You Can Leave Your Hat On

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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

Original song in key Bb (II position);
Another harp in F (I poss.) can be used simultaneously
for brass parts (following choeurs);
It's easier if you play octaves (14 = 1##4,-48 = -4###-8 etc)
and chords as single notes, but it really pays the effort to 
learn to play with them.. 

brass intro:

14-14-25-14-25-14 14 -14 
14-14-25-14-25-14 14 -14
14-14-25-14-25-14 14 -14 
14-14 3-3'4

5  5   5    5  -4    5
Ba-by take off your coat
 5 -4-4-4'
Re-al slow
 5'   5  -4    5'
Take off your shoes
-5    5   -4  -3     5
I'll take off your shoes
-5   -5    5  -4    5'
Baby take off your dress
 5    5   -4
Yes, yes, yes

-3  -4   -5    5    5  -4
You can leave your hat on
-3  -4   -5    5    5  -4 [47 47]
You can leave your hat on
-3  -4   -5    5    5  -4
You can leave your hat on

[-48,-48-48 47-48,-48-48 47-48 (brass)]

-5   5     -4  -4 (-4)  5   [-48]
Go there, turn on the light
-8   -4   5  -4-4
Hey, all the lights
 5'  5 -4  5'
Come over here
  5   5   -4   -4
Stand on that chair
  5    5  -4  -4  
Yeah, that's right
 -5   -5    5   -4 -6  5  5-4 
Raise your arms up in the air
(-48,-48-48 47-48)
-3-4  5 -4 -4 -4
Now shake 'em
(-48-48 47)

-3  -4  -5  -5   5  -4 -4
You give me rea-son to live
-3  -4  -5  -5   5  -4  5
You give me rea-son to live
-3  -4  -5  -5   5  -4 -4 [47 47]
You give me reason to live
-6   6  -5  6   -4  -4  5'
You give me rea-son to live

[3 -3-3'-3 -1 2 3
   -3-3'-3 -1 2-2" brass riff- I poss)]
 
-6    -6    6  
Sweet darl-ing,

[47 47 47 -47 (brass)]  

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234 (choeurs)  
(you  can leave your hat  on)
-4  -4'  -5    -4   5  -4
You can leave your hat on

[47, 47 47 47 -47]  

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(you  can leave your hat  on)
-4  -4'  -5    -4   5  -4
You can leave your hat on

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(You  can leave your hat  on)

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(You  can leave your hat  on)

 5  -5 5     5    -3   5  -4
Sus-picious minds are talkin'
 -6   6  -5    -6  -4  -4 6 -4
They're tryin' to tear us a-part
 -5  5-4   -5 5-4   -5 5-4  -4   -4 -4 5
They don't be-lieve in this love of mine
 -3  -4     -4   -3   5   -3
They don't know what love is

 -3  -4    -5    5    5   -4 
They don't know what love is

[14-14-25-14-25-14 14 -14 (brass)]

 4   -4    -5    5    5   -4  
They don't know what love is

[14-14-25-14-25-14 14 -14]

 -6   6     6    6    -4  -5
They don't know what love is

[47-48-59-48-59-47 47-48, 74]

-6    6  -5   6   -4 -4 5'
Yeah, I know what lo-ve is

[3 -3-3'-3 -1 2 3
   -3-3'-3 -1 2-2" (brass riff- I poss)]

 -6    -6   6   6
There ain't no way

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234 (choeurs)
(You  can leave your hat  on)
 4  -4'  -5   -4    5  -4
You can leave your hat on

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(You  can leave your hat  on)
 4   -4' -5  -4   5  -4
Give me  rea-son to live

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(You  can leave your hat  on)
 4  -4'  -5   -4    5  -4
You can leave your hat on

***repeat 3X***

[47, 47 47 47 -47]

-234 -234 -345  -123 345 -234
(You  can leave your hat  on)

[3 -3-3'-3 -1 2 3, -3-3'-3 -1 2-2" (I)]...

***stop with***

[47, 47 47 47 69]

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