Could Have Been My Baby Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays422

Could Have Been My Baby by Rob Baird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C/B, Am, F, E and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			 


C           C/B       Am            F 
Daddy works hard as a travelin salesman 
    C         C/B        Am              Fai 
You know he's just gotta pay them bills, man,i 
    C           C/B    Am         F           C       C/B  Am  |E 
And momma don't work unless she's down at the church 
C             C/B    Am           F  
Sister got herself a Bachelor's degree 
C         C/B     Am        F 
More than you can say about me 
    C       C/B    Am     F         C  C/B  Am  F 
I'm feeling low out here on the road 


            C    G          F         C 
It's been a long time since I started runnin, baby 
C    G          F         C 
Long time since I've seen you 
C                C/B              Am                 F  
Wish you would-a told me that you loved me this way, hey 
C  G      F                                C    C/B  Am  F 
Forever's way too late, could have been my baby 


Pickin it up and puttin it down 
Chasin dreams around this broke down town 
Now I need a little time to breathe 

I remember when you caught my eye 
Ain't it funny how time flies by 
But before long I had to get gone 

Chorus 


Bridge: 
F       C     F       C 
Goodbye baby, goodbye home 
F         C          G 
Sorry for leavin you on your own 
F            C     F          C     
Wish I could stay, just gotta go 
            F     C                 G 
Gotta keep - keep rollin' down that road 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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