#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may use this file only for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Dead Babies by Alice Cooper From Killer 1971 Transcribed by Steven A. Kohm, [email protected] Special thanks to Jeff Gower This is the closest I could get to the original. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome. Enjoy! Bass Line E |-------------|-------------|-----------| B |-------------|-------------|-----------| G |-------------|-------------|-----------| D |-------------|-------------|-----------| A |-------------|-------------|-----------| E |-0-5-5-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-6-0-5-| Part A Intro (play once) Part Verse (play twice) E |-0--------|-2--------| |-----0-----|-----3-----|-------------------| B |--0-1-----|--3-0-----| |----1-1----|----3-3----|-------------------| G |-----0-2--|-----0-2--| |---2---2---|---3---3---|-2-3-2-2-0h2p0-----| D |----------|----------| |--2-----2--|--3-----3--|--------------4-0--| A |----------|----------| |-0---------|-1-------0-|-------------------| E |----------|----------| |-----------|-----------|-------------------| G (omit 2nd time) E |------3-----|------------|-0---2---| B |-----0-0----|----0----0--|-1---3---| G |----0---0---|---0----0---|-2---2---| D |---0-----0--|--0----0----|-2---0---| A |------------|------------|-0-------| E |-3----------|-2----1-----|---------| Part I (play twice) E |--------------|---1----1---|--0---0-|---0---|-----------------------------| B |--------------|---3----3---|--0---0-|---1---|-----------------------------| G |---5---5------|---2----2---|--1---1-|---2---|-----------------------------| D |---5---5------|---0----0---|--0---0-|---2---|------2---------2-----2------| A |---3---3------|------------|--2---2-|---0---|-0h2h3-323-0h2h3-0h2h3-0h2h3-| E |--------------|------------|--0---0-|-------|-----------------------------| Dead Babies, can't take things off the shelf Part II (play once) E |---------------|-----------|--------------0--| 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 E Bridge (Play 15 times) E |--------------| B |--------------| G |--------------| D |--------------| A |--7-6---5-4-3-| E |-5-4-3-3-2-1--| Goodbye, little Betty. . . (etc.) Part Solo I (play twice) E |--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------| B |--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------15---| |-12 12-11-11--|-12---11------|-9----7---5--5-|-----14--------14-| D |--------------|---14---12----|--10---9---7---|---12--14--12-----| A |--------------|--------------|---------------|-12------12-------| E |--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------| Part Solo II (play twice) E |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| B |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| G |-- 141214121412-|---121012101210-|--10-810-8-10-8-|-6-7-6-7-9-7-6-| D |-12121212121212-|-10101010101010-|-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| A |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| E |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| The song is played in this order: Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part Part E (play once only) Lyrics w/Part 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 Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take things off the shelf. w/Part Well, we didn't want you anyway. w/Part 2. 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 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 Goodbye, little Betty. Goodbye, little Betty. So long, little Betty. So long, little Betty. Betty, so long. Chorus w/Part 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 Goodbye, little Betty.

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