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Intro: Bb
#1.
Bb F Bb
Why do we always meet on the edge of town?
Bb F Eb F
Why do we have to wait till the sun goes doooown?
Eb Bb
Where do you live and why don't you even give me
Gm
a place to phone?
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?
Eb F Bb
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me home?
#2.
Bb F Bb
I've asked around, but nobody knows for sure.
Bb F Eb F
But they agree that your folks are mighty poooooor.
Eb Bb
Are you ashamed of where you were raised and that's
Gm
why it stays unknown?
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?
#3.
Eb Bb Ab
You may not wear such pretty clothes, but when
Fm F
you're in my arms you look like a rose.
Bb F Bb
What do I care if I see a broken chair?
Bb F Eb F
Why do I need the best kind of silverwaaaare?
Eb Bb
All that I need to make me complete is your tender
Gm
love alone.
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?
OUTRO:
F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me?
F
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me?
F Bb F
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me hoooome?..(Fade.)
Written by Wes Farrell/Joel Hirschhorn/Al Kasha