Chords for Baa baa black sheep

soft

Administrator

Staff member

• Dec 2, 2007

• #1

Below are the simple chords for the song. How would you add more color to the chords to make it more interesting?

C
Baa baa black sheep
G7 - - - - - - C
Have you any wool
C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G7 - - - - - C
Three bags full
F - - - - - - C
One for my master
G7 - - - - - - - C
And one for my dame
F - - - - - - C - - - - - - - Dm - G7 - - - C
One for the little boy who lives down the lane

 

Cheez

Moderator

• Dec 2, 2007

• #2

C-------Em7
Baa baa black sheep
FM7----------Em7
Have you any wool
Dm7 F/G Em7 Gdim7/A
Yes -sir, yes -sir,
Dm7--Dm7/G C
Three bags -full
G/C C -----Dm7-F/G
One for my mas- ter
----Em--Am7---Dm7--G
And one for my dame
C---C/E----F C/E Dm7-----C/G-Fdim7/G--C
One for the li-ttle boy who lives down the lane

Quick 1 minute rendition off my head. Need to take more time to think of a better one - now my baby is crying beside me and I can't concentrate...

James, good idea to get people to post!

 

Last edited: Dec 2, 2007

Cheez

Moderator

• Dec 2, 2007

• #3

Also found out that extra spaces are deleted automatically. Hard to get the chords right on top of the words...

 

iansoh

Moderator

• Dec 3, 2007

• #4

some typical reharmonisations:

Am9Ab7Gm7 C9
Baa baa black sheep
FM7----F#dim7 Em/G A9#11
Have you any wool
Bb9 FM9/A---Ab7#5---Gm7
Yes ---sir, ----yes------ sir,
DM9/F#----Fm7 C/E Dm7
Three------ bags full
CM7 EbM7--F/G BbM7
One for my master
CM7/G DM9/F# G7---G7/F
And one--- for my dame
Em7b5 A7----Dm7-Ab13b9--Em/G G7----- C
One--- for the little boy who lives down the lane

 

Last edited: Dec 3, 2007

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utano

New member

• Dec 3, 2007

• #5

great guys... how about this

BAA BAA Black sheep
Cmaj7 Amin7

Have you any wool
Dmin7 A+7 Dmin11

Yes Sir Yes Sir
F/G G7b9 Cmaj7 A7

Three bags full
Dmin7 G7 Cmaj9

One for the master
Emin7------------------ Dmin7


One for the
Cmaj7

dame
G7
and One for the Little----------Boy--------who lives -------down-----the--------lane

Emin7-----------Dmin7-------------------------G13-------Dmin7b5---G7b9 Cmaj7

 

Last edited: Dec 3, 2007

pf

New member

• Dec 3, 2007

• #6

hahaha...cool....now I can use these chords for my favourite niece.

Baa Baa Black Sheep is her fav song.

 

AgingYouth

New member

• Dec 5, 2007

• #7

iansoh said:

DM9/F#

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Will clash, no? The minor third is a F already... hmm..

I say, throw in a krunk beat and we have a tune fo' da floor yo!

 

iansoh

Moderator

• Dec 5, 2007

• #8

ah uppercase 'M' denotes major while lower case 'm' is minor.. so that's D major 9 on F#.

 

Lovehurts

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• Dec 5, 2007

• #9

All these chords are wrong to begin with! My god!

 

Last edited: Jan 29, 2008

pedialite

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• Dec 5, 2007

• #10

drop tuning + distortion + palm mutes.
just kidding!

 

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piano_ex

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• Dec 5, 2007

• #11

Oh my goodness! All these chords are wrong to begin with! My god!

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erm ... hello? we're reharmonizing it ... not trying to get the original chords .... -_-"

 

iansoh

Moderator

• Dec 5, 2007

• #12

haha i think Lovehurts was just joking.

 

soft

Administrator

Staff member

• Dec 5, 2007

• #13

Powerful!!! ha..ha.. must stretch my fingers far far to play these chords man. Do you guys 'hear' it in your head or you memorised these patterns?

 

pf

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• Dec 6, 2007

• #14

Yeah.....got formula or not?

 

embryo

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• Dec 6, 2007

• #15

Ah, this should be fun James!
Wow, some freak out and interesting reharmonizations here.

Here's my rendition which seems to bring smiles to my little boy. I don't have perfect pitch but I do hear melodies, harmonies and progressions in my head and then it's all about finding the right positions on the fretboard to find the right positions that have the best voicings. Unlike guitar I do think that keyboards are more logically layed out. Hope this wins some approval among you guys.

C - C - Dm7-Dm7
Baa baa black sheep

Ebdim-Ebdim- C -
Have you any wool

Dhalfdim-Dhalfdim-Cmaj7-Cmaj7
Yes sir, yes sir,

E7 - E7 - Am7 - Am7
Three bags full

Dhalfdim-Dhalfdim-Cmaj7-Cmaj7
One for my master

Dhalfdim-Dhalfdim-Cmaj7-Cmaj7
And one for my dame

F5add9 - - -Em- Am7 - Dm7- F/G - G -C#maj7--- C
One for the little boy who lives down the lane

 

Last edited: Dec 9, 2007

fgl

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2007

• #16

E
Baa baa black sheep

Have you any wool
E
Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full
E
One for my master

And one for my dame
B
One for the little boy who lives down the lane

ROCK THE BLACK SHEEP ....

 

Last edited: Dec 7, 2007

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adwin

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• Dec 12, 2007

• #17

embryo said:

Dhalfdim

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Cool!

What's a Dhalfdim??

 

soft

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Staff member

• Dec 12, 2007

• #18

I think

Dhalfdim = D half diminish

Full diminish = 1, 3b, 5b, 7bb

Half diminish = 1, 3b, 5b, 7b

b = flat

 

Cheez

Moderator

• Dec 12, 2007

• #19

Actually, a diminished is just 1,3b, 5b (minor chord then flat the 5th). A half diminished evolved from a minor 7th (1,3b, 5, 7b) with the 5th flattened (5b) to become a diminished - that's where the name came from.

James, the first chord you said is like a dimished 7th but we usually say 6 instead of 7bb.

 

embryo

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• Dec 12, 2007

• #20

I wrote "halfdim" because I can't find the "slash o"symbol on my pc's keyboard. Sorry if it caused any confusion.

The numeric formulas for diminished chords is as follows

A diminished chord is 1, b3, b5
A half diminished chord is 1, b3, b5, b7
A diminished 7th chord is 1, b3, b5, bb7

Can someone suggest ways around the chord symbol issue?

 

Last edited: Dec 12, 2007