Misc Soundtrack – Fred Astaire - Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye (Guitar)

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Fred Astaire sings the Cole Porter song "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" in the Colubia Pictures musical 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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