Napoleon
by From: The B’Way musical “Jamaica” · posted by WaltP
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- +
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- −
- 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 *
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NAPOLEON
W: E.Y. Harburg
M: Harold Arlen
From: The B’Way musical “Jamaica”
Key: F
5 5 -3 5 -3* 5 -5
Na-po-le-on’s a pas-try
5 -3 5 -3 5 -5
Bis-mark is a her-ring
5 -3* 5 -3* -2 3* -3* 5 -3*
Al-ex-an-der’s a crème de co-coa
3* -2 -3
Mixed with rum
1 -1 -2 -3 5 -5* 5 -3* 3 -2
And Her-bie Hoo-ver is a vac-u-um
5 5 -3 5 -3 5 -5 -5*-5 5 -3
Co-lum-bus is a cir-cle and a day off
5 -3 5 -3 5 -5 6 -5 5 -3
Per-shing is a sq-uare. What a pay-off
5 -3* 5 -3* -2 3* -3* 5 -3* -3 -2 -3
Jul-ius Cae-sar is just a sal-ad on a shelf
1 -1 -2 -3 5 -5* 5 -3* 3 -2
So lit-tle broth-er, get wise to your-self
-2 3 3* -3* 5 -2 3 3* -3* 5
Life’s a bowl and it’s full of cher-ry pits
-3 -3* 5 -5 5 -6 -5 3* 3 -2
Play it big and it throws you for a loop
-2 3 3* -3* 5
That’s the way with fate
-2 3 3* -3* 5
Comes to-day, we’re great
-3 -3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Comes to-mor-row, we’re to-ma-to soup
5 5 -3 5 -3 5 -5
Na-po-le-on’s a pas-try
-2 3 -3 5 -5 6
Get this un-der your brow
-2 3 -3 -3*-4 5 -6 5
What once us-ta-be a roos-ter
-3* -3 -2 -2 -2 -2
Is just a dus-ter now
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Bet-ter get your jug of wine
3 3 3 3 3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2
And loaf of love be-fore that fi-nal bow