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T:Is you is, or is you ain't (my baby)
M:4/4
L:1/4
C:Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Q:1/4=160
%%staves (chords melody)
K:Ab
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P:Intro
V:chords
"Ab6"x2 "Bbm7"x2 | "Cm7"x2 "Dbm6"x2 | "Cm7"x2 "F7"x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Gm7b5"x"C7"x ||
V:melody
x2 x2 | x2 x2 | x2 x2 | x2 x2 ||
P:A
V:chords
"Fm6"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6/Ab"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6"x2 "( C7 )"x2 | "F7"x2 x2 |
"Bb7"x2 x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Eb7"x2 | "Ab6"x2 x2 | "Gm7b5"x2 "C7"x2 ||
V:melody
cccc|cccB/A/-|A<Fz2|z2z>F|
w:Is you is, or is you ain't ma' ba- * by, the
cccc|cccc/A/-|Azz2|z4||
w:way you're act-ing late-ly makes me doubt.*
P:A
V:chords
"Fm6"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6/Ab"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6"x2 "( C7 )"x2 | "F7"x2 x2 |
"Bb7"x2 x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Eb7"x2 | "Ab6"x2 x2 | "Ebm7"x2 "Ab7"x2 ||
V:melody
c3c|cccB/A/-|A<Fz2|z4|
w:You'se is still my ba-by, ba- * by,
cccc|cccc/A/-|Azz2|z3A||
w:seems my flame in you heart's done gone out. * A
P:B
V:chords
"Db6"x2 x2 | "Gb7"x2 x2 | "Abmaj7"x2 x2 | "Ebm7"x2 "Ab7"x2 |
"Db6"x2 x2 | "Gb7"x2 x2 | "Gb7"x2 "F7"x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Gm7b5"x"C7"x ||
V:melody
B<ABA|B<ABA/c/-|c<E-EG/F/-|F3A|
w:wo-man is a crea-ture that has al*-ways been strange,* just
w:man is just *************
BABA|BABA|cccc/D/-|Dzz2||
w:when you're sure of one you find she's gone and made a change,*
w:******* he's ******
P:A
V:chords
"Fm6"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6/Ab"x2 "C7/G"x2 | "Fm6"x2 "( C7dim7 )"x2 | "F7"x2 x2 |
"Bb7"x2 x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Eb7"x2 | "Gb7"x2 x2 | "F7"x2 x2 ||
"Bb7"x2 x2 | "Bbm7"x2 "Eb7"x2 | "Ab6"x2 x2 | "Gm7b5"x2 "C7"x2 |]
V:melody
cccc|cccB/A/-|A<Fz2|z4|
w:Is you is, or is you ain't ma' ba-*by.
cccc|ccc/cc/-|c4-|c3F|
w:May-be ba-by's found some-bod-y new,** or
cccc|ccc/cA/-|A4|z4|]
w:is ma' ba-by still my ba-by true.*