Do you want to dance

by Robert Freeman (aka Bobby) · posted by harmusman

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Late Rock era 1958 written and recorded by Bobby Freeman. Original key,F in 2/2 time. Hear it on You Tube

Song start.
Well do you/want to dance and/hold my hand/ 
 6   6   6   6   5    5~~  5   -4  -4  5~~
Tell me I'm your/lov-er man-Oh/ba-by--/
 5   5~  5   5   -4  -4 5~-4 5 5  4~~~
do you want to/dance/ **
4   5  -4   4    4
Well do you/want to dance and/make ro-mance/
 6   6   6   6   5   5~~   5  -4   -4  5
squeeze me-all/through the night Oh/ba-by-/
   5    5~~ 5    -4    -4    5~~ -4 5  4
do you want to/dance/
4   5  -4   4   4
*** well-/do you want-to dance/
     6~~~ 6   5   5~~ 5   5
un-der the moon-light/squeeze me/
-4  5  -4   5    -4      5    5
all through the night oh/ba-by/ 
-4    5     -4   5    -4 5  4
do you want to/dance---/-----/
4   5   -4  4   4

Instrumental interval here.

Well do you/want to dance and to/hold my hand/
 6   6   6   6   6   6~~~~ 6  6   -5  -5  -5
squeeze me say/I'm your man oh/ba-by/
   6    5   5  -4   -4   5  -4 5  4
do you want-to/dance---/
5  -4   5~~ -4 5 -4 4
Well do you/want to dance un-der/the moon-light/
 6   5   5   5   5   5~~  5  -4   5   -4    5
sqeeze me kiss me all/through the night oh/ba-by/
  5    5   5   5   5    -4    -4   5~~  -4 5  -4
do you want to/dance---/
4   5   -4  4  5 -4  4
Well do you/want to dance and to/
 6   5   5   5   -4~~ 4    4  4
make ro-mance/kiss and squeeze/
 4   4   4     4    4     4~~~
Mm-- yes--/do-- you--/want-- to/dance/
5-4 5 -4 4 5-4 4 -4 4  5 -4  -4   4 
(false end)
 Back to start "do you want to dance"
etc, to ** then pick up again at*** play onto
instrumental interval, but this time round bring
in the finale as follows

Well do you do you do you do you/wan-na dance/
---- 6   6  6   6  6   6  6   6  -5 6-5  6~~
do you do you do you do you/wan-na dance/
6   6  6   6  6   6  6   6  -5 6-5  6~~
do you do you do you do you/want--to-dance/--/--/
6   6  6   6  6   6  6   6  -5 6-5 5~~-4 4~~~~~~~
end.
         yours Harmusman

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