They Didn't Believe Me

by Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra · 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

THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE ME
W: Herbert Reynolds
M: Jerome Kern
From: “The Girl From Utah”
Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra
Key: G

-1   2   3  -3   -3  -4   -3  -4  3  -3  -4
And when I told them how beau-ti-ful you are,
 -4  -4   4  -5  -3   -3
They did-n't be-lieve me.  
 -3  -3  -4  4   -1   -1
They did-n't be-lieve me!
 -1   2     3    4     2    -2*     3    -3
Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair,
-2* 3 -3  -5   -2*  3  -3   -4
Are in a class be-yond com-pare,
  -4    5* -5  -4  5*  -5   5*  -4   -3*  -4
You're the lov-li-est girl that one could see!
-5   4  -4  -3   -3
And when I tell them,
-3 -4  -3   -4  -3   3   -3  -4   -4 
And I cert-'nly am goin' to tell them,
 3   -3  -4   4    4    4    4  -4   -3*   -4
That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be.
  -4    -4  4  -5  -3   -3
They'll nev-er be-lieve me. 
 -3     -3  -4  4   -1  -1
They'll nev-er be-lieve me.
 -1   -1*  2     4    2   -2*  
That from this great big world 
  3     -3  -4  3
you've chos-en me!

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