Wives and Lovers

by word; Hal David music; Burt Bachrach · posted by WaltP

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+: 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

WIVES & LOVERS

Hey, little girl, comb your hair
-8   -6 6   -6    -4    4    -4    
fix your make-up,
-4    4  -4   -6
Soon he will open the door.  
-4   -4   4  -4-5 -8    -6
Don’t think because
 8    -7     -6 -7
There’s a ring on your fin-ger 
5      -4  5    5 -4    5  -7    
you  need-n’t try an-y more.
5       5 -4   5   6 8   -7
For wives should al-ways 
-6    -8   7     8    8     
be lov-ers too.
-8  7  -8   8
Run to his arms  the moment 
8   -8  8    9   -9  8  -8   
he comes home to you.
8   -8     8  -8   8
I’m warn-ing you.   
-7  -8   7    -8      
Day after day there are girls
-8  -6 6   -6  -4    4   -4
At  the of-fice  and men 
-4   4  -4 -6    -4  -4     
will al-ways be men.
4   -4  -5   -8  -6
Don’t send him off 
8     -7   -6   -7   
with your hair still in cur-lers,
5     -4    5   5    -4  5   -7
You  may not see him a-gain,  
5     5   -4  5   6  8  -7     
for wives should al-ways
-6    -8  7      8    8
Be lov-ers too.  Run to his arms 
-8  7  -8   8    8   -8  8    9      
the moment he
-9   8 -8  8
Comes home to you.  
-8    8    -8  8       
He’s al-most here.
-7   -8   7   -8
Hey lit-tle girl, bet-ter wear 
-8  -6  6   -6    -4   4    -4      
something pret-ty,
-4    4   -4   -6
Some-thing you’d wear 
-4   -4     4    -4   
to  go to the cit-y;
-6  -4 -4  4  -4  -5
And dim all the lights, 
-6  -8   -6   6     -6      
pour the wine,
-4    4    -4
Start the mu-sic, time 
-4    4   -4 -6    -4   
to get read-y for love.
-4  4  -4  -6  -4   -6
Oh, time to get read-y, 
-8  -4   -4  4  -4  -6   
time to get read-y,
-4   -4  4  -4   -6
Time to get read-y for love
-4   -4  4  -4  -6  -4  -5

This song is written in F but with a B natural throughout.  
I use a C harmonica.

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