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 B Verse (play twice) Am Bb6 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 Am D (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 C Chorus 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 D Chorus 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 F 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 G 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 A
Part B
Part C
Part D
Part B
Part C
Part D
Part E
Part F
Part G
Part C
Part D
Part E (play once only)
Lyrics
w/Part B
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 C
Dead babies can't take care of themselves. Dead babies can't take
things off the shelf.
w/Part D
Well, we didn't want you anyway.
w/Part B
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 C
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 E
Goodbye, little Betty. Goodbye, little Betty. So long, little
Betty. So long, little Betty. Betty, so long.
Chorus
w/Part C
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 E
Goodbye, little Betty.
