Happy Talk (chromatic)

by Nancy Wilson with: Cannonball Adderly · 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

HAPPY TALK
W: Oscar Hammerstein
M: Richard Rogers
From: South Pacific
Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderly
Key: F

-2  1   -3    -3   -3  -3   3  -2  2
Hap-py talk, keep talk-in' hap-py talk 
 1   1  -3    1     -3    1   -3 1
Talk a-bout things you'd like to do 
 1* -1  -2  3  -3*  4
You got-ta have a dream 
-3* 1   -2    3  -3  -3*
If you don't have a dream 
-3  -5  -3  -5  -3 -5  -3    3    -2
How you gon-na have a dream come true 

 -2  2  -1  1   1
Talk a-bout a moon, 
  -2  2   -1  1  1
Float-in' in de sky 
 -1  3    -1  3 -1  3 -1 3  1
Look-in’ like a lil-y on a lake 
 -2  2  -1  1  1
Talk a-bout a bird 
  -2  2   -1  1   1
Learn-in' how to fly 
-1  3   -1  3  -1  3   -1  3   4
Mak-in' all de mus-ic, he can make  

-2  1   -3    -3   -3  -3   3  -2  2
Hap-py talk, keep talk-in' hap-py talk 
 1   1  -3    1     -3    1   -3 1
Talk a-bout things you'd like to do 
 1* -1  -2  3  -3*  4
You got-ta have a dream 
-3* 1   -2    3  -3  -3*
If you don't have a dream 
-3  -5  -3  -5  -3 -5  -3    3    -2
How you gon-na have a dream come true

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