Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
Jackie Wilson

(Tyrone Carlo - Berry Gordy)

 Intro:

         (w/trombones)

         Bb                F
         / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

 Verse 1:

                F6                                                        F7
         Well, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, oo-wee!
          Bb                                         F
         Lookit there, lookit there, l-lookit there, oo-wee!
          C       Bb7         F   [N.C.]
         Ooh aah  ooh aah  oo-wee

 Verse 2:

                         F6                                   F7
         Well, she's so fine, fine, fine, she's so fine, f-f-fine
                  Bb
         She's so fi-i-i-i-i-ine
                   F
         She's so fine, fine, fine
                C                        Bb                  F [N.C.]
         She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

 Bridge:

                   Bb
         Oh, oh-oh-oh
            C7       F 
         Oh-oh oh oh oh
                   C7                     Bb7                  F
         Rrrrrrrrrreet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

 Verse 3 [verses 3-6 play first four lines stop-time]:

                        F6 [N.C.]
         Well, have you ever seen a girl
                        F6 [N.C.]
         For whom your soul you'd give
                         F6 [N.C.]  F6 [N.C.]
         For whom you'd fight for, die for
          F7 [N.C.]  F7
         Pray to God for

         But she's so-o-o fine
         She's so-o-o fine
         She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

 Verse 4:

         Well, she really fills her clothes
         From her head to toe
         I want the world to know
         I love her so
         She's all right
         She's all right
         She's all right, she loves me both day and night

 [repeat bridge]

 [repeat intro]

 Verse 5:

         Well, she's like honey from a bee
         She's like peaches from a tree
         I love her, need her
         She means so much to me
         She's all right
         She's got what it takes
         She's got what it takes and with me she really rates

 Verse 6:

         Well, now, she's my cutie
         My tutti-frutti
         My heart, my love
         My bathing beauty
         She's all right
         She's got just what it takes
         She's got what it takes and with me she really rates

 [repeat bridge]

 Coda:

          C7                                Bb                  F
         Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
          C7                                Bb                 (F)
         Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

            F                         [end cold]
            v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
           -----/---/-------|-/-----/---------
         (meet)


 -- another ace 50's tab from Andrew Rogers

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