When You Were My Baby Chords
When You Were My Baby by The Magnetic Fields is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
We walked alone in the rain and lightning
C D7
When you were my baby
G
So much in love it was almost frightening
C D7
When you were my baby
C D7
Everybody called you a fool
C D7
When you wouldn't play by the rules
C D7
Everybody was wrong, whoa whoa
G
There was nowhere to run away to
C D7
When you were my baby
G
Everybody began to hate you
C D7
When you were my baby
C D7
Time wasn't on our side
C D7
Me and my foolish pride
C D7
Then I said goodbye, whoa whoa
D7 Am C D7
Now you've gone away and left me on my own
Am C D7
Now I'm walking down the highway all alone
Am C D7
On a rainy night and crying out my eyes
Am C D7
Crying out my eyes
Am C G C D7
Crying out my, crying out my eyes
G
We were young, yeah, but old enough to...
C D7
When you were my baby
G
And I just couldn't help but love you
C D7
When you were my baby
C D7
Just the way you wore your hair
C D7
And the way you just didn't care
C D7
And the way you danced
G
Do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do
C D7
When you were my baby
G
Do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do
C D7
When you were my baby
G
Do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do
C D7
When you were my baby
G
Do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do
C D7
When you were my baby