Ernest Tubb - Filipino Baby guitar chord

FILIPINO BABY

KEY: C

INTRO: G C

VERSE:

C F

When the warships left Manella sailin' proudly o'er the sea

F C D G

All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret

G C F

Lookin' backward to this island where they'd spent such happy hour

G C

Makin' love to every pretty girl they'd met

VERSE:

When up stepped a little sailor with his bright eyes all a-glow

Sayin' take a look at my gal's photograph

Then the sailors gathered 'round him just to look upon her face

And he said I love my Filipino baby

CHORUS:

C F

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet

F C D G

Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet

G C F

Oh her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know

F G C

She's my darlin' little Filipino baby

BREAK: C F G C

VERSE:

In a little rustic cottage in the far-off Philipines

Dwells a lonely little maiden all alone

She is thinkin' of her true love though he's far across the sea

But her heart beats true for him and him alone

VERSE:

Then one day he whispered Darlin' I've come back from Caroline

I've come back to claim the only girl I love

Then that night there was a wedding all the ship's crew gathered 'round

And he wed his little Filipino baby

CHORUS:

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet

Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet

Oh her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know

She's my darlin' little Filipino baby