Britney Spears-Hit Me Baby
[Intro Riff][Am] - 4 bars - riff effectively 3 times
Start with riff no drums, then drums in
E ------------------------
B ------------------------
G ---------[drums in]-----
D -------- oh baby baby---
A ------------------------ (repeat)
E -----355-------------355
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
DR BSBB S B S B S BBSBB
[Verse - melody starts on A - Strum chords quietly and fully]
[Am] Oh baby, baby, how
[E]was I supposed to know [C] ... That
[Dm]something wasn't [E]right (intro riff) here
[Am] Oh baby, baby, I
[E]shouldn't have let you go [C] .. And
[Dm]now you're out of [E]sight, yeah (intro riff)
[Am]Show me how you want it [E]to be .. Tell me
[C]baby 'cause I need to [Dm]know now,
[E]oh (intro riff)+because (you play E then riff quickly)
[Chorus - Fuller chords]
[Am] My loneliness is [E]killing me (and I)
[C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe)
[Am] When I'm not with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si
(backward drums - Play chord with snare and then bass drum - don't play chord over bass drum)
[C]uh ... uh uh i ign (E chord - intro riff is quickly after playing)
[Dm]Hit me baby [E]one (intro riff) more time [Am][DRUMS STOP]
[Verse]
Oh baby, baby (drums back in xx xx xB Sx) The
[E]reason I breathe is you [C]
[Dm]Boy you got me [E]blinded (intro riff)
[Am] Oh pretty baby .. There's
[E] nothing that I wouldn't[C] do .. It's
[Dm]not the way I [E]planned it (intro riff)
[Am]Show me how you want it [E]to be .. Tell me
[C]baby 'cause I need to
[Dm]know now, [E]oh (intro riff) because
[Chorus]
[Am] My loneliness is [E]killing me (and I)
[C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe)
[Am] When I'm not with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si
(backward drums)
[C]uh ... uh uh i ign
[DRUMS STOP]
[Dm]Hit me baby [E]one more time(snare) - (drums back in)
[Intro Vamp - with drums and lots of space]
[Am] - 4 bars with riff at end
[Am] - 4 bars with riff at end
[Verse - NO DRUMS - finger picking]
[Am] Oh baby, baby how [E]was I supposed to
[C] know ([Dm] [E]) (BASS DRUMS COME IN LIGHTLY)
[F] Oh pretty baby, I [G]shouldn't have let you
[Dm]go ([F] [G]) I must confess
(FULL DRUMS BACK IN)
[Am].... that my loneliness [E] ..is killing me
[C]no ow ow [C] ow oo Don't you
[Dm]know I [E]still believe [F] ..That you will be
[G] here ... And give me a [F] si i i i ign
[Dm]Hit me baby (quicker chord changes coming up)
[E]one more [G]time [Am] [DRUMS STOP]
[Chorus]
My loneliness (DRUM BACK IN xBSx) is
[E] killing me (and I)
[C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe)
[Am] When I'm not [Am]with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si
(backward drums)
[C]uh ... uh uh [C]i ign
[Dm] Hit me baby [E] I (intro riff) must con
[Am] fess that My loneli [E] ness is killing me
[C] now.....don't you [Dm]know I [E]still believe
[Am] that you will be here [E] and
(backward drums)
Give me a si
[C]uh ... uh uh [C]i ign [DRUMS STOP]
[Dm]Hit me baby [E]one more time
(big strum)
[Am] [End]