m: Andrew Rogers
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:53:38 -0500
Subject: ./w/wilson_jackie/reet_petite.crd
«Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)»
(Tyrone Carlo — Berry Gordy)
Intro:
(w/trombones)
Bb F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
F6 F7
Well, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, oo-wee!
Bb F
Lookit there, lookit there, l-lookit there, oo-wee!
C Bb7 F [N.C.]
Ooh aah ooh aah oo-wee
Verse 2:
F6 F7
Well, she’s so fine, fine, fine, she’s so fine, f-f-fine
Bb
She’s so fi-i-i-i-i-ine
F
She’s so fine, fine, fine
C Bb F [N.C.]
She’s really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
Bridge:
Bb
Oh, oh-oh-oh
C7 F
Oh-oh oh oh oh
C7 Bb7 F
Rrrrrrrrrreet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
Verse 3 [verses 3-6 play first four lines stop-time]:
F6 [N.C.]
Well, have you ever seen a girl
F6 [N.C.]
For whom your soul you’d give
F6 [N.C.] F6 [N.C.]
For whom you’d fight for, die for
F7 [N.C.] F7
Pray to God for
But she’s so-o-o fine
She’s so-o-o fine
She’s really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
Verse 4:
Well, she really fills her clothes
From her head to toe
I want the world to know
I love her so
She’s all right
She’s all right
She’s all right, she loves me both day and night
[repeat bridge]
[repeat intro]
Verse 5:
Well, she’s like honey from a bee
She’s like peaches from a tree
I love her, need her
She means so much to me
She’s all right
She’s got what it takes
She’s got what it takes and with me she really rates
Verse 6:
Well, now, she’s my cutie
My tutti-frutti
My heart, my love
My bathing beauty
She’s all right
She’s got just what it takes
She’s got what it takes and with me she really rates
[repeat bridge]
Coda:
C7 Bb F
Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
C7 Bb (F)
Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
F [end cold]
v v v v v v v v
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(meet)
— another ace 50’s tab from Andrew Rogers