Guitar chord forum - chordie — Babysitting Baby

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (jets60) — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:38:01 +0000

Dino & Hummin -You guys cracked me up.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (dino48) — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:27:25 +0000

hummin n strummin wrote:

Nice job jets, I really liked it! I tried playing and singing to the grandsons too. Didn't work out so good, they cried louder.
Dave

I know how you feel,I sing so bad I make most people cry.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (hummin n strummin) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:43:38 +0000

Nice job jets, I really liked it! I tried playing and singing to the grandsons too. Didn't work out so good, they cried louder.
Dave

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (jets60) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:23:31 +0000

Thanks Joe. Writing does go pretty well when I keep in practice. This one was particularly fun because it was about two of my favorite subjects: grandkids and songwriting. No matter how busy I get, I'll always have to make some time to sit down and come up with a new song or two. I can think of no better way to rid myself of all my built up stress. Nothing quite as satisfying as writing a song that is fun to play and has a catchy tune as well.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (Tyson7) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:12:44 +0000

Jets, Great song, brings back lots of memories. Now it fits for the grandkids. I like the way you keep cranking out your songs. Have you noticed the more you write the easier it becomes and the better your songs become. It's a real pleasure when you get a keeper like this.

Joe

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (jets60) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:17:01 +0000

Thanks Graham - Road trips seem to knock out every one for me, including the wife. Strumming a guitar is always my go to when nothing else is working.

Hey Fretfull - Horse with No Name is a great song and I can hear it working as a lullaby - Glad you like mine. Thanks

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (fretfullablues) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:48:16 +0000

Used to put my boy down to "Horse with No Name", or as he called it, "The Desert Song". Gave your song a listen, Jeff. I like it!

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (Grah1) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:33:35 +0000

I too appreciate the words in this song Jeff ,but I didn't sing ours to sleep it was usually a bed time story or a drive in the car for one until he fell asleep.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (jets60) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 01:24:23 +0000

Thanks guys.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (dino48) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:46:32 +0000

I like it.

Re: Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (TIGLJK) — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:40:01 +0000

Awesome !! - having had three little girls myself - I can appreciate this. probably double effective about 4 am
Great job Jeff !!

Babysitting Baby

null@example.com (jets60) — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:56:25 +0000

I can't count the times I've used this trick, but on my grand-kids since I started playing after my children were older. Guitars and creative minds make great babysitting tools. Here it is if you want a listen: https://soundcloud.com/jets60/babysitting-baby

Babysitting Baby By Jeff Gilpin

October 26, 2014

Intro

[A] [A7]

[D]Can’t under[G]stand why my [E]baby’s [A]crying

[D]Can’t under[G]stand why it’s [E]making me [D]laugh [A]

[D]Shaking my [G]head be[E]cause there’s no [A]denying

[D]Sticking my [G]neck out like a [E]big [Em11]gir[D]affe

She [A]don’t want to [A7]eat she [D]don’t want to [D7]play

She [A]don’t want a [A7]story or [D]two [D7]

She [F#7]don’t want a bath she [Bm]don’t want some candy

And [E]I don’t know what I should [A]do

[D]Play her a [G]song a [E]little bit of [A]nonsense

[D]Making up [G]words as they [E]come in my [D]head [A]

[D]Finally she [G]stops to [E]give me her [A]own two cents

That [D]old Bronx [G]cheer that no [E]words could [Em11]have [D]said

[A]So I [A7]get her to [D]make up some [D7]words

[A]Adding to a [A7]song that means [D]nothing [D7]

[F#7]Waiting all day until her [Bm]thoughts have concurred

Got to [E]finish the song and [A]I’m not [A7]bluffing

[D]Who’s that [G]singing that [E]nonsense [A]song

[D]Making up [G]words so that [E]time flies [D]by [A]

[D]Can’t wait to [G]short or I [E]can’t wait to [A]long because

I’ll [D]do what it [G]takes to stop my [E]baby [Em11]from [D]cry – ing

Solo on the chorus/bridge chords - [A] [A7] [D] [D7] [A] [A7] [D] [D7] [F#7] [Bm] [E] [A] [A7]

[D]Finish the [G]song it’s a [E]freaking [A]masterpiece

[D]Sitting with my [G]baby to [E]help stop her [D]cry – [A]ing

[D]Play a few [G]bars and her [E]eyes start to [A]drooping she’s

A[D]bout nodding [G]off with a [E]smile in [Em11]her [D]eyes ….[D] [G] [E] [A] [D]