Fats recorded this song 1940-11-06: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EZ7Bwtp80
Here's me playing the tab: https://youtu.be/9Dw5OGtBzHw?si=e_EICsalVq_t-DkM
The song was written in 1924.
Note below, I put some single note riffs in as lowercase leters,
and used '/' to mean 'slide up', like bb/b or Dbm/Dm.
Intro
[Dm] [Dm+7] [Dm7] [Dm6]
[Dm/A] [Dm7] [Dm6] [Dm+5]
[Dm/A] [Dm7] [Dm6] [Dm+5]
[G7] [C7] [Fmaj7] [A7]
Verse
[Dm]
Everybody loves my baby,
[G7] [C7]
But my baby don't love nobody but me,
[Fmaj7] [Bb7] [A7]
Nobody but me.
Verse
[Dm]
Everybody wants my baby,
[A] [E7]
But my baby don't want nobody but me.
[A] [C]
That's plain to see.
Bridge
[F] [F7]
Yes, she’s got a form like Venus
Honest, I ain't talking Greek
[G7]
No one can come between us
[Bb7] [A7]
She's my Sheba, I’m her Sheik
Verse
[Dm]
That's why everybody loves my baby,
[G7] [C7]
But my baby don't love nobody but me,
[Fmaj7] [Bb7] [A7]
Nobody but me.
(al casey guitar solo over verse, verse, bridge, verse)
Verse
bb/b e bb/b e bb/b e (That’sright,serenade my baby)
[G6] [Gb6] [F6] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7] [F6] [E6] [Emaj7] [Emaj7] [E6] [F] [F] [F6] [F6] [F]
Verse
[Dbm] [Dm] [Gm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dbm] [Dm] [Gm] [Dm] [Dm]
([A7])c/c# e a g e f# [D6] [D6] [E6] [E6] [A] [C] [C] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
Bridge
[F9] [G9] [Ab9] [Ab9] [G9] [G9] [F9]
[F9] [G9] [Ab9] [Ab9] [F9] [Gb9] [G9]
[G9] [G9] [G9] [G9] [Ab9] [A9]
[C6] [B6] [Bb6] [Dm] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [A]
Verse
Dbm/Dm Dbm/Dm Dbm/Dm Dbm/Dm
[F6] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7] [F6] [E6] [Emaj7] [Emaj7] [E6] [F] [F6] [F6] [F]
Verse
[Dm]
Everybody loves my baby,
[G7] [C7]
But my baby don't love nobody but me,
[Fmaj7] [Bb7] [A7]
Nobody but me.
Verse
[Dm]
Everybody wants my baby,
[A] [E7]
But my baby don't want nobody but me.
[A] [C]
That's plain to see.
Bridge
[F] [F7]
Say, when my baby kisses me
Upon my rosy cheeks
[G7]
I just let those kisses be
[Bb7] [A7]
Don’t wash my face for weeks
Verse
[Dm]
Because (That's why) everybody loves my baby,
[G7] [C7]
But my baby don't love nobody but me,
[Fmaj7] [F9] (bass) [F]
Nobody but me. (Keep that in mind.)
