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Version 1 Version 2
            Baby Face – Little Richard    CAPO on fret #3
      (Original intro is 2 bars of D)
INTRO: (This is the last 2 lines of the Chorus)         
         D   G  Ddim    D  B7    E7   A7  D
Verse
D                         B7            Em7  A7
Baby Face, you've got the cutest little baby face
Em7          A7               Em7       A7     D    B7
There's not another who could take your place, baby face,
E7
My poor heart is jumpin'
A   E7        A7  
You sure have started somethin',
Chorus
D                    D6              F#      F#7    Bm    D7
Baby Face, I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
         G      Ddim           D       B7
I didn’t need a shove ‘cause I fell in love
          E7     A7   D
With your pretty baby face.
Verse
D                          B7             Em7  A7
Ba-by Face, you've got the cutest little  baby face 
Em7          A7               Em7       A7     D    B7
There's not another who could take your place, Baby face. 
E7
My poor heart is jumpin’
A   E7        A7      
You sure have started somethin'. 
Chorus
D                     D6              F#      F#7       Bm    D7
Ba-by face, I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm em - brace 
         G      Ddim           D       B7
I didn't need a shove ‘cause I fell in love 
          E7     A7   D
With your pretty baby face.
INSTRUMENTAL: Same chords and melody as the Chorus.
Verse
D                         B7              Em7  A7
Baby Face, you've got the cutest (little) baby face
Em7          A7               Em7       A7     D    B7
There's not another one could take your place, baby face,
E7
My poor heart is jumpin'
A   E7        A7  
You sure have started somethin',
Chorus
D                    D6              F#      F#7    Bm    D7
Baby Face, I'm up in heaven when I'm in your fond embrace
         G      Ddim           D       B7
I didn’t need a shove ‘cause I fell in love
          E7     A7   D   A D
With your pretty baby face.
Music written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics are by Benny Davis . This song was first published in 1926.  
That same year, Jan Garber and his Orchestra had a number one hit with the song.  "Baby Face" has been 
covered by many recording artists since that time, including Al Jolson, The Revelers, Little Richard, 
The Kinks  and Paul McCartney.