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Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.
Jordan was one of the first black recording artists whose popularity crossed over into the mainstream white audience and who scored hits on both the "race" charts and the mainstream white pop charts.
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Title: IF YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY (B.Austin,L.Jordan)
[Verse 1]
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
I got a gal who's always late
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
Every time we have a date
D7 Dm7 G7 E7
But I love her, Yes I love her
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
And see if I can get it straight
D7 Dm7 G7 E7
Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 F7 E7
Way you're acting lately makes me doubt
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
You's is still my baby baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 Gm7 C7
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
[Chorus]
F7M Fm7 C7M Gm7 C7
A woman is a creature that has always been strange
F7M Fm7
Just when you're sure of one
Em7-5 A7 Dm7-5 E7
You find she's gone and made a change
[Verse 2]
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 Bb7-5 A7
Mayby baby's found somebody new
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 F7 E7
Or is my baby still my baby true
[Verse 1]
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
I got a gal who's always late
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
Every time we have a date
D7 Dm7 G7 E7
But I love her, Yes I love her
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate
Am7 Am7/G F7 E7
And see if I can get it straight
D7 Dm7 G7 E7
Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 F7 E7
Way you're acting lately makes me doubt
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
You's is still my baby baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 Gm7 C7
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
[Chorus]
F7M Fm7 C7M Gm7 C7
A woman is a creature that has always been strange
F7M Fm7
Just when you're sure of one
Em7-5 A7 Dm7-5 E7
You find she's gone and made a change
[Verse 2]
Am7 E7/B Am7/C E7 Am7 |:A C E G F#:|bass F D#13
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 Bb7-5 A7
Mayby baby's found somebody new
D7 Dm7 G7 C6 F7 E7
Or is my baby still my baby true
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