Verse
G#
Well I went to my baby on bended knees
G#
Baby, baby, baby, will you marry me?
G#
She said: "sorry daddy but what can I say,
N.C.
I found a new love just the other day"
[Chorus]
C#
And you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
Well, you're barking up the wrong tree
D#7
Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
That's what she said to me
[Verse 2]
G#
Well I pleaded and begged nearly out of my mind
G#
I said: "baby, baby, baby, girls are hard to find"
G#
She said: "sorry daddy but try to understand,
N.C.
I'm goin' with the cutest guy in the land"
[Chorus]
C#
And you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
Well, you're barking up the wrong tree
D#7
Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
That's what she said to me
[Verse 3]
G#
Now, my heart was broken and it felt so blue
G#
I said: "baby, baby, baby, does it mean we're through?"
G#
She said: "sorry daddy but can't you take a hint?
N.C.
My guy's got money, more than the mint"
[Chorus]
C#
And you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
Well, you're barking up the wrong tree
D#7
Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree
G#
That's what she said to me
[Verse 4]
G#
Now my friend told me the other day
G#
That my baby, baby, baby, had gone away
G#
She took all his money and she left him flat
N.C.
And let me tell you people I'm so glad that