Tom: G
Bass Line
Part 1 Intro (play once) Part 2 Verse (play twice)
Part 3 Chorus I (play twice)
Dead Babies, can't take things off the shelf
Part 4 Chorus II (play once)
Well, we didn't want you anyway
Part 5 Bridge (Play 15 times)
Goodbye, little Betty. . . (etc.)
Part 6 Solo I (play twice)
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
B|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------15---|
G|-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 7 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 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 (play once only)
Lyrics
w/Part 2
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 3
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take
things off the shelf.
w/Part 4
Well, we didn't want you anyway.
w/Part 2
2. Daddy 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 3
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 5
Goodbye, little Betty. Goodbye, little Betty. So long, little
Betty. So long, little Betty. Betty, so long.
Chorus
w/Part 3
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 5
Goodbye, little Betty.