Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Kirsty MacColl - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 1981

Chords

Chords for Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, transcribed by John Meranda. Also check out John’s Easy Chords Page.

Lyrics

We’ve been friends for oh so long
I let you share what’s mine
But when it comes to the boy I love
It’s time to draw the line

Keep your hands off my baby
I ain’t gonna tell you not one more time
Keep your hands off my baby
Will you get it through your head
That boy is mine

I don’t mind lending you my clothes
My jewelry and such
But honey let’s get something straight
There’s one thing you don’t touch

Keep your hands off my baby
I ain’t gonna tell you not one more time
Keep your hands off my baby
Will you get it through your head
That boy is mine

Keep your hands off my baby
I ain’t gonna tell you not one more time
Keep your hands off my baby
Will you get it through your head
That boy is mine

Keep your hands off my baby
That boy is mine

Other versions

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby has been recorded by many artists, most notably Little Eva in 1962. Eva (Boyd) was Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s babysitter. The same year, Goffin and King wrote He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss), performed by The Crystals, after discovering that Boyd was being regularly beaten by her boyfriend.

Little Eva ~ Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

Here are a few other cover versions, since it’s a fine song!

Marilyn Lee (also in 1962)

Skeeter Davis (1963)

Skeeter Davis - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (1963)

The Beatles (BBC session 1963)

Keep Your Hands off my Baby - The Beatles

Kirsty Songs

Other People's Songs