Reet Petite

m: Andrew Rogers

"Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)"

(Tyrone Carlo - Berry Gordy)

Intro:

(w/trombones)

Bb F

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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]

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(meet)

-- another ace 50's tab from Andrew Rogers