Fred Astaire sings the Cole Porter song "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" in the Colubia Pictures musical
"You'll Never Get Rich" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPMAimgRLrQ
This transcription is a simplified approximation of the chords, arranged to be easier to play on guitar. It's
in C, which I think is the original key.
[Chords]
Am(maj7) x02110
C/G 3x2013
[Intro]
C C7 F Fm
C G7
[Verse]
C F Fm C
Evenin' creepin' down the mountain,
F Fm G C/G G
Wakes up Mister Fire-fly,
Am Am(maj7)
Bullfrog, settin' there,
F Fm
Starts a-croakin', but I don't care,
C F G G7
Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
C F Fm C
South wind shakes the ole magnolia,
F Fm G C/G G
Moon-man lights the dingy sky,
Am Am(maj7)
Stars start sprinklin' gold
F Fm
On the river, but still I'm cold
C G7 C
Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
[Chorus]
G G7
Since my baby and me
C
Parted company,
F Fm C G G7
I can't see what's the diff if I live or I die.
C C7
Oh Lawd, I'm takin' such a beatin',
F Fm
I'm no good, even cheatin',
C G C G7
Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
[Verse]
C F Fm C
Evenin' creepin' down the mountain,
F Fm G C/G G
Wakes up Mister Fire-fly,
Am Am(maj7)
Bullfrog, settin' there,
F Fm
Starts a-croakin', but I don't care,
C F G G7
Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
C F Fm C
South wind shakes the ole magnolia,
F Fm G C/G G
Moon-man lights the dingy sky,
Am Am(maj7)
Stars start sprinklin' gold
F Fm
On the river, but still I'm cold
C G7 C
Since I kissed my baby goodbye.
[Chorus]
G G7
Since my baby and me
C
Parted company,
F Fm C G G7
I can't see what's the diff if I live or I die.
C C7
Oh Lawd, I'm takin' such a beatin',
F Fm
I'm no good, even cheatin',
C G C
Since I kissed my baby good-bye.
[Outro]
C7 F Fm C
Since I kissed my ba-by goodbye
(The last line of the final chorus and the outro run into each other like this:)
C G C C7 F Fm C
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e q q q q q q w
e|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-----0--0--0-----0-----|-1---1---1---1---|-0------||
B|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-----1--1--1-----1-----|-1---1---1---1---|-1------||
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0--0--3-----3-----|-2---2---1---1---|-0------||
D|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----2--2--2-----2-----|-3---3---3---3---|-2------||
A|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-----3--3--3-----3-----|-3---3---3---3---|-3------||
E|-----------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-1---1---1---1---|--------||
Since I kised my ba- by good- bye, since I kissed my ba- by good- bye
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| e Eighth note
| q Quarter note
| w Whole note
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