Babydoll Chords

by The Fratellis
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Skatoon [a] 21. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

A
A/G#
F#m
Bm
E
C#7
D
B7
E7

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Yeah so.. All of seen of this song on here is inaccurate versions or people claiming you
a capo.. Which you dont (:
So here's my accurate tab for the chords and one of the riffs.
I will attempt to transcribe all of the lead guitar at a later date
 
Standard tuning - EADGBe
 
Chords used - A, A/G#, F#m, Bm, E,
C#7, D, B7
 
For those of you who do not know what i mean by a A/G#, it is purely your box standard A
with a G# bass added. A nice touch when descending to an F#m.
The chord should therefore look like this E A D G B e
                                          4-0-3-3-3-0
 
 
A                  A/G#                    F#m
Babydoll do you believe they'll catch you when you fall
 
Bm                                        E            D E
And when morning comes the sun is gonna shine
 
A                     A/G#                   F#m
Don't forget your minor keys your half lit cigarette
 
Bm                                                 E
Cause when morning comes god knows that you'll be mine
 
A           C#7            F#m        E           D
So let me in I'm ready to beg and to sing for my sins
 
F#m               E                       D
Not leave it to chance and sweet coincidence
 
       B7                           E7                   D E
Well thats that's just crazy and you know it's true
 
A           A/G#             F#m
Well they said you was long gone
 
C#7                    D
I just laughed and said alright
 
A                 D        E
Bring her home tonight
 
A              A/G#               F#m
And I heard you was graciously put on
 
C#7           D          A                D
 D  E
I just laughed and said good night guess it's alright
 
A                    A/G#                     F#m
Babydoll the men who hang like flowers in the hall
 
Bm                                 E      D E
Are asking when your love is gonna show
 
A                A/G#
And who knows why the love your need
 
F#m
Will always pass you by
 
Bm                                          E
Well I heard it's true your love is gonna grow
 
          A            C#7          F#m   E    D
So let me know cause I can stay or honey I can go
 
      F#m        E           D
Just to wherever you tell me so
 
            B7                          E7
And find my place there and there I'll stay
 
        A        A/G#       F#m         C#7
Well they said you was burned out I just laughed
 
    D              A                       D
And said come on she's not burned she's just gone
 
A           A/G#           F#m          C#7
And it took me too long till I found out
 
    D                A                     D
Faces that you know the best oh well I guess
 
A            A/G#            F#m            C#7
And they laughed when you said you was leaving
 
    D                 A                       D
Everybody knows you well except for me can't you tell
 
A            A/G#              F#m              C#7
And you watched from the wings of the late show roses
 
D                     A                  D
By you're feet of red all for me you said
 
Babydoll...
 
From here on the opening sequence is repeated over & over to fade.
(A, A/G#, F#m, Bm, E)
 
Over this sequence there are two distinctive riffs.
The first of which is tabbed below:
 
 
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--2-----2h-4/-6\-4-2-1-----------2-----2h-4/-6\-4-2-1-----------------|
D-----------------------4------------------------------4---------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--2-----2h-4/-6\-2-1-----------1--------------------------------------|
D---------------------2-------4----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
This is played twice and is then followed by a second, different riff which i have still
transcribe.
 
H = Hammer-on
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
 
Do not hesitate to e-mail me with any errors i have made or with any of this missing
i have yet to transcribe.
 
Not bad for my first tab ehh? (:
 
Tabbed by: Skatoon
E-mail: Skatoon@Hotmail.co.uk
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3 comments
highjinx79
they dony just look right, they sound right too, well done, good tab, more advanced, other versions are there for simplicity i guess, and the videos ya seen on youtube are probably just live acoustic versions, try playing along with the album...
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geonpi
Sounds right to my ears. As far as I'm concerned, that means it's right. There's a good chance that even if they do use a capo in the video, the key here is right anyway. Also, I find that a much easier way to play the A A/Ab F#m descent is to play the A as 577655, then A/Ab as 477655 then F#m as normal (244222).
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