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Song title: My Baby Love Love Loves Me
Original Album: Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love
Other Album: ¿A Qu Venimos Sino A Caer?
Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright 2004 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfretsnet)
NOTES:
On the album, the first chord is Bb, which makes the INTRO and VERSE sequence:
Bb-Dm-Eb-F A friendlier way to play it is A-C#m-D-E, which is also how JR
plays it live
The chords in the INTRO and VERSEs are played according to Guitar Figure 1
INTRO:
One, two, three
[play: Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
Guitar Figure 1
/ strum same chord
A C#m D E
|---5-5//---4///---5-5//--7///---|
|---5-5//---5///---7-7//--9///---|
|---6-6//---6///---7-7//--9///---|
|---7-7//---6///---7-7//--9///---|
|---7-7//---4///---5-5//--7///---|
|---5-5//---4///---5-5//--7///---|
VERSE:
A C#m
My baby love love loves me now
D E
Even more than I pray for
A C#m
My baby love love loves me now
D E
Even more than I pray
BRIDGE:
D A F#m
I pray, I ask but I didn't expect this
D E
My baby love love loves me now
D C#m F#m
Even more than I pray for
D A
Even more than I pray
D A F#m
Well, she loves, she does, but I had to be ready for it
D A F#m
Well, she loves, she does, but I had to be ready
D A F#m
I pray, I ask, and I was blessed
D E
Well, my baby love love loves me now
D C#m F#m
Even more than I pray for
D A
Even more than I pray
[Trumpet SOLO]
[Guitar SOLO]
VERSE:
A C#m
Well, my baby love love loves me now
D E
Even more than I pray for
A C#m
Well, my baby love love loves me now
D E
Even more than I pray
D A F#m
Well, she loves, she hates, she communicates
D E
And, my baby love love loves me now
D C#m F#m
Even more than I pray for
D A
Even more than I pray
D A F#m
Well, she loves, she does, but I had to be ready for it
D A F#m
Well, she loves, she does, but I had to be ready
D A F#m
I pray, I ask, yeah, and I was blessed
D E
Well, my baby love love loves me now
D C#m F#m
Even more than I prayed for
D A
Even more than I prayed
CHORDS: CHORDS: (album version)
A 577655 Bb 688766
C#m 446654 Dm 557765
D 557775 Eb 668886
E 779997 F 88 10 10 10 8
F#m 244222 Gm 355333
One, two, three
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
I pray
I ask
But I didn't expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She hates
But she communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask, yeah
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
One, two, three
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
I pray
I ask
But I didn't expect this
No, my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Bomp bip
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Bomp bip
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
???[[Introduces Tommy in French]]
Whoa yeah
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
I pray
I ask
But I didn't expect this, no
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
Right when I was ready for it
Well she loves, she did
She does
Right when I was ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
She loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well
She did
She does, she did
Right when I was ready
She does, she did
She does
She loves right when I was ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Yeah
[My baby loves me even more than I pray for
I did pray too, I pray, I ask, I ask for someone who
When I first met her, I actually talked to her father, I met her actually, her father ran the bar and I asked him for permission before I even talked to her because I was sort of an employee at the bar really, musician's musician, ??? to another employee I asked for her number and he said ok, and actually ???
I said to him, she's really something else, your darling
He says, yeah, when you hit it, when you hit the ball over the net to her she hits it back
I said yeah, that's how I would, that's a good way to describe her
I pray for someone like that
She exceeded my expectations
Exceeded]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
Yeah but I didn't expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to get ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask, yeah yeah yeah
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[Tommy tell them about her]
[That's Tommy on the drums]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
And I didn't expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
Oh
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
She loves
She hates
But she communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I
Pray
[My baby love love loves me, even more than I pray for]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I didn't expect this
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I
Pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
Well she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
Well she loves
Well she does
And I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I
Pray
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I didn't quite expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
She loves
She hates
But she communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more
Well
She loves ???
???
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
But I had to be ready
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I didn't expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[Hi everybody, Jonathan Richman here and Tommy Larkins]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Love love loves me now
More than I pray
[What she like?]
She loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love love loves me now
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
And I pray but it's happening even more
I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask, all night long
But I didn't expect this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[To say goodnight to you
I've got an idea ???
