Dolores

by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey · 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

DOLORES
By: Frank Loesser & Louis Alter
Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
Key: F

 1  1  1    1   -1  -1 -1 -1 -3 -2
How I love the kiss-es of Do-lo-res 
4  -3 4   -3 4   2
Ay-ay-ay, Do-lo-res 
 1  1   1  1  -1-1 -1 -1 -3* 3
Not Ma-rie or Em-i-ly or Dor-is 
4  3  4  3* 4  -3
On-ly my Do-lo-res 
 -3 -3* -3 -3* 4 -3  3  3
From a bal-co-ny a-bove me 
 3  -3*   -3    -2  -2  -2    -3  -2  -1
She whis-pers,"Love me" and throws a rose 
2   -2   2  -2   3   3   2   2
Ah, but she is twice as love-ly 
-2  3   -3  -4    4
As the rose she throws 

1   1    1  1  -1  -1  -1 -1 -3 -2
I would die to be with my Do-lo-res 
4  -3 4   -3 4   2
Ay-ay-ay, Do-lo-res 
1  1   1   1  -1 -1  -1  -1 -3* 3
I was made to ser-e-nade Do-lo-res 
 4   3  4   3*  4  -3
Cho-rus af-ter cho-rus 
 -3 -3* -3 -3*  4    -3   3    3
Just im-ag-ine eyes like moon rise 
3  -3*   -3  -2  -2  -2   -3   -2   -5 
A voice like mus-ic, and lips like wine 
 1   1   1   1 -1  -1    -1  -1 -3 -1
What a break if I could make Do-lo-res 
 -5    2   -2
Mine, all mine 

1   1    1  1  -1  -1  -1 -1 -3 -2
I would die to be with my Do-lo-res 
4  -3 4   -3 4   2
Ay-ay-ay, Do-lo-res 
1  1   1   1  -1 -1  -1  -1 -3* 3
I was made to ser-e-nade Do-lo-res 
 4   3  4   3*  4  -3
Cho-rus af-ter cho-rus 
 -3 -3* -3 -3*  4    -3   3    3
Just im-ag-ine eyes like moon rise 
3  -3*   -3  -2  -2  -2   -3   -2   -5 
A voice like mus-ic, and lips like wine 
 1   1   1   1 -1  -1    -1  -1 -3 -1
What a break if I could make Do-lo-res 
 -5    2   -2
Mine, all mine

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