Biography:
Ruth Lee Jones (born August 29, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; died December 14, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan), better known by her stage name Dinah Washington and also as the Queen of the Blues, was an American Grammy award winning jazz singer best known for singing classic torch songs and her hit single What a Diff'rence a Day Makes. Her penetrating voice, excellent timing, and crystal-clear enunciation added her own distinctive style to every piece she undertook.
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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
F7 E7
I got a gal 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,
Am G7alt F7 E7 A
F#7
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,
D9 E7 A F#7
'Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her.
A C#7 D D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
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
A woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;
D Cdim
Just when you're sure of one,
B7 E7
You find she's gone and made a change.
A C#7 D D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
E7 Cdim E7 E7/6 A
F#7
Maybe baby's found somebody new,
B7 Fdim E7 A
Or is my baby still my baby true?
*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.
Words & Music by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Recorded by Louis Jordan*, 1944 (#2)
Am G7alt F7 E7 Am Fdim
F7 E7
I got a gal 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,
Am G7alt F7 E7 A
F#7
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,
D9 E7 A F#7
'Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her.
A C#7 D D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
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
A woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;
D Cdim
Just when you're sure of one,
B7 E7
You find she's gone and made a change.
A C#7 D D6
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
E7 Cdim E7 E7/6 A
F#7
Maybe baby's found somebody new,
B7 Fdim E7 A
Or is my baby still my baby true?
*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.
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