Check Yes Or No (hi-lo)

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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
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

CHECK YES OR NO hi-lo
By: Danny M. Wells & Dana H. Oglesby
George Strait
Key: F

8    8   -8  8   -8  7    7    -8
5    5   -4  5   -4  4    4    -4
It start-ed way back in third grade

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5  5   5   5  -4  4   -4 4   4   -3”
I used to sit be-side Em-mi-lou Hays

7  8     8    7   8   -8  -8  8  -6   7  7  -8
4  5     5    4   5   -4  -4  4  -3”  4  4  -4
A pink dress, a match-ing bow in her pon-y tail

-6     7   7  7   7    -8   -6
-3”    4   4  4   4    -4   -3”
She kissed me on the school bus, 

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-3”  -4  -4 -4  4   -4
but told me not to tell

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 6    6  6   -6    5  5  -4    4   4    -4
Next day I chased her a-round the play-ground

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   5   -4   5  -4   4
‘Cross the mon-key bars, 

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4  -3” -4  4  4   -3”
to the mer-ry-go-round

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 3   6  6  -6   5    5    -3”   4  4  4  -4
Then Em-mi-lou got caught pass-ing me a note

-5  -6   7    7   -6  -8  7
-2” -3”  4    4  -3”  -4  4
Be-fore the teach-er took it,

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3  5    6    6   -6 
I read what she wrote


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 5   6   6   -6  5   6   6  6  -6 5    -4
"Do you love me, do you wan-na be my friend?

-6  8   7 -88
-3” 5   4 -45
And if you do

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 5    6     6   -6 4   5   6   6   -6 5  -4   4
Well then don't be a-fraid to take me by the hand

-6  7   8   -8
-3” 4   5   -4
If you want to

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-2” -3”  4   4   4   5    -4    -5    5  -4 4
I think this is how love goes, check yes or no"

-3”4-45-56-6-7 77 -7-7 -66-5-6-56-6

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 5   -4     5   -4  4    4   -4  -4
Now we're grown up and she's my wife

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  5     5    5    5  5 -4  4    -4   4   4  -3”
We’re still like two kids with stars in our eyes

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  5    4      5    -4  -4   4 -3” 4  4  -4
Ain't much changed, I still chase Em-mi-lou

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4   4   4    4   -4
Up and down the hall,

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-3” -3” -3” -4  -4 -4  4 -4
a-round the bed in our room

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 6     6   6  -6   5   5  -4 4   4   -4  -4  -4
Last night I took her out in a white lim-ou-sine

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 5   5    5   -4  5   4  4-3”  -4    4   4  -3”
Twen-ty years to-geth-er, she still gets to me

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  6   6   -6    5    -4  -3”   4   4 4-4
Can't be-lieve it's been that long a-go

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 -2”-3”  4    4  -3” -4-3” 3   5  6   6   -6
When we got start-ed with just a lit-tle note


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 5   6   6   -6  5   6   6  6  -6 5    -4
"Do you love me, do you wan-na be my friend?

-6  8   7 -88
-3” 5   4 -45
And if you do

 8    9     9  -10 7   8   9   9  -10 8  -8   7
 5    6     6   -6 4   5   6   6   -6 5  -4   4
Well then don't be a-fraid to take me by the hand

-6  7   8   -8
-3” 4   5   -4
If you want to

6  -6    7   7   7   8    -8    -9    8  -8 7
3  -3”   4   4   4   5    -4    -5    5  -4 4
I think this is how love goes, check yes or no"


 8   9   9  -10  8   9   9  9 -10 8    -8
 5   6   6   -6  5   6   6  6  -6 5    -4
"Do you love me, do you wan-na be my friend?

-6  8   7 -88
-3” 5   4 -45
And if you do

 8    9     9  -10 7   8   9   9  -10 8  -8   7
 5    6     6   -6 4   5   6   6   -6 5  -4   4
Well then don't be a-fraid to take me by the hand

-6  7   8   -8
-3” 4   5   -4
If you want to

6  -6    7   7   7   8    -8     -9   8  -8 7
3  -3”   4   4   4   5    -4     -5   5  -4 4
I think this is how love goes, check yes or no"


 -9    8  9  9
 -5    5  6  6
Check yes or no

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 -5    5  6  6
Check yes or no

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 -5    5  -4 4
Check yes or no

 -9    8  -8 7
 -5    5  -4 4
Check yes or no

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