The Baby

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M[D]y bro[D/F#]ther sai[G]d that I, was[A] rotten to the core[D].

I[D] was [D/F#]the younges[G]t child,  so [Em7]I got by with more.  [A]

I[D] guess s[D/F#]he was tire[G]d by, the[A] time I came along[D].

S[D]he'd lau[D/F#]gh until[G] she cried, I c[Em7]ould do no wrong. [A]

S[Em7]he would always save me, [A]because I was her ba[D]by.

I[Bm] worked a factory in Oh[G]io, a shrimp boat in the Bayou,

I[D] drove a truck in Birmingha[A]m.

T[Bm]urned 21 in Cincinnat[G]i,I called home to mom and daddy,

I[D] said "Your boy is now a man[A]."

S[Em7]he said "I don't care if [A]you're 80, you'll always[D] be my baby."

S[D]he loved[D/F#] that p[G]hotograph, of [A]our whole family.[D]

S[D]he'd alwa[D/F#]ys poin[G]t us out, for[Em7] all her friends to see. [A]

T[D]hat's Gre[D/F#]g he's doin[G]g great, he[A] really loves his job. [D]

A[D]nd Ronnie[D/F#] with his [G]2 kids, how[Em7] 'bout that wife he's got.   [A]

A[Em7]nd that one's [A]kinda crazy, but that[D] one is my baby.

I[Bm] got a call in Alabama, said co[G]me on home to Louisianna

a[D]nd come as fast as you can fly[A].

C[Bm]ause your momma really needs[G] you, and says she's got to see you,

s[D]he might not make it through the nigh[A]t.

T[Em7]he whole way I drov[A]e 80, so she could see[D] her baby.

S[Bm]he looked like she was sleepin' and m[G]y family had been weepin'

b[D]y the time that I got to her sid[A]e.

A[Bm]nd I knew that she'd been taken, and [G]my heart it was breakin',

I[D] never got to say goodb[A]ye.
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I softly kissed that lady, and cried just like a baby.

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