Babe Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays622

Babe by Whats Eating Gilbert is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, A, Em and E. 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
  			Intro: C, Am, F, G 


C                                     Am 
                F 
Babe.  Why do you act so strange. Are you just playing the games. 
                                        G 
 Put down my love.    You’re the one I’m thinking of. 

Verse: 

C                                 F 
Traveling around. See the world. 
C                        F 
After parties, flirty girls. 
Am                                 F 
They bat their eyes, though Looks at me. 
Am                                 F 
But in my mind          You’re all I see. 
C                                      F 
Late night                     At a dance club 
C                                      F 
I got two left feet        But I’m caught in a rug. 
Am                               F 
And if I partner up. For a song or two 
A              G 
No girl’s got moves like you 

Chorus 
C                                     Am 
                F 
So babe.  Why do you act so strange.   Are you just playing the games. 
                                        G 
 Put down my love.    You’re the one I’m thinking of. 
C                                      Am 
                 F 
So babe.  Why do you act so scared. Like we wont go nowhere. It is because? 
G 
You’re the one I’m thinking of. 

Intro: 

Verse: 

C                               F 
Arguments upon distance calls. 
C                           F 
Hard as it gets. I go through it all. 
Am                                          F 
No matter where I roam. You know my 
A                       G 
                                               **** 
Body is here but my heart is at home. And your’e the one I’m thinking of. 


Chorus 
C                                     Am 
                F 
So babe.  Why do you act so strange.   Are you just playing the games. 
                                        G 
 Put down my love.    You’re the one I’m thinking of. 
C                                      Am 
                 F 
So babe.  Why do you act so scared. Like we wont go nowhere. It is because? 
G 
You’re the one I’m thinking of. 


Riff 

Em           G                    C                            E 
Trust in me. Yeah I know that I have hurt you. 
  G              E                                   G 
 But don’t give on me. We’ve been through this. 
                                C 
So please tell me. 
                            Am 
Why do you act so strange. 
         E 
 Are you playing games 
            G 
 When you’re the one I’m thinking of. 

Ba da da ba da (You’re the one I’m thinking of) 

C Am F G 

Chorus 
C                                     Am 
                F 
So babe.  Why do you act so strange.   Are you just playing the games. 
                                        G 
 Put down my love.    You’re the one I’m thinking of. 
C                                      Am 
                 F 
So babe.  Why do you act so scared. Like we wont go nowhere. It is because? 
G 
You’re the one I’m thinking of. 
G                                                     C 
You’re the one I’m thinking of. 
    	

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