For Sentimental Reasons (Chrom)

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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

-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1946-47
-Words by Deek Watson and Music by William Best
-also charted in 1946 by Charlie Spivak (#5)
-also charted in 1947 by Eddie Howard (#2), Dinah Shore (also #2), Ella
-Fitzgerald (#8), and Art Kassel (#15).
-also charted by Sam Cooke in 1958 (#17).
-also charted in 1961 by the Cleftones (#60).

 F     Gm C         F              Gm
-3  7   7   7  -6  6 -5 5   6  6 
I love you for sentimental reasons
  C              F      Gm
-6 6   -6   7  3  5   5
I hope you do believe me
     C           F    Gm C
 6    -5   5  -5  6
I'll give you my heart

  F       Gm   C              F           Gm
-3  7   7   7  -6  6 -5   5    6     7  6
I love you and you alone were meant for me
       C                F           Gm
  -6    6    -5   6  3    5   6  5
Please give your loving heart to me
    C               F
 6  -5   5    -4 -5  5
And say we'll never part

  Gm           C     F
5  -3   -3  -3 -8 -3  7  7
I think of you ev’ry morning
Gm           C     F
 -6   -6 -6  7  -6  5
Dream of you ev’ry night
Gm           A     Dm
 -5 -5   -5  -6 6  -5  5
Darling, I'm never lonely
   G                C
 7 -3 -3  7    -6*  7
Whenever you’re in sight

  F       Gm     C           F       Gm
-3  7   7     7   -6 6 -5 5   6  6
I love you   for sentimental reasons
                                                    C             F        Gm
-6  6   -5  6   3 5    5
I hope you do believe me
     C            F
  6  -5 5  -4  -5  5
I've given you my heart

(Instrumental interlude)

F     Gm C         F              Gm
-3  7   7   7  -6  6 -5 5   6  6 
I love you for sentimental reasons
  C              F      Gm
-6 6   -6   7  3  5   5
I hope you do believe me
     C           F    Gm C
 6    -5   5  -5  6
I'll give you my heart

  F       Gm   C              F           Gm
-3  7   7   7  -6  6 -5   5    6     7  6
I love you and you alone were meant for me
       C                F           Gm
  -6    6    -5   6  3    5   6  5
Please give your loving heart to me
    C               F
 6  -5   5    -4 -5  5
And say we'll never part

  Gm           C     F
5  -3   -3  -3 -8 -3  7  7
I think of you ev’ry morning
Gm           C     F
 -6   -6 -6  7  -6  5
Dream of you ev’ry night
Gm           A     Dm
 -5 -5   -5  -6 6  -5  5
Darling, I'm never lonely
   G                C
 7 -3 -3  7    -6*  7
Whenever you’re in sight

  F       Gm     C           F       Gm
-3  7   7     7   -6 6 -5 5   6  6
I love you   for sentimental reasons
                                                      C             F        Gm
-6  6   -5  6   3 5    5
I hope you do believe me
     C            F
  6  -5 5  -4  -5  5
I've given you my heart

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