Verse 1:
C#m7G#aug
Granma came to see
C#m7G#aug
Something she could not believe
C#m7G#aug
How could her girl be
C#m7G#aug
So naive
Chorus:
Bsus4BBsus4B
Tar baby, tar baby told
N.C.
The secret she conceived
Verse 2:
C#m7G#aug
That big old smile of yours
C#m7G#aug
Could turn the wind into a song
C#m7G#aug
How could I have doubted
C#m7G#aug
Honey it's with me that you belong
Chorus:
Bsus4BBsus4B
Tar baby, tar baby
BC#m7
I love you so
Bridge:
Emaj7Amaj7
Like a brand new blade
Emaj7Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7Amaj7
Cut through two decades
Emaj7Amaj7
Like a hot coal on ice
Chorus:
Bsus4BBsus4B
Tar baby, my tar baby
Bsus4BB
It maybe was meant to be
Verse 3:
C#m7G#aug
When I look at you
C#m7G#aug
I can't believe my eyes
C#m7
And with your magic
G#augC#m7G#aug
I think you just might charm the birds out of the sky
Chorus:
Bsus4BBsus4BBsus4B
Tar baby, tar baby, tar baby
N.C.
Came good out of grief
Bridge:
Emaj7Amaj7A golden thread inside of the web
Emaj7Amaj7
That I got caught in
Emaj7Amaj7
Oh, it's a lover's revenge, but out of the pain
Emaj7Amaj7
Come the best things
Outro:
Emaj7Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7Amaj7
You cut into my life (baby baby baby baby don't you know that)
Emaj7Amaj7
You cut into my life (I love you)
Emaj7Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7Amaj7
La la la la la ooh
Emaj7Amaj7
You can turn the wind into a song
Emaj7Amaj7
La la la la la baby baby baby
Emaj7
It's with me you belong
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.