Baby, It's Cold Outside (a Duet)

by Frank Loesser · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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+: 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
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Tab

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________


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