Bass Line 
 
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 Part 1 Intro (play once)  Part 2 Verse (play twice) 
                           Am		Bb6		 
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        G                    Am  D (omit 2nd time)   
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E|-3----------|-2----1-----|---------| 
  
 
  Part 3 Chorus I (play twice) 
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D|---5---5------|---0----0---|--0---0-|---2---|------2---------2-----2------| 
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  Dead Babies, can't take things off the shelf 		 
 
  Part 4 Chorus II (play once) 
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B|---------------|-----------|--------------1--| 
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|--0--0--0--1--2--| 
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-4-4---|--0--0--0--2--2--| 
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5---|--2--2--2--2--0--| 
E|---------------|-----------|-3--2--1--0------| 
  Well, we didn't want you anyway  
 
 Part 5 Bridge (Play 15 times) 
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B|--------------| 
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E|-5-4-3-3-2-1--| 
    Goodbye, little Betty. . . (etc.) 
 
 Part 6 Solo I (play twice) 
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G|-12 12-11-11--|-12---11------|-9----7---5--5-|-----14--------14-| 
D|--------------|---14---12----|--10---9---7---|---12--14--12-----| 
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 Part 7 Solo II (play twice) 
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D|-12121212121212-|-10101010101010-|-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
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E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| 
 
 
The song is played in this order: 
 
	Part 1 
	Part 2 
	Part 3 
	Part 4 
	Part 2 
	Part 3 
	Part 4 
	Part 5 
	Part 6 
	Part 7 
	Part 3 
	Part 4 
	Part 5 (play once only) 
 
Lyrics 
 
w/Part 2 
1. Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin. She got them from the shelf 
upon the wall. Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her. She didn't 
even hear her baby call. 
 
Chorus 
w/Part 3 
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take 
things off the shelf. 
w/Part 4  
Well, we didn't want you anyway. 
 
w/Part 2 
2. Daddy is an agrophile in Texas. Mommy's on the bar most every 
night. Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard, living there in 
burgandy and white. 
 
Chorus 
w/Part 3 
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take 
things off the shelf. Well, we didn't love you anyway. 
 
w/Part 5 
Goodbye, little Betty. Goodbye, little Betty. So long, little 
Betty. So long, little Betty. Betty, so long. 
 
Chorus 
w/Part 3 
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take 
things off the shelf. Well, we didn't need you anyway. 
 
w/Part 5 
Goodbye, little Betty.