Tabbed By: Jason Marbach (please email all questions to [email protected]
**Note: don't be fooled during the chorus at the line "close your eyes", that
minor you hear is the bass playing a minor note to start the progression, and
in other places in the song, the bass will alternately play an "A" and a "D"
note in transition from Dsus back to G (esp. in the verses), but the chords
stay as I wrote it here...it's excellent musicianship (by Pat and his boys on
the album), but the rhythm chords are as listed.
You'll almost definitely have to listen to the song to understand the tab...it's
easy, but complex...if that makes any sense...
CAPO I
Intro Tab:
e|---------------------------|
B|-3--1--0--1--0-------------|
G|----------------2--0---0*--|
D|---------------------4-----| (2x)
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
* = let ring
Intro: G G-Dsus D
G G-Dsus D
Verse 1:
G G - Dsus
She stops and checks her reflection
Dsus - G G-Dsus Dsus-G
In a car parked on the corner
G-Dsus
She said "It's hell on me,
Dsus - G
This working down at the diner."
Verse 2:
Some people say, man, she was hot
Back when she was younger
Yeah, well she was a dancer
When she lived in L.A.
Chorus 1:
Am D G
She was someone's baby doll
Cadd9 Cadd9/B A/G
A beauty queen to someone long ago,
D
From the midnight show, and if you
G Dsus Dsus D
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing
G Dsus Dsus D
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and
G Dsus Dsus D
When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood
Am
Back when all the world was young,
D G (start of intro)
And she was someone's baby doll
Repeat Intro
Verse 3:
She stops and checks her reflection
In the bathroom on her lunch break
She says I still look good for
Someone half of my real age
Verse 4:
Some people say "Man, I bet she
Still makes love like an earthquake."
Yeah, but man, she ain't easy
She ain't lettin' you in, my friend, my friend
Chorus 2:
Am D G
It's time to wake up, Baby Doll
Cadd9 Cadd9/B Dsus
Put your best dress and your high heels on
D
And dream you're gone, and when you
G Dsus Dsus D
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing
G Dsus Dsus D
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and
G Dsus Dsus D
When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood
Am
Back when all the world was young,
D F (start of instrumental)
And she was someone's baby doll
Instrumental: F C Am G
F C D
Verse 5:
She stops and calls an old friend
From the payphone at the subway
She says "I feel like I'm just sitting here
Wasting my days away."
Chorus 3:
Am D G
It's time to move on, Baby Doll
Cadd9 Cadd9/B Dsus
And walk away just like you did before
D
When you wanted more, and when you
G Dsus Dsus D
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing
G Dsus Dsus D
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and
G Dsus Dsus D
When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood
Am
When she was a younger girl
D
A pretty heart in a tainted world
Am
Not sure who you wanna be
D
Your Daddy's little drama queen
Am
I hope that when you find yourself,
D
You're more than just a baby doll
Outro: G G-Dsus D
G G-Cadd9