Push De Button (hi-lo)

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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

PUSH DE BUTTON hi-lo
W: E.Y. Harburg
M: Harold Arlen
From: B’Way musical “Jamaica”
Lena Horne
Key: G

-3  -3” 3  -2” -3” 3  -3”  3
-7  -6  6  -5  -6  6  -6   6
All you do is push de but-ton

-3”3  -3”-3”3  3
-6 6  -6 -6 6  6
Up de el-e-va-tor

 -3” 3  -3”  3  -4  4  -3  -3”   3
 -6  6  -6   6  -8  7  -7  -6    6
Push de but-ton out de or-ange juice

 6   5  -4   4  -6   -5  5   5 -4 -4
 9   8  -8   7  -10  -9  8   8 -8 -8
Push de but-ton from de frig-er-a-tor

 3   3  3  3    4    -3”  3  -5  -3    4
 6   6  6  6    7    -6   6  -9  -7    7
Come ba-na-na short cake and fro-zen goose

 -5  6  -6   6   3   3   3   3   3  3
 -9  9  -10  9   6   6   6   6   6  6
Push de but-ton wipe de win-dow wip-er

 -5  6  -6   6    3   3  3  3   3   3
 -9  9  -10  9    6   6  6  6   6   6
Push de but-ton rinse de ba-by dia-per

 -5  6  -6   6   4  -4  5  -5  6
 -9  9  -10  9   7  -8  8  -9  9
Push de but-ton wan-na fry de fish

 6   6  -5   5   -4  5   -5
 9   9  -9   8   -8  8   -9
Push de but-ton wash de dish

 -5  -5  5  -4    4    4   4   4
 -9  -9  8  -8    7    7   7   7
Push de but-ton pooosh de but-ton

 5   6   -5    -4  -5  5
 8   9   -9    -8  -9  8
What an isle, what an isle

  5   6  -5 -4 -5   5   -3  -4   4
  8   9  -9 -8 -9   8   -7  -8   7
Where de au-to-mat feed ev-‘ry chile

  5   6   -5   -4  -5  5
  8   9   -9   -8  -9  8
Where de brave and de free 

 -3   4   -4 -4 -4   -4  4  -4 -3”
 -7   7   -8 -8 -8   -8  7  -8 -6
Live and love e-lec-tron-ic-al-ly

 -3” 3  -3”  3   -3”  3   -3”  -3”3   3
 -6  6  -6   6   -6   6   -6   -6 6   6
Push de but-ton don’t be small po-ta-tah

-4 4 -4  4   -5  -5  -5 -5 5  5
-8 7 -8  7   -9  -9  -9 -9 8  8
Be a ty-coon big man-ip-u-la-tah

  6    5   6  6   5   5   6   6  -3”
  9    8   9  9   8   8   9   9  -6
Pooosh ap-ply de lit-tle fin-ger and

   4   4   4   4
   7   7   7   7
Pooosh de but-ton

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