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St. Vincent – My Baby Wants A Baby Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Bb Am AmMaj7 F C

[Verse 1]
C                        Am
My baby loves me like a saint,
                         Dm
my baby hates when I'm away
                   G
My baby wants a baby, how can I go on?

[Refrain]
C
What in the world (What in the world)
would my baby say?
                              Am
"I got your eyes and your mistakes"
You make a home (You make a home
                                  Dm
I run away and the story starts again

Then I couldn't stay in bed all day,
                            G
I couldn't leave like my daddy and
I wouldn't be your only baby anymore
Bb Am G# C

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[Verse 2]
C                          Am
My baby's closer than a shave,
                             Dm
my baby's blue when I dye greys
                  G
My baby wants a baby,
how can it be wrong, wrong?
   C                        Am
But I wanna play guitar all day,
                           Dm
make all my meals in microwaves
                        G
Only dress up if I get paid,
how can it be wrong, wrong?

[Instrumental]
   C      Am      Dm      G

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[Refrain]
C
What in the world,
what in the world would my baby say?
                              Am
"I got your eyes and your mistakes"
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna
                         Dm
chase the еnding I can't see
                        Dm
Then I won't have no legacy 'causе
I won't write no symphonies
                                  Dm
Won't have no streets named after me,
won't even have your sympathy
No one will scream that song I made,
                           G
won't throw no roses on my grave
They'll just look at me and say
                Bb Am Bb C
"Where's your baby?"

How to play My Baby Wants A Baby: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for My Baby Wants A Baby by St. Vincent on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

My Baby Wants A Baby by St. Vincent is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 8 chords in all: Bb, Am, AmMaj7, F, C, Dm, G and G#.

The backbone of the song is C – Am – Dm – G (I – vi – ii – V in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: Bb, F and G# are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.