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Baby, It’s Cold Outside (a Duet)
Words and Music by Frank Loesser
From the Motion Picture “Neptune’s Daughter”
Key of C Major
Low C (original) Range: G3 to A4
Standard C Range: G4 to A5
Tabbed for two Key of C (or Low C) Richter tuned diatonics
Notations:
none = blow - = draw ___ = hold ’ = ½ step bend
” = full step bend
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6_____________
Female: I really can’t stay,_________
Male: But baby, it’s cold outside.
2nd harp: 4 5 -4 4 5 4 4
1st harp: 3 -5 5 -4 -4 6___________
Female: I’ve got to go a-way.________
Male: But ba-by, it’s cold out-side.
2nd harp: -4 -6 6 -4 -5 -4 -4
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6_____________________ 6 5 4
Female: This eve-ning has been__________________ so very
Male: Been hoping that you’d drop in____
2nd harp: 5 5 -4 4 5 4 4_____
1st harp: -4__________________ 4
Female: nice._______________ My
Male: I’ll hold your hands, they’re just like ice.
2nd harp: -6 6 -4 -6 6 -4 5 -5__
1st harp: -6 4 4 4 4 4 4______
Female: mother will start to wor - ry,____
Male: Beau- ti- ful, what’s your
2nd harp: _-5_ -6 4 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 -6 -6 4 4 4 4 4 4_______________
Female: my fath-er will be pacing the floor___________
Male: hur- ry? Listen to the
2nd harp: 4 4 -6 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 -6 4 4 4 4 4 4_____ 4 Female: So really I’d better scur-ry,___ or
Male: fire-place_ roar._ Beau-ti-ful, please don’t_
2nd harp: 4 4_____ 4_____ -6 4 4 4 4_____
1st harp: -6 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4_____ -4______________
Female: maybe just a half a drink__ more.___________
Male: hurry. Put___ some records on while I
2nd harp: 4 4 -6____ -4 -4-4 3 -3” -3
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4_______ 6___
Female: The neighbors might___ think,
Male: pour.____ But baby, it’s bad out there.
2nd harp: 4________ 3 5 -4 4 5 4 4
1st harp: 3 -5 5 -4 6_________
Female: say, what’s in this drink?____
Male: No cabs to be had out there.
2nd harp: -5 -5 5 -4 -5 -4 -4
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 -6________________ 6 5
Female: I wish I knew how_______________ to break
Male: Your eyes are like star-light now_____
2nd harp: 5 5 -4 4 5 4 4_______
1st harp: 4 -4_______________ 4
Female: this spell.___________ I
Male: I’ll take your hat, your hair looks_
2nd harp: -6 6 -4 -6 6 -4 5_____
1st harp: -6 4 4 4 4 4 4____ 4 -6 -4
Female: ought to say no, no, no, sir._ At least I’m
Male: swell.______ Mind if I move in clos - er?
2nd harp: -5__________ -6 4 4 4 4 4______ 4__
1st harp: -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4_________________ 3 5 -4
Female: gonna say that I tried._____________ I really
Male: What’s the sense of hurting my__ pride?
2nd harp: -6 -4 -4 -4 3 -3” -3__ 4
1st harp: 4 6_________________ 5 -5 6 -6_____
Female: can’t stay,______________ ah, but it’s cold___
Male: Oh, baby, don’t hold out. Ba- by it’s cold___
2nd harp: 4 5 -4 4 5 -4’ -6 -6 -6 -6_____
1st harp: -3____ 4____
Female: out____-side.
Male: out____-side.
2nd harp: -3____ 4____
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6____________
Female: I simply must go,___________
Male: But baby, it’s cold out-side.
2nd harp: 4 5 -4 4 5 4 4
1st harp: 3 -5 4 -4___ 6__________
Female: the an-swer is___ no.________
Male: But ba-by, it’s cold out-side.
2nd harp: -4 -5 5 -4 -5 -4 -4
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6_________________ 6______ 5 4
Female: The welcome has been______________ so_____ ver-y
Male: How lucky that you dropped in.
2nd harp: 5 5 -4 4 5 4 4
1st harp: -4_______________ 4 -6 4
Female: nice.____________ My sister
Male: Look out the window at the storm.
2nd harp: -6 6 -4 -6 6 -4 5 -5
1st harp: 4 4 4 4 4 4 -6 -6
Female: will be sus - pi - cious, my brother
Male: Gosh, your lips look de – li - cious.
2nd harp: -6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 4 4 4 4 4____________
Female: will be there at the door._________
Male: Waves upon a tropical
2nd harp: -6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 -6 4 4 4 4 4 4________
Female: My maiden aunt’s mind is vi – cious,___
Male: shore-line. Gosh, your lips are
2nd harp: 4 4 -6 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 -6 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4__________
Female: or may be just a cig-a-rette more._______
Male: de - li- cious. Never such a blizzard
2nd harp: 4 4 4 -6-4 -4 -4 3 -3”
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4_____ 6
Female: I’ve gotta get___ home,
Male: be – fore._ But baby, you’d freeze out there.
2nd harp: -3__ 4_____ 3 5 -4 4 5 4 4
1st harp: 3 -5 5 -4 6_________
Female: say, lend me a comb._____
Male: It’s up to your knees out there.
2nd harp: -5 -5 5 -4 -5 -4 -4
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6_______________
Female: You’ve really been grand____________
Male: I thrill when you touch my
2nd harp: 5 5 -4 3 5 4
1st harp: 6___ 5 4 -4____________ 4
Female: but_ don’t you see?__________ There’s
Male: hand.__ How can you do this thing to
2nd harp: 4______ -6 5 -4 -6 6 -4 5
1st harp: -6 4 4 4 4 4 4_____
Female: bound to be talk to – mor – row,__
Male: me?________ Think of my life long
2nd harp: -5_________ -6 4 4 4 4
1st harp: 4 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4________________
Female: at least there will be plenty im-plied._____________
Male: sor ---- row,______ if you caught pneu-
2nd harp: 4_______ 4_________ -6 -4 -4 -4
1st harp: 3 5 -4 4 6______________
Female: I real-ly can’t stay,___________
Male: mon-ia and died.__ Get over that old doubt.
2nd harp: 3 -3” -3 4______ 4 5 -4 4 5 -4’
1st harp: 5 -5 6 -6___________
Female: baby, it’s cold,________
Male: Baby, it’s cold,________
2nd harp: -6-6 -6 -6___________
1st harp: -6-6 -6 -7 -7 7________
Female: baby it’s cold out – side.____
Male: baby it’s cold out – side.____
2nd harp: -6-6 -6 -7 -7 7________
Role reversal with Red Skelton & Betty Garrett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMDTWm1F90
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