Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby
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Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby:The Cookies
#3 on R&B and #7 on Rock charts in 1963.
#1.
C
Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
Oh, no. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
F
I love him so. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
C
Oh, don't you know. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
G7 F
He's good, he's good. He's good to me..
C G7
that's all I care about.
#2.
C
Oh, no. Don't you tell me my baby's just a playboy.
It wasn't him. Don't you tell me my baby's just a playboy.
F
Not tonight. I won't listen to a single word you say.
C
He's my guy. Don't you tell me my baby's just a playboy.
G7 F
He's true, he's true. He's true to me..
C C7
So, girl, you better shut your mouth.
Chorus:
F C
Everybody says he's lazy..But not when he's kissin' me.
F D
Everybody says he's crazy..Sure he's crazy,
G7
Crazy about me.
#3.
C
Oh yeah, Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
Oh, no. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
F
I love him so. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
C
Oh, don't you know. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
G7 F
He's good, he's good. He's good to me..
C G7
that's all I care about.
Chorus:
#4.
C
Oh, no. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
Oh, no. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
F
I love him so.
Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
C
Oh, don't you know.
Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.
G7 F
He's true, he's true. He's true to me..
C G7
So, girl, you better shut your mouth.
ADD:
C
Oh, no. Don't say nothin' bad about my baby.(x6)Fade
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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