Pretty Baby

by Vanessa Carlton, Sister Sledge, Dean Martin · 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

PRETTY BABY
W: Gus Kahn
M: Egbert Van Alstyne & Tony Jackson
Vanessa Carlton, Sister Sledge,
Dean Martin
Key: Eb
With a lilt, that means swing it!

-3* 4  -5 -6  -5  -3*3*  4
Ev-‘ry-bod-y loves a ba-by, 
3*      3   -2 3*  -2   -1*  -1
that's why I'm in love with you, 
-3*  -4  4 3    -3* -4  4  3
pret-ty ba-by, pret-ty ba-by. 
-3*  4   -5  -6 -5 -3*  3*   4
And I'd like to be your sis-ter,
3*    3    -2   3*  -2 -1*  -1
Broth-er, dad, and moth-er, too, 
-3*  -4  4  3   -3* -4  4  3
Pret-ty ba-by, pret-ty ba-by. 
3     -2   -1* -1* -2 -2*  3   -5*
Won't you come and let me rock you 
4*  3 -3* 3*  3   3*
in my cra-dle of love,
3*   3*    3*  3   4   3   -2
and we'll cud-dle all the time. 
-3* 4  -5 -6 -5 -3*  3* 4
Oh, I want a lov-in' ba-by 
3*   3  -2   3*  -2 -1* -1
and it might as well be you, 
-5*   5 -5  4 -3* -5*
pret-ty ba-by of mine...

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound