Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Words & Music by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Recorded by Louis Jordan*, 1944 (#2)
[Am] G7alt [F7] [E7] [Am] [Fdim]
[F7] [E7]
I got a gal that's always late, ev'ry time we have a date,
[DM7] [Dm]+7 [E7] [A] [AM7] [F#7]
But I love her, yes I love her,
[Am] G7alt [F7] [E7] [A]
[F#7]
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,
[D9] [E7] [A] [F#7]
'Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her.
[A] [C#7] [D] [D6]
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
[E7] [Cdim] [E7] [E7]/6 [A]
[Bm7]-5 [E7]
The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
[Dm6] [Dm]+7 [E7] [E7]/6 [A] [F#7]
Yous is still my baby, baby --
[Dm6] [Bm7]-5 [E7]/6 [Fdim] [E7]/6 [A]
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out.
[D] [Cdim] [B7] [D9] [Bm7]-5
[A]
A woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;
[D] [Cdim]
Just when you're sure of one,
[B7] [E7]
You find she's gone and made a change.
[A] [C#7] [D] [D6]
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
[E7] [Cdim] [E7] [E7]/6 [A]
[F#7]
Maybe baby's found somebody new,
[B7] [Fdim] [E7] [A]
Or is my baby still my baby 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.
