Everybody Loves Me, Baby — Don McLean
Chords and lyrics for Everybody Loves Me, Baby by Don McLean (key of A).
Intro
[A] [D] [A] [D] [E]
Verse 1
[A]Fortune has me [F#m]well in hand, [D]armies wait at my [E]command
[Bm]My gold lies in a [E]foreign land [D]buried deep beneath the [A]sand [D] [A] [D] [E]
[A]The angels guide my [F#m]every tread, [D]my enemies are sick or [E]dead
[Bm]But all the victories [E]I've led [D]haven't brought you to my [A]bed [D] [A] [D] [E]
Chorus
[A]You see, everybody loves me, [F#m]baby,
[D]what's the matter with [E]you?
[Bm]Won't you tell me what did I [E]do
[A]to offend you? [D] [A] [D] [E]
Verse 2
[A]Now the purest race I've bred [F#m]for thee to live in my [D]democracy [E]
[Bm]And the highest human pedigree [E]awaits the first-born boy [A]baby [D] [A] [D] [E]
[A]And my face on every coin [F#m]engraved, the anarchists are all [D]enslaved [E]
[Bm]My own flag is forever [E]waved by the grateful people I have [A]saved [D] [A] [D] [E]
Chorus
[A]You see, everybody loves me, [F#m]baby,
[D]what's the matter with [E]you?
[Bm]Won't you tell me what did I [E]do
[A]to offend you? [D] [A] [D] [E]
Verse 3
[A]Now, no land is beyond my claim [F#m]when land is seized in the people's [D]name [E]
[Bm]By evil men who rob and [E]maim, if war is hell, I'm not to [A]blame! [D] [A] [D] [E]
[A]Why, you can't blame me, I'm Heaven's child, [F#m]I'm the, the second son of [D]Mary [E]mild
[Bm]And I'm twice removed from Oscar [E]Wilde, but he didn't mind, why, he just [A]smiled [D] [A] [D] [E]
Verse 4
[A]Yes, and the ocean parts when I walk through, [F#m]and the clouds dissolve and [D]the sky turns [E]blue
[Bm]I'm held in very great value [E]by everyone I meet but [A]you [D] [A] [D] [E]
[A]'Cause I've used my talents as I could, [F#m]I've done some bad, I've done some [D]good [E]
[Bm]I did a whole lot better than they thought I [E]would so, c'mon and treat me [A]like you should! [D] [A] [D] [E]
Chorus
[A]Because everybody loves me, [F#m]baby,
[D]what's the matter with [E]you?
[Bm]Tell me what did I [E]do
[A]to offend you? [D] [A] [D] [E]
Chorus
[A]Yeah, everybody loves me, [F#m]baby,
[D]what's the matter with [E]you?
[Bm]Tell me what did I [E]do
[A]to offend you? [D] [A] [D] [E]
Chorus
[A]Yeah, everybody loves me, [F#m]baby,
[D]what's the matter with [E]you?
[Bm]Tell me what did I [E]do
[A]to offend you? [D] [A] [D] [E]