Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby Words & Music by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan Recorded by Louis Jordan*, 1944 (#2) Am G7alt F7 E7 Am Fdim

I^F7 got a g^E7al that's always late, ev'ry time we have a date, DM7 Dm+7 E7 A AM7 F#7 But I love her, yes I love her,

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I'^F#7m gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight, 'Cause I ^D9want her,^E7 I'm gonna ^Aask her. ^F#7

^AIs you is or^C#7 is you ain't my ^Dbaby' ^D6 E7 Cdim E7 E7/6 A Bm7-5 E7 The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt

Dm6 Dm+7 E7 E7/6 A F#7 Yous is still my baby, baby -- Dm6 Bm7-5 E7/6 Fdim E7/6 A Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out. D Cdim B7 D9 Bm7-5

A w^Aoman is a creature that has al - ways been strange; J^Dust when you're ^Cdimsure of one,

You find she's ^B7gone and made a c^E7hange. ^AIs you is or^C#7 is you ain't my b^Daby' ^D6

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Ma^F#7ybe baby's found somebody new, Or ^B7is my baby ^Fdimstill my ^E7baby t^Arue'

*I'm crediting Jordan here principly because he co-wrote and popularized the song, but listened to several versions -- notably Dinah Washington's from 1956 and Diana Krall's 1994 -- and each have their advantages.

Dinah Washington - Is you is or is you aint my baby