Chords:
{t:Baby Day}
{artist:Melanie Safka}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH2dClHPFMY A so capo 2
{key: G}
{c: }
[G] Daa daa [C] da da da [G] daa
Daa daa [D] da da da [G] daa
[G] Why sleep when the day has been called out by the sun
From the [Em] night, 'cause the light's gonna [C] shine on every-[G]one
[G] Why sleep when the sleep only closes up our eyes
Why [Em] sleep when we can [C] watch the sun a-[G]rise [G] [D] [G]
[G] We were meant to see the beginning of the day
I believe it was planned to [D] lift us this [G] way
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby d[D] ay be [G] born
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born [G] [D] [G]
"[G] Quite, quite", said I, that's all very well to say
But I [Em] rose before the dawn, to your singing yesterday
I [G] couldn't see the rising, 'cause the dark was in my sky
I [Em] couldn't see the sun, 'cause the [C] sun was in my [G] eye [G] [D] [G]
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born [G] [D] [G]
{c: gradually play verse slower}
[G] Why sleep, I heard and I followed it today
To the [Em] top of the hill where the wind songs play
And I [G] sing it like I heard it
Why I [G] heard it who knows why?
Why [Em] sleep when we can [C] watch the sun a-[G]rise [G] [D] [G]
[G] We were meant to see the beginning of the day
I believe it was planned to [D] lift us this [G] way
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
[G] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
[C] Take you an apple and [D] take you a [G] song
[C] Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born [G] [D] [G]
{c: much slower on this verse}
[C] Take you an apple and [G] take you a [C] song
Take back an answer to [G] something gone [C] wrong
Take back some music and [G] take me a-[C]long
And [G] watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
Watch a baby [D] day be [G] born
