Mr. Baby
Released in 1990 by Kitchenware Records
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INTRO
G
F/A
G
VERSE 1
G
See the priest in gleaming nappies
G
Gurgling and burping child at
F/A
play
G
G
Signing warrants, blessing firing squads
Are the
G
pleasures of this baby’s
F/A
day
G
In a
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street where broken buildings fall
On
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burning people ten foot tall
On
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stockinged knees, not all, not all
Just
G
those who fight in bonfire light
In
D
spite of all the crowds who call
Their
C
hero, a goldfish jockey
Their
C
hero
remains
CHORUS 1
Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
You know you know he’s really
F
crazy
Ab
Bb
Mr.
F
Baby spills it by the ton
He
Ab
wraps his mouth around his gun
He says, “
Eb
Scared? You’re not the only one
Ebmaj7
”
VERSE 2
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Did they raise their fists to greet you all
When they
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saw the colour of your
F/A
skin?
G
G
Did they laugh and say “go home”
When you
G
told them of the trouble you were
Bb
in
Eb
You
Eb
know they
Bb
did
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
F
G
Your complaint is my mandate
And your
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shoulders are my ladder (straight)
What they can
G
not defuse they must excuse
And what
G
they must allow they soon will
D
bow
to
And they will
C
kneel
They will
C
kneel
CHORUS 2/FADE
Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
Bb
Oh you really
F
slay me
Ab
Bb
Mr.
F
Baby in the burning bushfire
Ab
Basement by the crater brook
Eb
Reads from his ancient
C
hate-book
Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
Your
Bb
own your own Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb
Mr.
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Ba
Ab
Bb
by
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Baby, baby,
Ab
baby, baby, baby,
Bb
baby
Bb
Oh don’t treat me
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mean now
Ab
Bb
Bb
Oh don’t bang your
F
head
Ab
Bb
Bb
No no no Mr.
F
Baby
Ab
Bb