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Top hat, white tie and tails Irving Berlin
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE
The tricky part of this song is the syncopation - especially in the INTRO.
I've tried to reproduce the way I do it as tablature - but you have to listen lots and feel it for success.
This Fred Astaire video might help - put capo on Fret 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc77Vlb-yAE
I've tabbed the INTRO tune that I use before the INTRO words begin.
INTRO CHORDS VERSE CHORDS CHORUS CHORDS
[G] [Am7] [G6] [D9] [Gmaj7] [Fdim] [D7] [G7] [D6] [C] [Dm7] [G7] [G9] [Abm] [G] [C] [Dm7] [Ebm] [Em] [B7] [E] [G] [D] [G7] [C] [Dm] [G7]
e|-3--0---x--0--2-----1----2--1--2-|-0-1---1--5---4---3-|-0-1---2---3--2--0-3-2-1--0-1--1--|
B|-0--1---3--1--3-----0----1--0--0-|-1-3---0--3---4---3-|-1-3---4---5--0--0-0-1-0--1-3--0--|
G|-0--0---0--2--4-----1----2--0--2-|-0-2---0--4---4---4-|-0-2---3---4--2--1-0-2-0--0-2--0--|
D|-0--2---0--0--5-----0----0--0--0-|-2-3---0--5---6---5-|-2-3---4---5--1--2-0-0-0--2-3--0--|
A|-2--0---2--x--x-----x----x--2--x-|-3-0---2--5---6---5-|-3-x---x---x--2--2-2-x-2--3-x--2--|
E|-3--x---3--x--x-----x----x--3--x-|-x-x---3--3---4---3-|-x-x---x---x--x--0-3-x-3--x-x--3--|
Intro
[G] [F] [Eb] [D] [D7] [G]
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|8----7---------6--5--|------4---3----------|2---1-------1----0---|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------7---------|--5-------------3----|--------1------------|0---0---2---3---0--|-------------------|X2
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--0---2---3---0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[D] [Cmaj7] [Dmaj7] [G] [A]
e|5-----------------5----|------7----------------|9-----------------10------|--------12---------------------|
B|------7-------------7--|------------8----------|------10--------------12--|----------------14-------------|
G|------------7----------|--7---------------9----|------------11------------|----12------------------14-----|
D|0----------------------|-----------------------|0-------------------------|0------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
[D6] [D9]
e|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|---0---0-------0----------|
B|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0-----0----|1---1----1---1-----1---1--|---1---1-------1----------|
G|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|---2---2-------2----------|
D|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0----------|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|---0---0-------0----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
[G] [Am7] [G6] [D9] [Gmaj7] [G6]
I just got an invitation through the mails
[G6] [Fdim] [D7] [G]
" Your presence requested this evening It's formal,
[Am7] [D7] [G]
a top hat, a white tie and tails "
[G] [Am7] [G6] [D9] [Gmaj7] [G6]
Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails
[G6] [Fdim] [D7] [G]
Because I'm invited to step out this evening
[Am7] [D7] [G] [G7]
With top hat and white tie and tails
Verse
[C] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [G9] [Abm] [G]
I'm putting on my top hat Tying up my white tie Brushing off my tails
[C] [Dm7] [G7] [C]
I'm duding up my shirt front Putting in the shirt studs Polishing my nails
Chorus
[C] [Dm] [Ebm] [B7] [E]
I'm step-ping
[Em]
out, my dear to breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class
[Em] [B7] [E] [G] [D] [G7]
And I trust that you'll excuse my dust when I step on the gas For I'll be
[C] [Dm] [G7] [C]
there putting down my top hat mussing up my white tie dancing in my tails
