• Song:

    Baby Its Cold Outside

  • Artist:

    Margaret Whiting

Baby, It's Cold Outside
Words & Music by Frank Loesser
Recorded by Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer, 1949
From the 1949 movie "Neptune's Daughter"

A7Em7 (x02020@1)  A7 (x02020@1)     D (xx0232@1)     A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)     A7I (x02020@1)really can't stay
                   (But, baby, it's cold outside)

A7 (x02020@1)      Em7       A7 (x02020@1)       G/B (143121@7)     A7I (x02020@1)got to go way
(side)          (But, baby, it's cold outside)

A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1) Em7         DThis (xx0232@1)evening's has been
(outside)        (Been hoping that you'd drop in)

Dm7 D7 (xx0212@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)D7 (xx0212@1) So very nice
(drop in)      (I'll hold your hands, they're just like ...)

G (320003@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)    G (320003@1)          Am7My (x02010@1)mother will start to worry
(...ice)                (Beautiful, what's your...)

G (320003@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)       G (320003@1)           Am7And (x02010@1)father will be pacing the floor
(...hury)                    (Listen to the fireplace...)

D6 (xx04xx@1)        A7 (x02020@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)         A7So (x02020@1)really I'd  better scurry
(...roar)            (Beautiful, please...) 
 
      E7 (020130@1)        Bm7-5           A7 (x02020@1)           G (320003@1)         A7Well, (x02020@1)maybe just a half a drink more
(don't hurry)                  (Put some records on while I...)

Em7        A7 (x02020@1)  D (xx0232@1)     A7 (x02020@1)  D (xx0232@1)     A7The (x02020@1)neighbors might think
(pour)             (But Baby, it's bad out there)

A7 (x02020@1)            Em7    A7 (x02020@1)       G/B (143121@7)    A7Say, (x02020@1)what's in this drink
                        (No cabs to be had out there)

A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)  Em7            DI (xx0232@1)wish I knew how
             (Your eyes are like star...)

D6 (xx04xx@1)  Dm7        D7 (xx0212@1) Am7 (x02010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)D7 (xx0212@1)         To break the spell
(light now)          ( I'll take your hand, your hair looks...)

G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)    G (320003@1)          Am7I (x02010@1)ought to say no, no, no, sir
(swell)               (Mind if I move in...)

G (320003@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)       G (320003@1)                Am7At (x02010@1)least I'm gonna say that I tried
  (closer)                   (What's the sense of hurting...)

D6 (xx04xx@1)         C7 (x32310@1)            B7I (x21202@1)really can't stay
(my pride)         (Baby don't hold out)

E7 (020130@1)A7-9 (5453xx@1) Dm7         A7Ahh, (x02020@1)but it's cold out - side.
(Ba - by it's cold out - side.)

A7Em7 (x02020@1)  A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1)  A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)     A7I (x02020@1)simply must go
             (But, baby, it's cold outside)

A7 (x02020@1)         Em7   A7 (x02020@1)      G/B (143121@7)   A7The (x02020@1)answer is no
            (But, baby, it's cold outside)

A7 (x02020@1)              D (xx0232@1) Em7         DThis (xx0232@1)welcome has been
                (How lucky that you...)

Dm7      D7 (xx0212@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)D7So (xx0212@1)nice and warm
(dropped in)    (Look out the window at that...)

G (320003@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)   G (320003@1)           Am7My (x02010@1)sister will be suspicious
  (storm)          (Gosh, your lips look de-...)

G (320003@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)       G (320003@1)         Am7My (x02010@1)brother will be there at the door
(-licious)                     (Waves upon atropical...) (x02210@1)
D6 (xx04xx@1)         A7 (x02020@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)       A7My (x02020@1)maiden aunt's mind is visious
(shore)                 (Gosh, your lips are de-...)

E7 (020130@1)        Bm7-5      A7 (x02020@1)        G (320003@1)       A7Well (x02020@1)maybe just a cigarette more
(-licious)                (Never such a blizzard be-...)

Em7     A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1)     A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)       A7I've (x02020@1)got to get home
(-fore)             (But, baby, you'll freeze out there)

A7 (x02020@1)          Em7      A7 (x02020@1)             G/B (143121@7)     A7See (x02020@1)ya, say, lend me a comb
                      (It's up to your knees out there)

D6 (xx04xx@1)       Dm7               D6 (xx04xx@1)  
You've really been grand
                (I thrill when you touch...)
    Dm7       D7 (xx0212@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)D7But (xx0212@1)don't you see
(my hand)        (How can you do this thing to...)

G (320003@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)   G (320003@1)        Am7There's (x02010@1)bound to be talk tomorrow
(me)                    (Think of my life long...)

E7 (020130@1)                   A7Sus4            A7At (x02020@1)least there will plenty implied
(sorrow)                     (If you caught pnuemonia and...)

D6 (xx04xx@1)          C7 (x32310@1)           B7 (x21202@1) I really can't stay
(died)            (Get over that old doubt)

E7 (020130@1) A7 (x02020@1)  D6 (xx04xx@1)
Ahh but it's cold out - side.

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