The Babysitter's Here
Words and music by Dar Williams
From The Honesty Room

Transcription by:   Ron Greitzer <Rongrittz@aol.com> 

Intro: (C)(Em)(F)*(G7)

*Note: when Dar plays this song she plays her F as xx3011
To(C)night was just great, she (G)taught us the sign for (C)peace (G)
Now she's (C)made us some popcorn, we've (G)turned out the lights
And we're (Am)watching (Em)movies
I (F)don't understand and she (G)tries to explain
How a (Dm)spaceship is riding through (G)somebody's brain
And there's (C)blood and (Em)guts and . . . (F)(G)

(C)She's the best one that (Em)we've ever had
She (F)sits on her hair and she's (G)tall as my dad
And she (Dm)tie-dyed my shirt and she (G)pierced her own ear
And it's (Am)peace, man, (Em)cool, yeah, the (F)baby(G)sitter's (C)here.

(C)(Em)(F)(G)

SECOND VERSE AND CHORUS SAME AS ABOVE

And we (F)all went to see her go (G)dance at the high school
We (Am)made her a (Em)big card
And she (F)told us that she'd be the (G)unicorn wearing the (Am)pink
leo(Em)tard, and
(F)There she was leaping up (G)just like she said
With a (Dm)sparkling horn coming (G)out of her head
And she's (C)oh, oh, (Em)oh, oh
(F)(I can't wait to give her the card, (G)I can't wait to give her the card)
(C)She's the best one . . .(Em)(F)(G)

(Dm)OK, so the play was called "The (G)Unicorn" and (Am)she was the
(Em)unicorn so that means that the (F)star was (G)my (C)babysitter. (Em)(F)(G)

LAST VERSE SAME AS FIRST AND SECOND

(C)You're the best one that (Em)we've ever had
You (F)sit on your hair and you're (G)tall as my dad
And I'll (Dm)make you a picture for (G)college next year
So (Am)hush now, (Em)peace, man
The (Dm)baby(G)sitter's (Am) here (Em)
The (F)best baby(G)sitter's (C)here  (Em)(F)(G)

Addendum by: Brian Weiland <weiland@vineyard.net>

My Babysitter Needs Help!  More clues to "The Babysiter's Here" by Dar Williams 

     If you've got the chords, but don't quite know how to make the song sound just like when Dar does it, read on:

     This is the intro, in tab form:     

   C            Em            F                 G7
e|-----3-3-0-3-------3-3-1-0--------1--------1---------1-1-0----
b|-----1----------------------------1--------1---------0-----3--
g|---0-------------0-------------2--------2---------0-----------
D|----------------------------3--------3------------------------
A|-3------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------0--------------------------------3--------------


     After that it turns into an alternating bass line thing which you should feel in groups of threes.  Also notice that she's keeping her
pinky on the g note (3rd fret, e-string) right through the C and G chords, like so:

     C                          G                      C              etc.
e|-------------3-----------3------------3----------3----------3--------3
b|-------------1-----------1------------0----------0----------1--------1
g|--------0-------------0------------0----------0----------0--------0---
D|-------------------2----------------------0--------------------2------
A|----3------------------------------------------------3----------------
E|------------------------------3---------------------------------------
  Tonight was just great, she taught us the sign for peace...
      1    2   3,   1   2  3,   1    2   3,  1 2  3,   1   2  3, 1  2  3,  

     Once you have the feel of that down, you should be able to guess  which bass notes she alternates between for the other chords.  The only 
other weirdness is the little melodic line that leads into the bridge: 

       F     G       C                                   F
e|---------1---------------------0--1--3--1--0-----------------1--
b|---------1------0--------1--3-----------------3--1--0--1-----1--
g|-------2--------0-----0-----------------------------------2-----
D|-----3-------0-----------------------------------------3--------
A|-------------------3--------------------------------------------
E|-----------3----------------------------------------------------

...the babysitter's here.                          And we all went...


     Finally, the end is like the intro, with this little tag added:

e|--------3--3--0--3--8--||
b|--------1--1-----------||
g|-----0-----------------||
D|-----------------------||
A|--3--------------------||
E|-----------------------||

     

This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
Words and music copyright © 1993 Burning Field Music (administered by Bug Music).