Sophisticated Lady

by Natalie Cole, Duke Ellington · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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

SOPHISTICATED LADY
By: Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, 
    Irving Mills
Billie Holiday, Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald
Key: Ab

-6*  -6  7* 9  -9* -10*-10  10
They say in-to your ear-ly life 
-9*  9    7
Ro-mance came
-6  7*  9    -9*  -9   9*    9   -10  -6
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
7   7*   9    -9*   9
A flame that flick-ered 
-9*  9  -9*   7 -9*-6*
one day and died a-way
 -6    7*   9 -9*-10* -10
Then, with dis-il-lu-tion 
 10 -9*  9    7
deep in your eyes
-6     7*     9   -9*  -9  9*
You learned that fools in love 
  9   -10  -6
soon grow wise
 7    7*    9    -9*    9   -9*   9
The years have changed you, some-how
-9* -6 -5*  7*
I  see you now
 -5  -4     6   -4    7  6    -8  -6* 
Smok-ing, drink-ing, nev-er think-ing 
10 -7* -8 -6    6   8   -5*
of to-mor-row, non-chal-ant
-5   -4     6  -4    7    6
Dia-monds shin-ing, danc-ing, 
-8  -6*  10  -7*  -8  -6 7* 8  -5*  5
Din-ing with some man in a res-tau-rant
-6   7  -7*  9*   9 -9* -6*
Is that all you real-ly want? 

-6   7*  9 -9*-10*-10 10-9*
No, soph-is-ti-cat-ed la-dy,
9   7   -6   7*   9  -9*  -9   9*   9 -10 -6
I know, you miss the love you lost long a-go
 7   7*  9  -9* 9 -9*  9  -9*  7*
And when no-bod-y is nigh you cry

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound