Baby You Look Good To Me Tonight

Words & Music by Bill Danoff
Sung by John Denver
from Spirit (1976)


     G                                      Am   
I've been out on this highway now five days in a row
    G                                 Am
My words all run together and my feet are movin' slow
      D               C                    G
I've got to stop and eat while it's still light
           D            C             G
There's a local angel sittin' on my right
    C     C/B        C/A  C/G    D
Do you believe in love at first sight?
 Am             D7           G
Baby, you look good to me tonight
      
Well I'm ordinarily very shy
          A7
And I'd be polite if I had the time
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight
        
Tomorrow I'll be good and gone
  A7
Please don't make me wait that long
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight
    G                        Am
"I get off at eleven," she said and walked away
      G                                    Am
She poured a cup of coffee and she brought it on a tray
     D                    C                G
She said, "It would be nice if you could stay,
  D               C                G
You're the best idea I've had all day,
 C   C/B  C/A  C/G  D
Usually I put up a fight
     Am             D7           G
But baby, you look good to me tonight"

Well I'm ordinarily very shy
        A7
But I grinned at her as I ate my pie
       D              C            G
Said, baby, you look good to me tonight

I thought I must be in a dream
         A7
When she asked me if I wanted cream
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight
 Am              D               Bm             Em
All in all you know it's not a bad life on the road
                Am                D            G
If you've got wheels to roll and lucky stars above
     Am             D               Bm             Em
Your destiny's your own, you go as far as you can go
                 Am
And if there's time to sleep
         D                D7sus4
There's time to make love
   G                            Am
I came I saw I conquered and I rode off in the sun
        G                                   Am
But I know the look she left me with keeps telling me she won
     D          C             G
Her face is the only thing I see
  D               C              G
Whispering these words of prophecy:
          C       C/B   C/A  C/G          D
"Well, I may come easy but I don't come free
        Am          D7              G
You're never gonna see the last of me"
                     
Baby, you look good to me
       A7
I was born to love you now can't you see
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight

Well, I'm ordinarily very shy
       A7  
But I take the time to satisfy
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight
 D              C            G
Baby, you look good to me tonight