said love you forever and ever 
                                D 
If you were my baby 

Bridge 
F#m 
Oh, how wonderful life would be 
D                         A 
If you'd give your love to me 
          D                     F#m       D 
Just to hold you endlessly 
        G        D              A 
Is all I'd ever need 

        D 
I'd never be lonely 
        F#m                     G 
If you were my only love 
        Gm 
If you were my baby 
        D 
I'd take my last breath 
        F#m                             G 
Before I would let you go 
          Gm                                    D       G               A 
And I promise I said love you forever and ever 
                                D 
If you were my baby 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante