(Eb)Gee!
It’s great, af ter (Ebmaj7)be in’ out late,
(Ebmaj7)walk in’ my ba by back (F9)home.
(Bb9)Arm in arm, o ver (Fm7)mead ow and farm,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
(Eb)We go ’long har mo (Ebmaj7)niz in’ a song,
(Ebmaj7)or I’m re cit ing a (F9)poem.
(Bb9)Owls go by, and they (Fm7)give me the eye,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
We (Gm)stop for a while, she (C7)gives me a smile and (Eb)snug gles her head to my (D7sus)chest.
We (Gm)start in to pet, and (C7)that’s when I get
her tal cum all (Bb9)o ver my vest.
(Eb)Af ter I kind a (Ebmaj7)straight en my tie,
(Ebmaj7)she has to bor row my (F9)comb.
(Bb9)One kiss, then I con (Fm7)tin ue a gain,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
(Eb)Gee!
It’s great, af ter (Ebmaj7)be in’ out late,
(Ebmaj7)walk in’ my ba by back (F9)home.
(Bb9)Arm in arm, o ver (Fm7)mead ow and farm,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
(Eb)We go ’long har mo (Ebmaj7)niz in’ a song,
(Ebmaj7)or I’m re cit ing a (F9)poem.
(Bb9)Owls go by, and they (Fm7)give me the eye,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
She’s (Gm)’fraid of the dark, so (C7)I have to park out (Eb)side of her door till it’s (D7sus)light.
She (Gm)says if I try to (C7)kiss her, she’ll cry.
I dry her tears (Bb9)all through the night.
(Eb)Hand in hand to a (Ebmaj7)bar be cue stand,
(Ebmaj7)right from her door way we (F9)roam.
(Bb9)Eats!
and then it’s a (Fm7)pleas ure a gain,
(Fm7)walk in’ my ba by back (Eb)home.
(Eb)home.
This page shows “Walkin' My Baby Back Home” by Nat King Cole in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.