It's our valentines way of saying good night
It goes like this
This is a valentines way of saying good night
Cause it's a valentines message]
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I had to be ready for this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
I had to be ready
I had to be ready cause
What came was even more than I asked for
It was more
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love
[What's she like?]
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
Sometimes gentle
Sometimes rough
But I have to be ready
And I pray
And I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[Good night, everyone]
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
I pray
I ask
But I wasn't ready for this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[Your drummer tonight
As every night
Has been Tommy
We're not even through with this one yet]
Well my baby loves loves loves me
Even more than, and I did pray
???
Yeah, prayed for
Yeah I prayed, I asked
And I was blessed
She loves me more than I prayed for
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
[What we have together is celestial ???
See I prayed for it]
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I had to get ready for this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And she loves
She hates
She communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
???
I was blessed
She love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray for
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
Yes, I ask
But I had to be ready for this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
Tommy
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
And I pray
I ask
???
She loves
She hates
But she communicates
And my baby even loves me more than I prayed for
[Guitar, quiet guitar solo first]
[Medium guitar]
Well my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Loves me
Even more
And I pray
I ask
And I was blessed
My baby love love loves me
Even more than I prayed for
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
And even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
But I ready for this
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
She loves me
Even more than I prayed for
Even more, even more than I prayed for
[She met me more than halfway
???
???]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
She loves me now
Even more than I pray
She loves
She hates
And she communicates
And my baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
Even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And I pray
I ask
I was blessed
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
Even more than I pray
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And she loves when she loves
And she hates when she hates
And she communicates
[Tommy, Tommy, ???]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray for
[Yeah, yeah]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I pray
And I pray
I ask
I had to be ready for this
My baby loves me even more than I pray
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
Well she loves
She does
But I had to be ready
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby loves me even more than I pray
[Your drummer tonight, as every night
Has been Tommy, Tommy Larkins]
My baby love love loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
And she loves
She hates
But she communicates
My baby loves me even more than I pray
Wel she loves
She does
But I had to be ready for it
She loves
She does
But I had to be ready
I pray
I asked
And I was blessed
She loves me even more than I prayed for
Even more than I pray
??? In the apartment late at night
I conjured someone like her
I asked to meet someone
Like her
[Well this was great
This place is real intriguing
Like a took a walk about town
The crowd and the city of Lancaster
The room is good too
We'll see you another time maybe
If you like
One last one?
Oh my,
and my baby's in the spirit'
cause she loves me
She loves me even more than I prayed for someone to love me,
and this is a true story
La la la dum dum, la la dum dum, la la dum
Well my baby love love loves me now even more than I prayed for
My baby love, love, loves me now
Even more than I prayed and I prayed
I asked her if I had to be ready
To meet someone like this
And she loves me even more than I prayed for
[Give me a beat, audience, if you would, just like that
By giving me a beat, you're also giving Tommy a beat
Your chance to say goodnight to Tommy, Tommy Larkins]
My baby loves me now, it's true
Even more than I prayed for
She meets me more than halfway when I met her
Oh my god, this person is meeting me more than halfway, oh
And she loves, she hates, at least she communicates
Oh my god, am I ready for, am I wrong? Am I ready for something like this?
This is almost too much, oh
and she looks, she does
Oh but, but was I ready for such a thing?
Such a thing, was I ready for such a thing? Such a thing
Even more than I asked for
And I prayed, I asked, oh
I have been ready for this
Oh my goodness
Oh, oh, love, love, love me more than I've danced once
My baby love, love, loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
My baby love, love, loves me now
Even more than I prayed and prayed
I asked and I was blessed
She loved me even more than I prayed for
And I did
There I was in the brick apartment
The old brick apartment
That at one time had been a convent
Converted to apartment
It felt great for prayerful things
And I prayed through the bricks
And through the ceiling
To meet someone
To meet someone like her
I conjured her sword
But conjured it because I asked to meet
Someone like her, someone like her,
someone like her
Someone like her, like that, someone like her, yeah, yeah
And I pray, I ask, but was I ready for this, well
Love, love, loves me now even more than I prayed for
you got to help me sing the last chorus, everybody
My baby love, love, loves me now even more than I prayed for
My baby love, love, loves me now
Even more than I prayed
I better do this next part's weird
And she loves, she hates, oh
And she communicates, well
My baby love, love, loves me now
Even more than I prayed for
Even more than I prayed
Goodnight everyone
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