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Baby Seat

Barenaked Ladies
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D-DU-UDU
You  left Billy with the kid
 And all  the selfless things you did with Billy
 You left  your home town in the spring
 And turned  your back on everything
 You thought  your life would just go by
 Without  a pause to wonder, don't be silly
 But you  can't live  your life in  the baby seat
You've  got to stand  on your own, don't  admit defeat
 He came down from his retreat
 She saw him later on the street
 He said "You are the only one
 to recognize that I'm the son"
 So she bent down and kissed his feet
 And then that night, between the sheets she told him
 You can't live your life in the baby seat
 You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat
 You can't live your life in the baby seat
 You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat
40  days at sea
Then  she turned  and said  to me
 "If  we make it back
I'll  renounce Jack  Kerouac
 And all  of that  romantic crap
 Like I'm  an artist don't  look back"
 Now we're living somewhere else
 We keep opinions to ourselves
 But still we seek a sneaky peek at heaven
 When the working week defeats us
 If you think growing up is tough
 Then you've just not grown enough, baby
 You can't live your life in the baby seat
 You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat
 You can't live your life in the baby seat
 You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat

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Readable chord sheet for Baby Seat by Barenaked Ladies

[D]  [D7]  [G]  [D]

[D]You left Billy with the kid
And [D7]all the selfless things you did with [G]Billy  [C]
You [D]left your home town in the spring
And [D7]turned your back on everything[G]    [C]
You [G]thought your life would just go by
With[Em7]out a pause to wonder, don't be [Asus7]silly  [A7]

But [D]you can't [C]live your life [G]in the baby [D]seat
[D]You've got to [C]stand on your own, [G]don't admit de[D]feat

He came down from his retreat
She saw him later on the street
He said "You are the only one
to recognize that I'm the son"
So she bent down and kissed his feet
And then that night, between the sheets she told him

You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat

You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat

[A]40 days at [Em]sea
[D]Then she [A]turned and [G]said to [D]me
"[A]If we make it [Em]back
[Bm]I'll re[A]nounce [G]Jack Kerou[A]ac
And [Bm]all of [A]that ro[G]mantic [A]crap
Like [Bm]I'm an [A]artist [G]don't look [A]back" [N.C.]

Now we're living somewhere else
We keep opinions to ourselves
But still we seek a sneaky peek at heaven
When the working week defeats us
If you think growing up is tough
Then you've just not grown enough, baby

You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat

You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat

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