Heat Wave

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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

HEAT WAVE
By Irving Berlin
From “As Thousands Cheer”
Key: G

-1    -4  -4 -4  4    -5
We're hav-ing a heat wave, 
4  -4 -4 -4  -3    -1
a trop-i-cal heat wave
-1   -4   -4   -4    4  -5
The temp-'ra-ture's ris-ing, 
-5  6  6   6   -5   4
it is-n't sur-pris-ing
4   -4   -4  -4  3  -3   3
She cer-tain-ly can can-can

-1    -4  -4 -4    4   -5
She start-ed the heat wave 
4  -4   -4  -4   -3   -1
by let-ting her seat wave
-1  -4  -4 -4  4
And in such a way 
-5   -5   6   6   6  -5    4
that the cus-tom-ers say that
4   -4   -4  -4  3   -3  3
She cer-tain-ly can can-can

6    6  6 -5 -5 5
Gee her a-na-to-my
6     6  -5  -5  5
Made the mer-cur-y
-4   -4  -3  -3   3   -3   -5
Jump to nine-ty-three yes, sir!

-1    -4  -4 -4  4    -5
We're hav-ing a heat wave, 
4  -4 -4 -4   -3   -1
a trop-i-cal heat wave
-1  -4   -4  -4    4
The way that she moves 
-5    -5   6 6   6    -5    4 
that ther-mo-me-ter proves that
4   -4   -4  -4  3  -3   3   
She cer-tain-ly can can-can

REPEAT

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