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Baby Blue

Badfinger
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Opening riff

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------4-------4--5--4--5--4-----------4----------------------------|
G|--------4-------4--4--4--4--4-----------4----------------------------|
D|-----4--4-------4--4--4--4--4--------4--4----------1--4--2--1--------|
A|--2--2-------2--------------------2--2-------2--4--------------4--2--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

fill 1

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|----------9--------------9-----|
A|------11-----11-------9-----9--|
E|--12-------------11------------|

fill 2

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------6--9--7--6--------|
E|--7--9--------------9--7--|

fill 3

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---------8--11--9--8---------|
A|--9--11---------------11--9--|
E|-----------------------------|

fill 4

e|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------9--------12--|
G|--------------9--------------9---------|
D|----------9-------9-------------9------|
A|------11--------------11---------------|
E|--12-----------------------------------|

[Solo 1] (chords on top)

D A E E/D#bass

e|--------------------5--------------------------|
B|---7--7--7--5----------7-5---9--9--9--7--------|
G|--------------7--6------------------------9-8--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

D A E B

e|---------------------------9--12---16--16--16--14--12--19--|
B|---10--10--10--9-7-----10----------------------------------|
G|--------------------9--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Solo 2] (chords on top)

A E B

e|-------------------------7--11--|
B|-----------2------7--5----------|
G|--------------4-----------------|
D|-----4--2-----------------------|
A|--0-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Intro] B (opening riff)

Verse 1

F# E E B [Fill 1]

Guess I got...deserved

A E B [Fill 2]

Kept you waiting...long

F# E E B [Fill 1]

All that time...word

A E B [Fill 2]

Didn't know you'd...I'd forget

F# [Fill 3]

I'd regret

Chorus

C#m C#m7 E [Fill 4]

The special love...you

B (opening riff)

My baby blue

Verse 2

F# E E B [Fill 1]

All the days...long

A E B [Fill 2]

Did you really...wrong

F# E E B [Fill 1]

Dixie, when I...go

A E B [Fill 2]

Thought you'd realize...I would know

F# [Fill 3]

I would show

Chorus

C#m C#m7 E [Fill 4]

The special love...you

B (opening riff)

My baby blue

Bridge

D#m G#m G#m/G bass

What can I do

C#m C#m/C bass

What can I say

A E B [Fill 2]

Except I want you by my side

D#m G#m G#m/G bass

How can I show you

C#m C#m/C bass

Show me the way

A E D

Don't you know the times I've tried

[Solo 1] chords

D A E E/D#bass

D A E B

Outro

F# E E B [Fill 1]

Guess that's all...say

A E B [Fill 2]

Except the feeling...day

F# E E B [Fill 1]

Just one thing...go

A E B [Fill 2]

Take good care, baby, let it show

F# [Fill 3]

Let it grow

C#m C#m7 E [Fill 4]

The special love...me

B

My Dixie dear

Ending

B (opening riff position) C#m B

[Solo 2] chords

A E B

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| x Dead note

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