
dead babies
Alice Cooper
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Tom : G
Bass Line
E|-------------|-------------|-----------|
B|-------------|-------------|-----------|
G|-------------|-------------|-----------|
D|-------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|-0-5-5-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-6-0-5-|
Part 1 Intro (play once) Part 2 Verse (play twice)
Am Bb6
E|-0--------|-2--------| |-----0-----|-----3-----|-------------------|
B|--0-1-----|--3-0-----| |----1-1----|----3-3----|-------------------|
G|-----0-2--|-----0-2--| |---2---2---|---3---3---|-2-3-2-2-0h2p0-----|
D|----------|----------| |--2-----2--|--3-----3--|--------------4-0--|
A|----------|----------| |-0---------|-1-------0-|-------------------|
E|----------|----------| |-----------|-----------|-------------------|
G Am D
(omit 2nd time)
E|------3-----|------------|-0---2---|
B|-----0-0----|----0----0--|-1---3---|
G|----0---0---|---0----0---|-2---2---|
D|---0-----0--|--0----0----|-2---0---|
A|------------|------------|-0-------|
E|-3----------|-2----1-----|---------|
Part 3 Chorus I (play twice)
E|--------------|---1----1---|--0---0-|---0---|-----------------------------|
B|--------------|---3----3---|--0---0-|---1---|-----------------------------|
G|---5---5------|---2----2---|--1---1-|---2---|-----------------------------|
D|---5---5------|---0----0---|--0---0-|---2---|------2---------2-----2------|
A|---3---3------|------------|--2---2-|---0---|-0h2h3-323-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-|
E|--------------|------------|--0---0-|-------|-----------------------------|
Dead Babies, can't take things off the shelf
Part 4 Chorus II (play once)
E|---------------|-----------|--------------0--|
B|---------------|-----------|--------------1--|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|--0--0--0--1--2--|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-4-4---|--0--0--0--2--2--|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5---|--2--2--2--2--0--|
E|---------------|-----------|-3--2--1--0------|
Well, we didn't want you anyway
Part 5 Bridge (Play 15 times)
Goodbye, little Betty. . . (etc.)
Part 6 Solo I (play twice)
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
B|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------15---|
G|-12 12-11-11--|-12---11------|-9----7---5--5-|-----14--------14-|
D|--------------|---14---12----|--10---9---7---|---12--14--12-----|
A|--------------|--------------|---------------|-12------12-------|
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
Part 7 Solo II (play twice)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
G|-- 141214121412-|---121012101210-|--10-810-8-10-8-|-6-7-6-7-9-7-6-|
D|-12121212121212-|-10101010101010-|-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
The song is played in this order:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 (play once only)
Lyrics
w/Part 2
1. Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin. She got them from the shelf
upon the wall. Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her. She didn't
even hear her baby call.
[Refrão]
Chorus
w/Part 3
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take
[Próxima Parte]
things off the shelf.
w/Part 4
Well, we didn't want you anyway.
w/Part 2
2. Daddy is an agrophile in Texas. Mommy's on the bar most every
night. Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard, living there in
burgandy and white.
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
things off the shelf. Well, we didn't love you anyway.
w/Part 5
Goodbye, little Betty. Goodbye, little Betty. So long, little
Betty. So long, little Betty. Betty, so long.
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
things off the shelf. Well, we didn't need you anyway.
w/Part 5
Goodbye, little Betty.
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Detected progression: Am → Bb6 → G → Am → D
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