Badfinger – Baby Blue (Guitar Tab)

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Tab: Guitar Artist: Badfinger Title: Baby Blue Album: Straight Up/Greatest Hits Words and music by: Pete Ham Tabbed by: Chris Clark There's no need for a capo to play this breakup song (also covered by Aimee Mann), but it's definitely a barre-chord monster. The fills and solos are tabbed for (cutaway) acoustic guitar, so stretch and hammer and fool around with different fingerings if the notes feel awkward on electric.

[Recommended chord positions]
    F#     E     A    C#m   C#m7  D#m   G#m   G#m/G bass  C#m/C bass   D   E/D# bass
e|--x---|--x--|--5--|--4--|--4--|--6--|--4--|-----x-----|-----x-----|--x--|--x--|
B|--11--|--9--|--5--|--5--|--5--|--7--|--4--|-----x-----|-----x-----|--7--|--x--|
G|--11--|--9--|--6--|--6--|--4--|--8--|--4--|-----x-----|-----6-----|--7--|--9--|
D|--11--|--9--|--7--|--6--|--6--|--8--|--6--|-----6-----|-----6-----|--7--|--9--|
A|--9---|--7--|--7--|--4--|--4--|--6--|--6--|-----6-----|-----3-----|--5--|--6--|
E|--x---|--x--|--5--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--4--|-----3-----|-----x-----|--x--|--x--|

[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 ************************************ | x Dead note ************************************