Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby — Dinah Washington
Chords and lyrics for Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby by Dinah Washington (key of Am).
Verse 1
[Am] [F7] [E7] [Am] [Fdim]
I[F7] got a [E7]gal that's always late, ev'ry time we have a date,
But I [DM7]love her, [Dm+7] [E7]yes I [A]love [AM7]her,[F#7]
[Am] [F7] [E7] [A]
[F#7]I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,
'Cause I [D9]want her,[E7] I'm gonna [A]ask her.[F#7]
[A]Is you is or[C#7] is you ain't my [D]baby?[D6]
[E7] [Cdim] [E7] [E7/6] [A]
[Bm7-5]The way [E7]you're actin' lately makes me doubt
[Dm6]Yous[Dm+7] is [E7]still my[E7/6] baby, [A]baby --[F#7]
[Dm6]Seems my [Bm7-5]flame in [E7/6]your heart's [Fdim]done [E7/6]gone [A]out.
[D] [Cdim] [B7] [D9] [Bm7-5]
A [A]woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;
[D]Just when you're [Cdim]sure of one,
You find she's [B7]gone and made a [E7]change.
[A]Is you is or[C#7] is you ain't my [D]baby?[D6]
[E7] [Cdim] [E7] [E7/6] [A]
[F#7]Maybe baby's found somebody new,
Or [B7]is my baby [Fdim]still my [E7]baby [A]true?
*I'm crediting Jordan here principly because he co-wrote and popularized
the song, but
listened to several versions -- notably Dinah Washington's from 1956 and
Diana Krall's
1994 -- and each have their advantages.
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