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Tabbed By: Jason Marbach (please email all questions to smoothie7745@hotmail.com 
 
**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: G5  G5 - D5  D5 

       G5  G5 - D5  D5 
 

Verse 1: 
G5                    G5   -  D5 
She stops and checks her reflection 
         D5    -     G5        G5 - D5  D5 - G5 
In a car parked on the corner 
                     G5 - D5         
She said "It's hell on me,  
                  D5 - G5 
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: 
A5            D5          G5 
  She was someone's baby doll 
         C5    C5   A5 
A beauty queen to someone long ago,  
         D5 
From the midnight show, and if you 
G5          D5      D5        D5                                   
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing 
        G5      D5     D5        D5 
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and 
G5          D5        D5                D5 
  When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood 
A5 
Back when all the world was young, 
    D5                      G5 (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: 
A5             D5             G5 
  It's time to wake up, Baby Doll 
         C5    C5   D5 
Put your best dress and your high heels on 
         D5 
And dream you're gone, and when you 
G5          D5      D5        D5                                   
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing 
        G5      D5     D5        D5 
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and 
G5          D5        D5                D5 
  When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood 
A5 
Back when all the world was young, 
    D5                      F5 (start of instrumental) 
And she was someone's baby doll 
 
Instrumental:
  F5  C5  A5 G5 

               F5  C5  D5 
 

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: 
A5           D5             G5 
It's time to move on, Baby Doll 
         C5      C5  D5 
And walk away just like you did before 
         D5 
When you wanted more, and when you 
G5          D5      D5        D5                                   
Close your eyes, you hear the music playing 
        G5      D5     D5        D5 
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight, and 
G5          D5        D5                D5 
  When she sleeps, she dreams she's back in Hollywood 
A5 
When she was a younger girl 
  D5 
A pretty heart in a tainted world 
A5 
Not sure who you wanna be 
     D5 
Your Daddy's little drama queen 
  A5 
I hope that when you find yourself, 
       D5 
You're more than just a baby doll 
 
Outro: 
G5  G5 - D5  D5 

       G5  G5 - C5
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