Mister Five By Five

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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

MISTER FIVE BY FIVE
By: Don Raye & Gene DePaul
The Andrew Sisters
Key: F

 -6    -7   8  -7   5  -7  8  -7
Well, twirl my tur-ban man a-live
 -7    8   -7  -6   5   6   -6
Here comes Mis-ter Five by Five
 -6  -5  6   -6    7* -6    7   -6   7
He’s one of those big fat bounc-in’ boys
 7* 7* -7* 7* -7*  8
Sol-id av-oir-du-pois
-5  -6  7* 7 -6  -5 
Mis-ter Five by Five
  5   -5   -6   7    7*  7*   7    -6   -5
He’s five feet tall and he’s five feet wide
7*  -7    8   -6  -6 -6   -6   7   7* -7
He don’t meas-ure no mo’ from head to toe
 -6  -6  8  -7*  -7  5   -6
Than he do from side to side
-5  -6  7* 7 -6  -5
Mis-ter Five by Five
 5  -5   -6    7    7* -7 7   -6  -5
Got fif-teen chins and a line of jive
 7* -7  8  -6  -6  -6 -6  7    7* -7
He’s a mel-low ol’ cat a real hep fat
-6 -6  8  -7*  -7  5   -6
He be Mis-ter Five by Five
 -7  -7  -3   5*  6   -7  -7
That man can real-ly jump it 
 7* -7 -9 -9
For a fat man
-9  9* 9   -8  -7* -7   7*    -7 -7
The on-ly trou-ble is there’s no way
6   7   7    -5   6   -6
Of know-in’ wheth-er he’s 
-7  8   -7 -5 -7 -7
Com-in’ on or go-in’
-5  -6  7* 7 -6  -5
Mis-ter Five by Five
 5     -5   -6   7   7*  7*  7  -6  -5
He’s slight-ly plump on the sol-id side
7*  -7     8   -6 -6 -6   -6   7   7* -7
He don’t shake it no mo’ from head to toe
 -6  -6 8  -7*   -7  5   -6
Than he do from side by side

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