When My Baby's Beside Me — Big Star
Chords and lyrics for When My Baby's Beside Me by Big Star (key of C).
Verse 1
From "Number One Record" (1972)
fifth string.
[intro]:
[G] [F] [E] [F/D]
[verse]:
[F]Don't [C]need [G]to [C]talk [G]to my [C]doctor,
[F]don't [C]need [G]to [C]talk [G]to my shrink,
[F]Don't [C]need [G]to [C]hide [G]behind no locked [C]door,
[F/D]I don't need to [C]think.
[chorus]:
'cause when my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me [C]all [G]I know...
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]all [G]I know.
[verse]:
[F]Read [C]all my [G]books [C]and [G]talked [C]about,
[F]listened [C]to [G]my [C][G]radio...
[F]been [C]into [G]school and [C]dropped [G]right [C]out,
[F/D]tryin' to find what I didn't [C]know.
[chorus]:
'cause when my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me [C]all [G]I know...
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]all [G]I know.
Intro
solo over verse, then:
[G] [C] [A] [D] [G] [Em11] [Em]
[verse]:
[F]Don't [C]need [G]to [C]talk [G]to my [C]doctor,
[F]don't [C]need [G]to [C]talk [G]to my shrink,
[F]Don't [C]need [G]to [C]hide [G]behind no locked [C]door,
[F]I don't need to [C]think.
:
'cause when my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me [C]all [G]I know...
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]all [G]I know.
'cause when my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me [C]all [G]I know...
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]I [G]don't worry,
[G]when [C]my [F]baby's [C]beside [G]me, [C]all [G]I know.
[outro]:
[F/D] [C6]
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